Bookbags packed? Check. Forms filled out and signed? Check and check. Farewell summer vacation, and hello school year! I took my daughters to their first day this past week and am ready to offer all the support I can for a successful school year for them…and you! Check out these freebies and chances to win—including books, a bulletin board set, pencil sharpeners, and 500 bucks in classroom cash!
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But first, make sure you post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EDT on September 18, 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 School’s First Day of School—a clever book about the beginning of the school year from a new school’s perspective. (Update: congratulations to Melissa N., who is the winner of our prize.)
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Did you know this week is Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week? Yep, I learned about it in the reader’s calendar at TheMailbox.com/disneybooks. It’s one of the freebies you can get along with mini posters, loads of teacher guides, and more. Plus enter for your chance to win a class set of books. For September, you could win 30 copies of Number One Sam; The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight; or Hook’s Revenge. Click here.
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There’s nothing more frustrating than to coming into your classroom to find your posters on the floor instead of the wall—again! Try TeachersTape. This custodian-approved removable foam tape keeps art projects, posters, and more in place until you’re ready to take them down. At teacherstape.com, be sure to check out the free template for a business card too! Find it here.
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Here’s a chance to win classroom cash and a must-have supply—pencil sharpeners! At TheMailbox.com/xacto, you could win $500 classroom cash and five new durable pencil sharpeners. There are prizes for runners-up and instant winners too. Plus get free resources to give students a “just write” start to the school year. Click here.
Don’t forget to tell me what you like best for a chance to win the book.
Here’s to a great school year,
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PS: NASA is giving out free earth science bulletin boards—a set of posters, lithographs, and stickers. The offer is good while supplies last, so click here to request yours today!
Free Earth Science Bulletin Board wins my vote this month!!
Love the Xacto contest and am heading To nasa site now
Electric pencil sharpeners are the BEST!!!
School’s First Day of School gets my vote this week!
This School’s First Day of School is the X-Acto way to start a new year! With teacher tape to put up wonderful posters from NASA can only bring us closer to Disney World!
I really want the Teacher Tape – as soon as I heard about it, I’ve been wanting to try it, but I don’t know where to buy it!
Hi Susan,
TeachersTape really is wonderful! You can buy it at their website, teacherstape.com, or you can call 855-477-1277. As far as I know it’s not available in teacher stores, but i will check on that and post if I find any other info.
Enjoy!
I love the Earth Science Bulletin Board Set. So Fun!
I would love to be an instant winner at the X-acto site. I tried but I did not win. Maybe the Grand Prize Winner!
Would love to try the teacher’s tape. I have never used it before.
The pencil sharpener is a must have! I don’t have one in my classroom so sharpening pencils becomes an event. I’d love to win one!
Thank you for letting us know about the book about the school’s first day!
I’m sure many students and teachers will enjoy it! I like how it gets us thinking about the first day in a new perspective!
I’d love to try teacher’s tape, I don’t know where to buy it.
Hi Melissa,
The easiest way to buy TeachersTape is through their website, teacherstape.com, or you can call 855-477-1277. As far as I know it’s not available in teacher stores, but i will check on that and post if I find any other info.
It really is a great product!
Karen
I am interested in the foam tape. Every kind I have tried leaves a mark, takes off paint, or leaves a bit of foam.
I’m torn between the pencil sharpeners and ‘School’s First day of School.’
The book looks super cute! We started a few weeks ago but I’d still love to read it to my class!
X-Acto!
School’s First Day! That looks like such a fun book!
I also love the foam tape. There is nothing worse than coming in and finding your displays all over the floor!
I have had a chance to read “School’s First Day…”. I liked it so much I read it to everyone in the office. I am a librarian and am excited to use this title at a training of children’s librarians next monthas we prepare for the 2017 Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP ). The theme is “Build a Better World “. I love that this book is a modern day homage to Buton’s “The Little House “.
I want a really good pencil sharpener! I need the foam tape. I love a good children’s book.
My first graders go through MILLLIONS of pencils, so the pencil sharpener is vital!
I know “School’s First Day of School” would be a hit with my kiddos! But the teacher tape…fallen posters are the worst!!
I am teaching writing this year and I do not have a pencil sharpener in my room so the pencil sharpener would be helpful.
We must stay sharp in our learning of new concepts this year! An X-Acto pencil sharpener can help us sketch memories for years to come!