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Greetings. 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 will feature resources and information on a variety of topics. We are constantly updating information on our site and urge you to visit often.
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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. Follow us on Twitter (internet4classr). Stay up to date with offerings and new sources/links for great educational and technology information for you, your students, and children. We're now on Pinterest.(internet4classr) Check our page for pins on classroom, educational, teacher tips, and organizational ideas.
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Internet4Classrooms now offers printables, covering Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Mathematics. Look for a rapidly growing variety of thousands of practice worksheets tied to the Common Core State Standards, School Subjects, Activities, and Holidays.
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Common Core State Standards
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Check out our 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. 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.
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Every month we are going to feature a different, and hopefully FREE, iPad/iPod/iPhone educational application. Visit our ever-changing app page.
This May's free app of the month is MotionMaze. This puzzle game is powered through your movement. Help Captain Mapp, the man character, get through the treasure map mazes as quickly as possible by walking or jogging in place.
For ages 4 and up. Requires iOS 4.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPad touch.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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May brings us Mothers' Day, Teacher Appreciation, Memorial Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started.
Physical Fitness Month
Exercising is a vital part of living a healthy lifestyle. Find resources about exercise, physical education, team sports, and more on our Physical Education Page. Also check out our pages about Health and Nutrition and Wellness to find more information about living a healthy lifestyle.
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Celebrate the contributions that Asian and Pacific Americans have made to society this month. Learn about notable Asian American writers, athletes, and scientists. Find book lists, lesson plans, and student activities from Scholastic. Use primary sources in your lesson plans from the Library of Congress and the National Archives and find teacher resources from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art here.
National Weather Observer's Day (5/4)
Learn about the weather in your classroom today. Find a variety of lesson plans from Discovery Education and Scholastic. Also check out our Earth Science resource page and Weather page for elementary schoolers for interactives, activities, and more.
Cinco de May (5/5)
Happy Cinco de May! Learn about the history of this holiday and facts and misconceptions about Cinco de Mayo. Find crafts, projects, and printables you can do today.
Teacher Appreciation Week (5/5-5/9)
Show your appreciation to the teachers in your life this week! Find printables, crafts, and other great ways how to show your thanks on our Teacher and Staff Appreciation page.
Mothers' Day (5/11)
Celebrate your mom and show her how much you care and appreciate her today. I4C has a Mothers' Day resource page, filled with crafts, activities, and printables you can incorporate into your lesson plans or use at home.
National Children's Book Week (5/12-18)
Celebrate Children's Book Week in your classroom. Find teacher and librarian resources for this week here. Here are some great book lists for all ages and lesson plans from Scholastic. I4C also 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.
Biographer's Day (5/16)
Today, learn about famous figures through reading their biographies. Find biographies for our Founding Fathers, Nobel Prize Winners, famous authors, and more on our Biography Topics page.
Memorial Day (5/26)
Enjoy the day off of work and school today but this Memorial Day, remember those who have died for our country. Find lesson plans, crafts, activates, and more on our Memorial Day page.
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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: [email protected]
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| Focus On: Teacher Resources |
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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.
Teach your students the importance of staying active this month. We have great Physical Education resources about the muscular system, strength training, team sports, and more. Also visit our Health and Nutrition and Wellness pages to find more information about living a healthy lifestyle.
Celebrate Children's Book Week in your classroom! Here are some great book lists for all ages and lesson plans from Scholastic. I4C also 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.
Check out our Mother's Day page to find crafts you can make with your students to take home and show mom, as well as fun activities and printables.
Memorial Day is a great day to relax before the end of the school year but remember those who have died for our country. Teach your students about why we have the day off and the meaning behind the holiday. Find lesson plans, crafts, and activates on our Memorial Day page.
Did you know that teachers typically spend 4 to 6 weeks re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the summer? Help your students retain what they learned this school year by telling them about our Free Summer Learning Program.
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I4C OVERVIEW
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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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| Focus On: Parent Resources |
In addition to our teachers, parents can take advantage of our online resources as well.
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Tech Tip #1: Using the PrintScreen Button: Have you ever pushed the PrintScreen button and nothing happened? You need to go one step farther. Open a program like Paint or Word, and right click to paste or hit CTRL+V. The image will appear and you can alter, resize, and print your liking. Find our Print Screen Tutorial here.
Tech Tip #2: Hide Your Program: Need to quickly hide the window you're currently working in when someone comes up to your desk? For Mac, click Command+H. For PC, click ALT+Space+N. Your window will be hidden until you open it again from your task bar. Click CTRL+F4 to completely close a window clickly. Other keyboard shortcuts here.
Tech Tip #3: Quickly Add the Date a Word Document: Save time while working with this little Word shortcut! To quickly add the date to a Word document, press CTRL+ALT+D. Find more keyboard shortcuts for Word.
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This month's blog: May - The Month of Appreciation With Mothers' Day, Teacher Appreciation Week and Memorial Day, one can say that May is a month of appreciation and showing gratitude. This month's blog examines how you can show appreciation and "have an attitude of gratitude" at home or in school. Additional resources are given supporting the subjects of Appreciation and Gratitude.
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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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