It’s Sweater Weather! Bundle Up With Freebies, Chances to Win, and More!

I enjoyed my first snowflakes last weekend. I’m a southern gal now but had traveled north for a few days. Was I thrilled when snow started to fall? You bet! (My northern companions? Not so much.) When the weather cools down, I love to bundle up—whether it’s donning a warm sweater or bundling up perfect-for-teachers freebies and chances to win!

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Post a comment to this blog by 11:59 pm EST on December 6, 2015, to tell me which of the freebies and contests below are your favorites. From the comments, I’ll randomly select one lucky teacher to win two books to wrap up with. Sweaterweather & Other Short Stories (First Second) is a new, expanded edition of the original book, with 17 short comics, illustrated essays, and journal entries. Then a young boy wishes winter would never end in Winter’s Child (Templar Books), but what happens when the season doesn’t change?  (Update: congratulations to Karen, who is the winner of our prize.)

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Ready to do a good deed? You can unlock a $5 donation for my friends at Champions for Kids and get free lessons that use Hot Wheels cars to teach STEM. All you have to do is watch a one-minute video and download the activities. Simple, right? Don’t forget to share this with colleagues and parents to unlock even more donations. Click here.

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This match was made in cyberspace! Use the eCYPERMISSION competition to incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards in your grades 6–9 science class. The first-place national winners each get a $5,000 US savings bond, plus there are prizes for regional and state award winners. The real prize? Engaging your students in science and engineering practices. Learn more here.

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Here comes trouble! In The Terrible Two Get Worse, pranksters Miles and Niles are tested when their favorite nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern and cunning father. Now the pair will do anything to get their old antagonist back—including pranking alongside him! Check out this brand-new book here.

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Want to motivate your students to write? Let them create self-published books with Shutterfly’s Photo Story for Classrooms. This free multimedia iPad app supports project-based learning and provides standards-aligned lesson plans for any grade level. Right now, there’s an offer to get a free classroom book! Click here.
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First-grade teachers: have you tried out ABCmouse’s new grade 1 activities? There are more than 450 of them and, like the preschool, PreK, and kindergarten curriculums, they’re absolutely free for schools! The first-grade content supports standards and covers ELA/reading, math, science, social studies, and more. To check it out, you need to register at ABCmouse.com/schools.

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Don’t forget to submit a comment for your chance to win the books!

Karen

PS: Have you heard that you can win 2016 Teachers’ Choice Award–winning products right here on this blog? Go to LearningMagazine.com to make your wishlist; then watch the blog for your chances to win! (Hint: sign up to get an email of each new post. It doesn’t get any easier!)


18 thoughts on “It’s Sweater Weather! Bundle Up With Freebies, Chances to Win, and More!

  1. Oh my gosh so many wonderful products on the Teachers choice site I can see I need to spend some more time there. Would love to win the books. Happy Thanksgiving Learning Magazine and Karen. Thanks for all you add to our classrooms

  2. LOVE the books, who wouldn’t??? What a great way to stock the classroom library with great seasonal and motivational books to read. Thanks so much for all you do for teacher! Thanksgiving is a great time to tell you how thankful I am for Mailbox …
    Keep up the great work!

  3. I love how easy it was to help out Champions for Kids – took no time at all! As teachers, it seems we are often asking for things we don’t have but this season reminds us to be thankful for the what we do have…amazing students and great resources like this site! Happy Thanksgiving!

  4. Do you know at the University Mall in Burlington, Vermont there was a kiosk selling “Ugly Sweaters”???? Now I have a few sweaters of my own but I have never had a sweater I considered “ugly” and neither do the authors of the book Sweaterweather & Other Short Stories. This winter is supposed to be as cold as last year and the new book Winter’s Child is probably going to be a good read for children this winter. Thank you so much for publishing the blog. Enjoy the holidays and the new year.

  5. I always enjoy finding books to go along with my monthly lesson plan themes. The books would go great with December’s theme Winter Fun.

  6. Children love to read about children doing pranks…they would laugh out loud about doing so with a principal! “Terrible Two Get Worse” would be our choice!

    I echo the gratitude expressed for your continuous contributions to education! Thank you!

  7. Learning Magazine selects fantastic books to add to winter reading, “Terrible Two Get Worse”, “Winter’s Child” and “Sweaterweater and Other Stories”.

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