Raise your hand if you can’t believe that the first nine weeks of the school year are nearly over. They are for my kids next week. Time keeps a-tickin’ and, for me, feels like it speeds up from now through the end of December. I can’t slow down time, but I can tell you about some fabulous freebies and chances to win that will help time work for you.
Post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EDT on October 30, 2016, to tell me which of the items below would help you in your classroom. From the comments, I’ll randomly select one teacher to win the book/CD/DVD set for The Very First Thanksgiving Day. (You’ll have it in time for your Thanksgiving Day unit!) (Update: congratulations to Sr. Diane, who is the winner of our prize.)
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If you had a nickel for every time students ask “How much longer?”, you’d probably have a healthy little nest egg. Time Timer can help. As time passes, the red disk on the timer grows smaller, so everyone can see at a glance how much time is left. Use it for transitions, standardized tests, and more. Check it out here.
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NEA’s Read Across America may not be until March 2, 2017, but you can begin its 20th anniversary celebration now with a free 2016–17 resource calendar. It’s packed with monthly info and activities focusing on Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers. Quantities are limited, so click here now.
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Take some time for your professional development with “Discover and Explore with Library of Congress Primary Sources.” The free online conference on October 25 and 26 is for K–12 educators and includes topics ranging from assessments and literacy to historical newspapers and kindergarten historians. You can earn up to 15 hours of CEU/PDU by participating or viewing each session. Learn more here.
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Don’t forget—there’s no time like the present to post a comment for a chance to win the book/DVD/CD!
Always happy to take time for you,
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PS: Like the Time Timer? Enter to win one, as well as books, gift cards, and supercool classroom supplies. Click here.
I’ve always wanted a time timer for my classroom!
Definitely the timer. Always need one.
Would love the timer and of course read across America is dear to my heart
I would definitely like The Very First Thanksgiving Day. Great read for one of our November themes!
The time timer.
The timer would be awesome.
The timer would be a fantastic addition to my classroom for children with ASD. We love our visual reminders and this would be awesome to smooth transitions throughout the day.
I signed up for NEA’s Read Across America Resource Calendar. I would also love to win a time timer!
The Very First Thanksgiving Day would be amazing!!
I think either give away prize is great…. the timer OR the cd/book.
Thanks so much!
Karen
I hope that timer has my name on it!!!!
I love the timers! I would love one for my classroom.
I would like The Very First Thanksgiving. You can never have to many books
The Very First Thanksgiving would be great to read to my little ones!
The Very First Thanksgiving has a lot of mini lesson opportunities within the book. It would be great to have the DVD, CD, book set to help foster these lesson opportunities!
The Very First Thanksgiving looks amazing!
The timer would be perfect for my class! As a preschool teacher, my three year olds cannot tell time, and ask me all day long how much longer until the next activity. Having the timer would allow them to have a visual of time for themselves!
I think it’s “time” for me to win!!! Thanks so much for the opportunity!
i’d love the thanksgiving book!
I would love the timer. It would help me with a group of students that I have who need to have steps broken down for them. A timer like this would be a godsend!
I have used one of those timers and found it very helpful for some students. I have gotten small desktop versions that I borrowed from our resource department and placed on individual student desks (those who tend to dawdle, etc.).
The timer would be good for my kindergarten class. We haven’t started to tell time yet and they are always asking when is lunch.
The time timer is awesome!
Would love the book!!
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday so I would definitely want the book!
The book would be an aewrsome addition. If i were to win the book it would be donated to our school library so all the kids could enjoy the story. We use the old wind up timer. This timer makes it easier for the kids to see how much time is left. This is especially helpful with our kids who don’t yet recognize the numbers.
I would love to have that timer in my class. It would make transitioning a bit smoother.
This would be AWESOME in my Thanksgiving/harvest themed classroom bag!!
the book
My preschool students love hearing this book every year, so a new copy would be great to replace my tattered copy! I love to use CD’s for the kids to listen to stories at center time! And a DVD would be a wonderful added bonus to our Thanksgiving day celebration!
I would love to add the Very First Thanksgiving Day to my Thanksgiving unit! Thank you!
We would love the DVD to the book we already read every year. “Very first Thanksgiving Day” is one book we read every year after our Thanksgiving Feast. Half of our students dress up as Indians and half as Pilgrims and have a meal together.
The Thanksgiving book would be a great addition to any claasroom’s holiday theme.
I would love to have the book/CD/DVD set! My prek kids would love it!!!
Really would love to add the book to my library!
I would love the Very First Thanksgiving set for my classroom. I do a big Thanksgiving unit every year and these items I could easily add to my unit!
I would love that book!
I would love The Very First Thanksgiving! That book would be a plus to my collection for my first graders!
I am new to 2nd grade. Previously, I taught 4,5,6.
I would live to add this to my new classroom.
I would love the Time timer! It’s so important to teach students how to manage their time and this would be the perfect tool! I would love to win a copy of the Very First Thanksgiving too! So many great resources! Thank you!
I am always looking for a simple story about the first Thanksgiving. This looks perfect for my preschool classroom. I would definitely use it
I would love to have The very First Thanksgiving for my group of kindergarteners!
The timer would be so helpful. Thanks for the chance!
The Very First Thanksgiving would a great addition to my school bookshelves!
The timer! Time management is such a critical skill to teach!
I would love the book/cd/DVD combo for my Kindergarteners!
I would love The Very First Thanksgiving Day. My class loves listening to books in our listening center. The book and cd combo would be perfect!
I would love to receive The Very First Thanksgiving Day book to read to my VPK class. My class loves holiday themed books snd activities that relate to the story.
The timer would be perfect!
Definitely the timer! I use a timer quite often but mine doesn’t have the red section. That would be great for my kindergarten and first grade classroom!
I would love the book and CD.
Would love the book for my preschool children. We read numerous books daily and the love it.
Professional development all the way- library of congress.Would love the book set am looking forward to checking it out.
I would love The Very First Thanksgiving book set to use when we learn about early settlers here in New England!
I work with special needs students who have hard time with transitioning, so the timer would be wonderful! The book would be a great addition to my Thanksgiving unit.
The Very First Thanksgiving Day book looks great!
Love this book!
I would love this book! This aligns perfectly with our 4th grade standards in Social Studies. We love to connect prior learning with the content of the Pilgrims and the Early New England Colonies!!
I would love that timer!
The Thanksgiving book would be a great read for our Thanksgiving theme! I would love to add it to my library
Gobbyle up a good book!
I would love the first thanksgiving book!
Definitely a timer! Would be so useful in the classroom
The book would be an awesome addition to our class library ?
The time timer would be awesome! It would really help with my centers!
I absolutely love this time of year! I would love to have The Very First Thanksgiving Day.
The Very First Thanksgiving Day would add to my kindergarten classroom. I read to them each day and I have the children take turns picking a books with the theme/s of the month. Thank you!!
The first Thanksgiving book would be awesome! I have the timer in my preschool classroom and I love them! The children remind me when I forget to set it.
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have the book, CD, & DVD for my kindergarten classroom!!
woo hoo I could use a timer for favorite centers!!
Every classroom needs a visual timer like that! The book looks perfect for young students!
The timer looks great.
I would love a timer like this! It would be so helpful in my classroom.
I would love the Thanksgiving book or the timer they would both be great addition to my class. They love listening to cd books!
I would love to have the Very First Thanksgiving Day DVD. Each year we do a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving with all our second graders. They bring in paper plates, jellybeans, popcorn, and other snacks highlighted in the tv special. We watch the show and enjoy time together. It would be great to compare/contrast the 2 videos with a venn diagram activity. I can envision the venn diagram circles being 2 huge turkey bellies. :).
I would like to read Thanksgiving book and DVD. What a great way to teach about Thanksgiving. Please.
I’d love to win the Thanksgiving book!
I’d like to read the book… I don’t know this one.
Definitely the timer! It would be helpful when we carousel around the room 🙂
My kiddos love books and would love the Thanksgiving book (the cd would go to good use too for my struggling readers).
I would like to win the “My Very First Thanksgiving Day” book/CD/DVD set to help teach my Sudanese kids about the holiday. Thank you for donating this!
I’ve been wanting a Time Timer for a long time!
I’d love to have The First Thanksgiving book and DVD. My team is in the process of revamping all of our social studies units. This would be perfect.
The timer would be a welcome addition to my classroom. Some of students use the timer for incentive. (work x amount of time, earn y amount of time of self selection activity)
I would love The very first Thanksgiving book set!!! I enjoy teaching about the different holidays and we really enjoy books in our classroom!
I would love the book and cd set for TG time! We have a feast every year and what a great addition it would make!
I would love the Thanksgiving book. I use read at least 3 times in a 2 and half hour class and the children love CD’s. Thank you.
The time would be great in my classroom! It could show the student how much time they have in each station, then how much time they have to clean up before the next station or activity. It would also be great for snack and lunch time. I try and explain to the kids we only have so long for lunch (I have some very pokey eaters and some chatty Kathy’s). The thanksgiving book would be perfect for our unit and the prior unit which we will spend it “In the Wood” learning all about nature, our world, and the animals that live in our part of the country all leading up to the native Americans and the first thanks giving.
I could use all of these wonderful resourses!
I’d love the timer but I’d REALLY love the Thanksgiving book!
Seems like a great Thanksgiving themed book that I would love to share with my kiddos!
I would love the Thanksgiving book!
We would love to share this story with our children at GUAO
Would love the book/cd/DVD!!
Book and cd please and thank you
The Very First Thanksgiving Day Book/DVD would be great as a conclusion to my Thanksgiving reader’s theater!
Love the book and CD set for Thanksgiving.
The timer would help with sharing toys. ?