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Monthly Newsletter Interactive content for your interactive classroom

November 2016

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

New Resources 1

PledgeCents 2

Math Tip 2

Content to 3-5

Celebrate Thanksgiving

New Resources Added Magnetism and Map Skills

This month, we added new resources to the science and social

studies topics of magnetism and map skills. These resources

include content for compass skills, using a grid, and Earth’s

magnetism. To access these resources, login to your teacher

account and choose the search button, or choose the links tab in

your classroom management account. Under the topics search,

choose Science as your subject and Magnetism as your topic or

Social Studies as your subject and Map Skills as your topic.

We add new content every month and our best ideas come from

our members, so please email or call with your content requests!

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Magnazone

Help Magnus Magnet classify

materials as magnetic or non-

magnetic.

Uncle Sam’s Farm

Use a compass rose to navigate

Uncle Sam’s farm and help him

complete the chores.

StarrMatica has partnered with the crowd funding platform, PledgeCents, to help teachers and schools earn their StarrMatica memberships for free.

How Does It Work?

1. Follow this link to create a cause for StarrMatica on PledgeCents in 3 easy steps: https://www.pledgecents.com/signup/event/starrmatica 2. Spread the word about your cause. 3. Once the funds are raised, we will contact you directly to activate your account. Best of all, if you don't reach your goal, you still get to keep any amount of money you raise! Whether you need to renew your membership this year or you are looking to fund next year’s membership, don’t let funding issues stop you from having StarrMatica in your classroom. With PledgeCents, you can begin funding your membership for free. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter so you don’t miss our exciting announcement in a few weeks for #CyberMonday and #GivingTuesday. Hint: We’re planning a way for you to receive a discount on your membership larger than anything we’ve ever done before!

Math Tip One of the great things about a library of content is the ability to use it in many different ways. In math class, you can use the library to your advantage when explaining concepts with virtual manipulatives. StarrMatica’s library provides hundreds of virtual manipulatives for you to choose from, so if a traditional manipulative isn’t getting making a concept clear, you have many other choices.

You can both demonstrate a manipulative easily on your interactive whiteboard or flat panel and have your students explore that same manipulative on their laptops or tablets. This is something that isn’t always possible when relying on physical manipulatives. Allowing students to demonstrate how they arrived at a solution using manipulatives and to compare their strategies with fellow students can be an invaluable learning tool.

Make it a goal this month to try using a virtual manipulative with your students. When searching in StarrMatica, just choose “Virtual Manipulative” from the “Type” drop down to see a list of manipulatives available for your chosen topic. If you have individual student accounts, be sure to add that manipulative to student backpacks for easy access.

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Digital Content to

Celebrate Thanksgiving

Click each image to visit that site. Enjoy!

Journey through the

History of the Holiday

Enjoy aGame

Read a Story

Create a Project