Be Ready for Fantastic, Fabulous, Freebie February! Win Two $500 Gift Cards, Instant Prizes, and Two Books for Black History Month

Black History Month, Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day…for a short month, February is packed full of fabulous opportunities for learning fun. Be ready—here’s your chance to win gift cards, instant prizes, and books as well as find fantastic resources to update your classroom, address Common Core, and more!

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Submit a comment to the blog by 11:59 pm EST Sunday, February 8, 2015, to tell me which of the contests, freebies, and resources below are your favorites. One lucky teacher will win two nonfiction books just in time for Black History Month. In the biography A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet, readers learn about the first black female poet. Then share the creativity and courage used to integrate some public schools during the Civil Rights Movement in Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama.  (Update: congratulations to Kim, who is the winner of our prize.)

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Have you downloaded your free resources for World Whale Day (February 14) yet? How about your resources for World Polar Bear Day (February 27)? If not, what are you waiting for? The International Fund for Animal Welfare has you covered with free Common Core–aligned activities that your grades 1–5 students will love. Plus here’s something you’ll love: you’ll have a chance to win a $500 Amazon gift card.  Click here now!

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By this time of year, every classroom needs a pick-me-up. Revisit your classroom wish list and get ready to restock: enter now for a chance to win a $500 Office Depot or OfficeMax gift card or to be one of 80 instant winners of prize packs from sponsors that include Duck Tape, Bostitch, Bic, Crayola, Mead, Georgia Pacific, Fiskars, and Elmer’s. Plus every teacher gets a free classroom refresh kit and a free science fair kit. Find it all at TheMailbox.com/classroomrefresh.

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How is your classroom library faring? Invite heroes, princesses, and pigeons into your classroom by entering to win 30 copies of the book of the month from Disney Publishing Worldwide. The featured books for January and February are Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Martin’s Big Words, and Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods. There’s a chance to win during every month of the school year! Plus get free teacher guides for books that are perfect your grade level. Learn more at TheMailbox.com/disneybooks.

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Here’s a new, affordable way to provide your students with the practice they need for Common Core success. The Let’s Target programs provide a variety of skill-building instructional activities and practice opportunities in both English language arts and math. For grades 1–6, you can get them in both print and interactive editions. Find out more and request a free sample.

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Preschool through kindergarten teachers, this is for you: access more than 5,000 online educational games, books, printables, and more—absolutely free—at ABCmouse.com. Using a step-by-step learning path, you’ll get a full online curriculum in a carefully designed program of more than 450 lessons in six levels. First-grade teachers, stay tuned: a curriculum will be added soon for your students! Click here to get started.

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I can’t wait to hear what you think about these resources. Submit a comment to let me know, and you’ll be entered in the drawing for a chance to win the two books!