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Printables

JUST ADDED: PRINTABLES ARE HERE!

Internet4Classrooms now offers printables! Look for a rapidly growing variety of thousands of practice worksheets tied to the Common Core State Standards, School Subjects, Activities, and Holidays.

Check out our NEW Common Core Math Printables for 1st to 5th Grade! More grades and subjects coming soon!

Common Core State Standards

JUST ADDED: COMMON CORE HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA STANDARDS ARE HERE

Our NEW Common Core Math High School Algebra Standards are 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.

High School Algebra standards

UPDATED: Check out our Updated Common Core English Language Arts Standards! 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. Click on your Grade Level to find English Language Arts Standard Resources and learning tools.

Kindergarten ELA standards

1st grade ELA standards

2nd grade ELA standards

3rd grade ELA standards

4th grade ELA standards

5th grade ELA standards

6th grade ELA standards

7th grade ELA standards

8th grade ELA standards

6th-8th grade ELA standards

9th-10th grade ELA standards

11th-12th grade ELA standards

Also, check out our Common Core Math Standards. 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.

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The App of the Month for October is Class Messenger. Class Messenger is a two-way private message service for teachers, parents, and students. Teachers can share what happened in class that day, post homework for students, class surveys, and donation, volunteer, and meeting requests to parents over the app. Having the app is not necessary to receive updates - parents and students can get their messages not only from the app, but by email, the web, or even text message.
Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

Things To Celebrate This Month

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

National Aviation Month

Celebrate aviation this month in your classroom! Learn about the history aviation, famous firsts in aviation, and visit the Aviation History Online Museum. Check out lesson plans and resource guides from the National Museum of the US Air Force and some fun airplane crafts!

Child Safety and Protection Month

It's always important to keep the safety of children in mind! Take a quiz about childhood safety and learn about food safety with lesson plans, activities, and other resources. Safe Kids Worldwide has a variety of tips for different risks for various ages. I4C also has resources and activities on our safety page for Kindergartners, fire safety page, internet safety page, and personal safety page.

Good Nutrition Month

Eating healthy nutritious meals is such an important part of living a healthy lifestyle. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has educational resources and interactive games and quizzes to help kids learn about nutrition! Also check out I4C's Nutrition page for more resources to help children learn about healthy diets.

Native American Heritage Month

Celebrate the significant contributions Native Americans have made to the United States this month! Find lesson plans, classroom activities, and other teacher resources from the Smithsonian Institute, the Library of Congress, and the National Education Association.

National Authors Day (11/1)

Celebrate and learn about children's authors. Your students can be authors today too! Learn about author's purpose with worksheets and interactive websites. Find story writing resources and check out our elementary writing resources. We also have a collection of websites where your students can get their work published!

Daylight Savings Time ends (11/3)

Did you remember to set your clocks back an hour today? Learn about why we set our clocks back and other interesting facts about Daylight Savings Time.

Veterans Day (11/11)

Honor our veterans today! Learn about Veterans Day, find Veterans Day themed activities and projects, and send a thank you letter to our troops on I4C's Veterans Day page.

Young Readers Day (11/12)

Promote the importance of reading! I4C has a collection of stories for elementary students, library resources, information on physical and virtual libraries, grade level help with reading and literature, and reading assessment practice.

Gettysburg Address (11/19)

This year is the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Read President Lincoln's speech, test your knowledge on the Gettysburg Address, learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg, and find Civil War activities, printables, and interactive maps here.

Thanksgiving (11/28)

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? Find fun crafts, the history of the holiday, and Thanksgiving themed activities on I4C's Thanksgiving page.

Hanukkah (11/28-12/5)

Happy Hanukkah! Check out I4C's Hanukkah page to learn about the holiday and to find games, activities, recipes, and songs to celebrate Hanukkah!

** 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.

I4C now as printables! Check out our Printable Worksheets for 1st to 5th Grade Math! More coming soon!

High School Math teachers, be sure to check out our NEW Common Core Algebra Standards Page!

November is Child Safety and Protection Month! Teach your students about food safety, fire safety, and internet safety. Safe Kids Worldwide has a variety of tips for different risks for various ages. I4C also has resources for personal safety and safety for Kindergartners.

This Veterans Day, have your students write letters to troops! Find more information on our Veterans Day resource page.

Gobble Gobble! Find Thanksgiving resources to use in your classroom on I4C's Thanksgiving page!

Help your students with their critical thinking skills! Read about critical thinking in education and find out about the issues surrounding it. Teach critical thinking to English language learners with these helpful activities. Math teachers, help your students' critical thinking skills by analyzing charts and graphs. Practice reading charts and use worksheets to analyze bar graphs. Get parents to help too! Share these tips with parents to enhance your students' critical thinking skills.

SAT and ACT season is underway! Make sure your students are prepared for the college entrance exams with I4C's free SAT and ACT Test preparation!

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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.

November is Child Safety and Protection Month! Teach your kids about food safety, fire safety, and internet safety. Safe Kids Worldwide has a variety of tips for different risks for various ages. I4C also has resources for personal safety and safety for Kindergartners.

Eating healthy and nutritious meals is an important part of living a healthy lifestyle. Emphasize the importance of a healthy diet to your children! The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has educational resources and interactive games and quizzes to help kids learn about nutrition! Also check out I4C's Nutrition page for more resources to help children learn about healthy diets.

Check out our Thanksgiving page for crafts, activities, and other great Thanksgiving resources.

Enhance your child's critical thinking skills! The Duke TIP program has tips for parents wanting to develop the critical thinking skills of their child

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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: How to Quickly Add Accents: Have you need a quick way to add accents when typing in a foreign language? Ask a Tech Teacher has a handy table of shortcuts for all accents, including upper and lower case! Find more keyboard shortcuts here.

Tech Tip #2: Zoom In and Out on Webpages: Text too small on a website? Zoom in by pressing "CTRL" and "+" and zoom out with "CTRL" and "-". More internet tips here.

Tech Tip #3: Quickly Type Website Addresses: You can use keyboard shortcuts to auto-complete a web address in your browser! After typing the domain name, press CTRL+ENTER for ".com", SHIFT+ENTER for ".net", and CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER for ".org". Add ALT in any combination, it will not only auto-complete the web address but open the website in a new tab! More keyboard shortcuts here.

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This Month's Blog

This month's blog: Fun Online Activities for You and Your Students Guest Blogger Allie Cooper discusses how you can use technology in your lesson plans.

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.

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