Internet4Classrooms Newsletter: November, 2012

Hello! Thanks so much for using Internet4Classrooms with your students and children. Our mission is to help you find the best educational online resources available to meet your individual needs. Our monthly newsletter focuses on sharing information, tips, and ideas on everything related to schooling inside the classroom and at home. Each month we'll be featuring resources and information on a variety of topics. We are constantly upating information on our site, and urge you to visit often!

Keep in Touch!

If you need help, please email us. We answer questions about almost any subject matter/grade level. We feel that this is a very important part of Internet4Classrooms. Internet4Classrooms is maintained and built for educators, parents, and students and this site is yours. Comments and suggestions are appreciated and welcomed. Don't be afraid to email and ask!

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Common Core State Standards

COMMON CORE MATH STANDARDS ARE HERE!

Each Grade Level is full of resources for every individual standard. Students can take control of their own learning by clicking on the page with the standard number, and choosing their own resource to practice that skill!

It's hard to find sites that have math standards examples that follow the specific criteria, but they're here! Click on your Grade Level to find Math Standard Resources and learning tools.

Kindergarten math standards

1st grade math standards

2nd grade math standards

3rd grade math standards

4th grade math standards

5th grade math standards

6th grade math standards

7th grade math standards

8th grade math standards

App Of The Month

Every month we are going to feature a different, and hopefully FREE, iPad/iPod/iPhone educational application. Visit our ever-changing app page. (www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/apps_web2_tools.htm)

In honor of Daylight Saving, we are featuring World-Clock Time Zones. Select favorites to build an easy access list of cities and their current times. Compatible wtih iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad OS 4.3 or later.

Things To Celebrate This Month

November brings Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, National Author's Day, and more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started!

National Author's Day (Nov 1)

Celebrate Language Arts, Elementary writing, and Middle/High School writing skills. Discover author's purpose. Practice with our author's purpose worksheets and interactive author's purpose lessons. Students can get inspired with our kid authors and online stories section. We also have Essay Writing: Narrative, Persuasive, and Expository lessons, interactives, and prompts.

Daylight Saving Fall Forward (Nov 4)

Did you know that states such as Arizona, Hawaii, and parts of Indiana do not observe day light saving?.It all started with the theory that making it seem darker or lighter would save energy.

Election Day (Nov 6)

No matter who you vote for, we want to recognize the value of being able to vote in the U.S. Here are some great sites that explain the election process - including how someone gets appointed to become the president, what it means to register to vote, and the campaigning process. Visit our I4C site to get information on past presidents, explore presidential libraries, and even view historic campaign commercials.

Veteran's Day (Nov 11)

According to the History web site, in the U.S. there are 9.2 million veteran's over the age of 65 and 1.9 million under the age of 35. Show our troops how much you care and recognize their dedication with our Veteran's day lessons, letter activities, and project ideas.

Thanksgiving (Nov 22)

Talk like a pilgrim. Find cool Thanksgiving craft ideas. Learn about the history of Thanksgiving, and read themed poetry.

** We Want Your Input! **

I4C already has Free Vocabulary Quizzes and Free Math Quizzes in our ACT/SAT Test Preparation Guide.

We're looking for new ideas for quizzes and informational resources that you'd feel are useful to you and your students. Please email us and let us know what you could use to make your teaching experience better.

Write to: susan.brooks@internet4classrooms.com

Focus On: Teacher Resources

Internet4Classrooms offers a wide variety of informative online resources, tips, tools, and tutorials regarding your classroom needs. There is always something you can utilize with your students. Each month we'll feature a few links to useful topics.

Check out our Holiday Resources page to find fun Thanksgiving activities, in addition to other celebrations, including Christmas. It will be here before we know it!

In need of project ideas for the second half of the school year? We have them: subject areas, inventors, biographies, middle/high school level projects, and countries and continents.

Explore our Elementary Math with quizzes and printable math worksheets.

Stay up to date when it comes to education and classroom technology news. I4C offers a list of great sites you can follow and read.

Help your students become better test takers with our test-taking online assistance practice organized by grade level.

Are you experiencing challenges with students and parents that know English as a second language? We have a section full of ESL exercises, including vocabulary help, English worksheets, and quizzes.

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COMMON CORE MATH STANDARDS

Each Grade Level is full of resources for every individual standard. Students can take learning in their own control by clicking on the page with the standard number and choosing their own resource to practice that skill!

It's hard to find sites that have math standards examples, but they're here! Click for Math Standard Resources and learning tools:

Kindergarten math standards

1st grade math standards

2nd grade math standards

3rd grade math standards

4th grade math standards

5th grade math standards

6th grade math standards

7th grade math standards

8th grade math standards

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I4C OVERVIEW

Whether you are a newcomer or an old pro, it's easy to get "lost" in everything I4C has to offer. We have subject help by grade level on almost all school topics. Don't forget to click and explore when you are looking for teacher resources. Here are a few main topics to get you started.

Early Childhood

Elementary Math

Elementary Language Arts

Elementary Science

Elementary Social Studies

Middle/High School Language Arts

Middle/High School Math

Middle/High School Science

Middle/High School Social Studies/History

Middle/High School Foreign Languages

SkillBuilders provide online interactives per subject and grade.

Tech Tutorials provide online support as well as printables.

Assessment Assistance offers online and printable tests.

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Don't Forget: Free Online Practice for ACT Test and SAT Test Resources. I4C now offers free SAT and ACT vocabulary and math quizzes. Become a free member and log in as much as you'd like. Students can take practice tests on 5000 vocabulary words.Take daily practice math quizzes on over 1000 questions. Log in to monitor your students' scores - including seeing which vocabulary words or math questions they missed. Interactive quizzes allow the test taker to retake and study as much as they want.

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Remember: One of our most clicked resources is the teacher tools page. You can access everything teachers need for the school year, including forms, planning, bulletin boards, and worksheets.

Another popular section is our Grade Level Help. Click here for Pre-K - 8th grade level help and here for 7th - 12th grade resources. Find Skill Builders interactive sites for Language Arts and Math.

Focus On: Parent Resources

In addition to our teachers, parents can take advantage of our online resources as well.

Homework is increasingly done on computers these days. Have your kids practice their Mouse skills at home with these creative online practice games and quizzes. We also have typing practice exercises as well.

Thanksgiving fun at home: Enjoy everything from poetry and printables to decorations and games.

Help your kids get over their test-taking nerves with these Assessment Test practice quizzes and methods.

Need quick access to subject help by grade? This is the place to go when you are searching for school topics.

Are you looking for ways to reinforce good behavior? Are you finding the attitude is growing with age? Check out our discipline help and discipline techniques page.

Are you a family that uses English as a second language? I4C offers an ESL page that has English vocabulary and reading help so you can continue to improve language skills.

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Find ACT Test and SAT Test Resources to get your children ready for the ACT and SATs ! I4C now offers free SAT and ACT vocabulary and math quizzes. Become a free member and log in as much as you'd like. Students can take practice tests on 5000 vocabulary words and practice tests in math with over 1000 questions. As a parent, you can log in to monitor your children's scores - including seeing which words or math problems they missed. Interactive quizzes allow the test taker to retake and study as much as they want.

As always, if you don't see something of interest highlighted this month, we have the Parent Zone which is full of resources. You can find homework help, special needs resources, language tools, reading help, educational games and activities sorted by grade.

Technology Tips

Tech Tip #1: Tabs in Excel: Don't forget you can create multiple docs in 1 Excel file by using the sheet tabs at the bottom. Save time and clicking. Right click on the sheet tab to rename it too. Excel tutorials

Tech Tip #2: Typing Practice: Alot of assignments have moved to being electronic. This page gives kids practice sites and lessons to help improve their typing skills. It's great for adults too.

Tech Tip #3: ID Any Image!: Did you know you can drag ANY image into the google home page, and it will identify it's source? Just make sure the google homepage is open before you drag your images from other websites. Other tech help

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Many thanks!

This Month's Blog

This month's blog: Being Thankful Recognizing the good this holiday season.

Internet4classrooms.com is a free educational portal for teachers, parents, homeschoolers and students. Visitors come from around the world to find Internet resources for their educational needs. One can find resources ranging from lesson plans to worksheets, individual grade level resources to templates, and even interactive learning games. We were very honored when one teacher called the site a "Walmart for Teachers". If you cannot find what you need for instruction on any topic, please feel free to email us and we will help you find resources to fit your needs.

Sincerely,

Susan Brooks

Bill Byles

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