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Resources for Elementary Teachers
August 30 - September 6, 2011
IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that highlights some of our many educational resources, programs, and educational sessions available. This week, to help you get back into the swing of things, we're highlighting current, topical, and relevant resources that are sure to peak your students' interests.
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Educational Resources
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PBS LearningMedia Focus: Hurricanes

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

As hurricane season kicks into full gear, PBS LearningMedia offers a wide variety of resources to help your students better understand the science behind these extraordinary storms to the social and economic impact they have had on the United States. LearningMedia is the next-generation digital media service for PreK-16 educators.

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Chuck Vanderchucks "Something Something" Explosion

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

An immersive, interactive online experience with the goal of helping students understand music, ear training, and music composition from a variety of musical genres including jazz, salsa, and country. 

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The Electric Company: Punctuation

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

Unlock the power of words and punctuation using the Electric Company's

vibrant themes and energy. These resources will help your students better understand that periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation points help stories make sense and come alive.

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Featured Television Programs
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WordGirl

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

Follow the everyday life and adventures of WordGirl as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage. Aside from an extremely entertaining program, the PBS Kids site offers short  video clips to help enrich your lessons.  

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IPTV Education broadcasts overnight on Mediacom cable. Click here for a full schedule of our educational programs. If you are unable to record an episode you see on IPTV, contact your AEA for copies of programs that allow for duplication.

 

Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.

 

Wild Kratts: Mystery of the Squirmy Worm

Grade Range: K-2

Teach your students natural history and science by building on their natural interests in animals by exploring different animal habitats around the globe. This ICN session has the Kratt Brothers go on an underground mission to meet earthworms and answer why worms come up out of the ground when it rains.  

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Amphibians and Reptiles

Grade Range: K-4

Join naturalists from the Warren Country Conservation Board to explore the similarities, differences, and characteristics between amphibians and reptiles. Live animals will be on-hand throughout the presentation, so please come prepared with questions about these fascinating groups of animals.

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Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity.  

 

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