What do coding, gasoline, and a collaboration have in common? They’re all part of opportunities that you have right now! (Think winning a curriculum, snagging gift cards, and getting an opportunity to collaborate with inspiring teachers.) Have I sparked your interest? Read on!
First, post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EST on November 6, 2016, to tell me which of the items below you’d like to be part of. From the comments, I’ll randomly select one teacher to win The Mermaid’s Purse, a brand-new true story about award-winning author Patricia Polacco’s grandmother and her love of reading and community. (Update: congratulations to Norah, who is the winner of our prize.)
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Introduce your students to coding skills (you don’t need experience yourself) with Code-a-Thon, a nationwide competition to be held November 14–18, 2016. The winning school will get a one-year subscription to a digital literacy and coding curriculum for grades K–8. Register by November 9 to receive free access to EasyTech and EasyCode Basic. Get the details here.
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You have a chance to win a $100 CITGO gift card and a $100 voucher from National School Supply to use or to give to any teacher to use through this sweepstakes. (Tell your students’ parents they can enter too!) There will be 300 winners in 27 states; check the official rules to see if your state is one of them. Then enter here by November 27, 2016.
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Looking for tips and tools to boost student engagement, collaboration, and productivity? Sign up for a free online conference, Education on Air: It Takes a Teacher, to be held December 2 and 3 (EST). Watch highlights from the 2015 event and register here.
Don’t forget to post a comment for your chance to win the book!
Finger crossed for you,
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The Mermaid’s Purpose I LOVE Patricia Pollaco
The Mermaid Purse would be wonderful!!! Patricia Polacco is an amazing writer!!
The Mermaid’s Purse would be an awesome treasure. I have been a devoted reader and sharer of all of Patricia Polacco’s books.
A new Patricia Polacco book??? OH, that would be a treat, indeed! I use P. Polacco books in Writer’s Workshop all the time … the students LOVE the stories and her rich storytelling gives us a lot to discuss – makes it easy to teach all of our writing TEKS!
Thanks for all you do to help teachers!
The new Patricia Polacco book?? Yes, please!!!
I just signed up for the Code A Thon! I love teaching my students about coding and they love it, too!
Excited for the Code A Thon!!! We have worked with Dash and Dot and the kids love it. This will be something new to wrap their brains around. Awesome!!!
Google for Education sounds like a productive conference. Mahalo for offering the opportunity to win a Patricia Polacco book; she is a favorite author at our public library.
I just signed up for Code-a-Thon. (I also entered the Citgo contest!) Would love another Patricia Pollaco book for my classroom library.
I signed up for the code a thon. I do not have coding experience but my daughters do. I will ask them for some pointers!.
I could certainly use the $100 from Citgo for National School Supply!
The Mermaid’s Purse. I love Patriccia Polacco.
The Mermaid’s Purse! Patricia Polacco is a staple in my classroom!
Love all of Patricia Polacco’s books! Each one touches my heart in a very special way.
I love anything and everything Google. Google has wonderful tools for educators!
My kiddos love all kinds of books….they love making projects tos go with the books as well
Karen,
Wow!! I think I will start with coding and google education and finish off with Citgo Fuel up with a stop at the book store to check out Mermaid Purse
Good luck, Carrie! We love your enthusiasm!
I’d love to win The Mermaid Tail! My students love coding and I use Google to teach my kids how to collaborate, create, research and become students with 21st century creative thinking skills!
i would love to win this book.
I would be very happy to win this book
I saw her speak at a reading conference. She was awesome! I love her books and she made them come alive during her talk
I live reading her stories to my students. There is always s great lesson in each story.
Google for education looks interesting!
Would love a copy of this book!
Google for education would be my choice. I absolutely love Patricia Polacco and would love to win her new book.
Love it! Entered with CITGO Fuel sweepstakes and definitely interested in the Google Education conference! ??
Gift cards, please
would love the book and the citgo contest
I would love a new Patricia Polacco book!!
I would love any of those items/resources! I teach at a rural one room schoolhouse in Montana. I use Patricia’s books all the time!
This would be the perfect addition to my daughter’s classroom library!
The Mermaid’s Purse
The new Patricia Polacco book would be wonderful!
Oh, my, the book would be a cherished addition to our best-loved books written by her. We so love the intricate detail in her books. Students from K-Gr. 3 are always enthralled with the characters in her books…but even more so are delighted to catch a glimpse of who she is when she shares her life as a child during (learn 360: Reading Rainbow) Rechenka’s Egg…making the story become even more alive and real.
Speak the name “Patricia Polacco” in my classroom and watch fifth graders circle up with excitement because something magical happens in her world of storytelling. Her books open the door for us to discuss real life lessons and themes, plus many relate to social studies topics. So I signed up for Citgo rewards because gift cards to spend in my classroom probably means more books to enjoy! Plus I like the idea of sharing with another educator.
I would love the “Mermaid’s Purse”. I have one niece and 4 nephews. My niece could use a little pampering.
Code-a-thin sounds interesting.
I would love a copy of The Mermaid’s Purse. Patricia Polacco is a favorite!
Can’t wait to read this book. My class is loving Polacco books this year. So far the favorite is My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother,
I have just started using Classroom Google in my classroom this year and have found it to be very engaging for the students. I am going to look into the google online conference. And I love Patricia Polacco’s books! Pick me!
My daughter loves Patricia Polacco books. We read “Welcome Comfort” every Christmas.
She would love her new book. I’m also a teacher and would like to share
the book with my class. Thank you for this opportunity to win new literature!
I would love to do the Code-a-thon with my students. They love coding!
I’m starting to use Google more and more and my team is using Google drive to share materials we creat. Would love to learn more about using it the classroom. And a new Patricia Polacco book – that would be awesome!!
I adore Patricia Polacco! I am starting a new unit with my library students on Tuesday 11/1 using many of her books. The Mermaids Purse would make a perfect addition to my unit as well as to the school library so that all could enjoy it.
I met Patricia Polacco during the 2014-2015 school year. She was giving a talk at a nearby public lbrary. I knew I just had to go meet her as she is one of my favorite authors! Patricia shared personal stories with us, showed us the Keeping Quilt and retold it to us. She did not read it to us, because she explained she does not read her books aloud, to this day she still has anxiety as she has a LD ( dyslexia) like the girl in her book “Thank You Mr. Faulkner”. I found this to be an amazing, refreshingly honest story. Reminding us that we have to remember that each one of our students has different needs to succeed. Even the “grown up children.”
Thank you Patricia Palocco for your words and your and for giving us SO MANY WONDERFUL BOOKS/ TOOLS to use in our classrooms!
Sincerely,
a teacher, fan and lifelong learner,
Lisa Marie Gee
I LOVE ❤ Patricia! I have most of her books! I’d love ❤ to win the Mermaid’s Purse.
The Mermaid’s Purse! I love Patricia Pollaco!
I would like the Citgo Fuel for Education gift card! It would definitely help to cut my personal spending in buying supplies for my classroom/ students!!
Google for education
The Mermaid’s Purpose by Patricia Polacco – LOVE all her books!
The Google webinar looks awesome!
So excited to see a new Polacco book!
I love love love PP! I always loved her FB posts but she hasn’t recently!! I need the Google….thanks!
Yes! A new Patricia Polacco book!
The Mermaid’s Purse would be great!!!! Patricia Polacco fan!