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 Monthly Newsletter    Issue 71

 

Music in Our Schools Month, 
Daylights Savings Time, 
Pi Day
March 2015
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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!
 
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Online Practice

Internet4Classrooms now offers Online Practice Tests and Interactives, covering Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Common Core Mathematics. Look for a rapidly growing variety of thousands of practice quizzes tied to the Common Core State Standards, School Subjects, Activities, and Holidays. 

Check out our Online Practice Quizzes More grades and subjects coming soon.
 Printables

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. 

Check out our Common Core Mathematics Printables. More grades and subjects coming soon.

NEW! We now have answer guides for our Printables. 
  Common Core State Standards

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.

  

  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)
 

 

This month we have two Apps of the Month:

 

The Apple compatible App of the Month for March is Dragon Shapes: Geometry Challenge. The app helps students with problem solving and reasoning through use of animal themed geometric puzzles centered on characters from the story. Children will gain the knowledge and vocab for describing shapes and their attributes; as well as a sense for geometric relationships and visualization skills. 

 

Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later.

 

The Android compatible App of the Month for March is Math Run. Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten through Grade 4, this app provides training at various levels in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Math Run poses arithmetic questions at key points to allow the player to advance or earn specific rewards. Math Run includes five playable characters, which determine the difficulty and type of math questions presented during gameplay. 

 

Compatibility: Requires Android 2.3 and up. 

 

 

  Things To Celebrate This Month
March brings Music in Our Schools Month, Daylight Savings Time, Pi Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started!

  

Music in Our Schools Month - Celebrate and enjoy music in your classroom this month. Make your own instruments, play with virtual instruments, and learn about different genres of music with on our Music Resources page . We also have Music and Dance resources for Kindergarten and Pre-K aged children.

 

Women's History Month- Did you know that March is National Women's History Month? You can learn about Women in World History and Women in American History. Learn about how March became the month to celebrate the accomplishments and influence of women in history, find a list of honorees for 2015, and other resources from the National Women's History Project .

 

Dr. Seuss' Birthday (3/2) - Fun fact: Green Eggs and Ham was written with a mere 50 words. Dr. Seuss is a staple in children's literature.Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with lesson plans and activities all correlating with his books. Learn about his lifeFind activities for all of Dr. Seuss' books. Here are some Dr. Seuss themed great printables and resources. Also check out  our Online Stories page for more classroom reading resources. 

 

Daylight Savings Time Begins (3/8) - Remember to set your clocks an hour ahead today. Learn about the history of Daylight Savings Time and why we "spring forward" an hour today. Work on time telling skills with these resources for  FirstSecond, and Third Grade.

 

Pi Day (3/14) - Happy Pi Day!  Learn about the history of Pi.  Apply Pi in your math lesson today.  Check out these ways these teachers have celebrated Pi Day in their classroom.  Learn about Pi through this "irrational" webquest. For high schoolers, try the Pi Day Challenge, a series of logic based puzzles all about Pi.

 

St. Patrick's Day (3/17) - Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with I4C! We have St. Patrick's Day history, games, crafts, and activities on our St. Patrick's Day resource page.

 

First Walk in Space (3/18/1965) - Learn about space walks and  Alexei Leonov's experience outside of the spacecraft. You can also check out our General Astronomy page for other resources on Space.

 

First Day of Spring (3/20) - Welcome to Spring! Today, learn about  what causes the change of seasons. Also check out these spring themed worksheets and activities and crafts you can use in your classroom.

 

First Map of the United States Published (3/31/1784) -Ever wondered what the United States looked like when the nation was first created? Abel Buell's work was the first to be submitted for copyright. Check out our Maps page for more resources on maps of the United States, interactive maps, and printables.

 

 

        **             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. 

 

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  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.  

  

Many historical events happened this month which you can cover in your classroom. Check out I4C's History page for lesson plans, videos, activities, and other resources to supplement your lessons!

 

March 14th is Pi Day! Apply Pi in your math lesson today. Check out these ways these teachers have celebrated Pi Day in their classroom and have your students learn about Pi through this "irrational" webquest. Your students can also work on their math skills with our Grade Level Skill Builders and our free Common Core Math Printables for Kindergarten to Sixth Grade.

Spring brings unpredictable weather. Explore these Elementary Science tools.

Name that tune! Celebrate Music In Our Schools Month with I4C's music lessons and resources ranging from music sheets and instruments to percussions and opera.

  

 

 

  

Be sure to check out I4C's collection of free educational iPhone and iPad apps! 

  

  

I4C has tons of handwriting resources for you to use in your classroom! We have a page for kindergarteners with tons of handwriting worksheetshelp for uppercase and lowercase lettersresources for your students to practice manuscript and cursive, and handwriting help for students with ADHD.

  

  

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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.
 
 
  

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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.

 

 

 

Did you know that March is National Craft Month? Check out these Spring themed crafts you can do with your child this month. Internet4Classrooms also has Arts and Crafts Resources for Pre-K and Kindergarten aged children.

 

Read with your child this month! Here are some great reading resources just for parents. Check out our Elementary School Stories page  and prep for upcoming assessments with our Reading Comprehension Practice resources. 

 

March is Music in Our Schools Month. Enhance your child's music education with Internet4Classrooms. Make your own instruments, play with virtual instruments, and learn about different genres of music with your child on our Music Resources page. We also have Music and Dance resources for Kindergarten and Pre-K aged children.

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out I4C's collection of free educational iPhone and iPad apps for you and your child!

 

Don't forget our Technology Tutorial section in case you need refresher courses in your computer 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: Put Screenshots into Word 
Did you know you can take a screenshot and input it into Microsoft Word? 

  

Tech Tip #2: Get Organized

Famjama.com offers a wonderful, FREE, online calendar for all of your scheduling needs. You can add family members, share your appointments, make grocery and errand lists, and much more. It's a great site if you need help keeping track of life. We have more organizational tools on our Teaching Resources page. 

  

Tech Tip #3: Think Before You Open

Remember there are a lot of online scams. Make sure you update your password frequently, and never open emails from senders you do not know or that have questionable links. Check out our Tech tutorials page. 

 

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 This Month's Blog

This month's blog: Positive Coaching in the Classroom and at Home: Coaching in youth sports is being changed for the better - with Positive Coaching. As teachers and parents, we can learn much from the positive coaching phenomenon. A lot of what is being taught in PCA classes applies to the classroom and home as well as on the field.   
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