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The Mailbox.com | Idea Requests | The Mailbox Grades 2-3
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We need your
book ideas too!

Jen

Hi, I'm Jen, the managing editor of THE MAILBOX® Grades 2-3. I'm pulling together an upcoming issue of THE MAILBOX magazine and I'd love your ideas!

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Reading

How do you teach these key reading skills? What ideas do you have that could be used with just about any book?

  • making predictions
  • using context clues
  • identifying story elements

Deadline: November 4, 2010

Submit an idea.
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Writing and Language Arts

What engaging activities do you use to provide practice with these skills?

  • planning narratives
  • identifying subjects and predicates

Deadline: November 4, 2010

Submit an idea.
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Math

How do you reinforce these math skills?

  • comparing and ordering numbers
  • describing and extending patterns
  • using strategies to solve word problems

Deadline: November 4, 2010

Submit an idea.
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Science

How do you make science meaningful in your classroom? I'd love to hear your ideas!

No deadline

Submit an idea.
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Social Studies

What activities work best for teaching social studies skills to your students? Send in your favorites!

No deadline

Submit an idea.
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Our Regular Departments

As always, we'd love to receive your teaching ideas for our regular magazine departments, especially Arts & Crafts, Classroom Displays, and Learning Centers. Scan these departments in your most recent issue of THE MAILBOX grades 2-3 to get an idea of what we're looking for.

No deadline

Submit an idea.
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Your Favorite Ideas for Any Curriculum Area

Do you have a favorite teaching tip or activity for a category not mentioned above? Please submit it. We're always looking for great ideas that work well in second- and third-grade classrooms.

No deadline

Submit an idea.
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PLEASE NOTE: Some ideas are easier to understand if you send a photo, sample, or sketch of the finished product. Please submit these ideas and samples via regular mail or as a separate email. (See "Conditions for Submission" below.)

Conditions for Submission

Each submission must include a complete name, address, and daytime phone number for ideas to be considered. You will receive a $20.00 gift certificate for each idea accepted for publication. All ideas must be original (developed by you) and submitted to only one publisher at a time. If your idea is accepted for publication, your name and school will be credited as the source. All rights (copyrights or otherwise) contained in the materials accepted for publication become the property of The Education Center, Inc.

If you'd prefer to submit your ideas in paper form, only ideas accompanied by self-addressed, stamped envelopes will be acknowledged and/or returned. If you want materials that are not published to be returned, the envelope must be of sufficient size, with adequate postage. Please print or type your name, address, school, and grade level on each page of ideas and mail to Editorial Assistant, The Education Center, P.O. Box 9753, Greensboro, NC 27429-0753.

If you'd like to email your ideas and attach photos or sketches for magazines, send your materials to preschooleditor@themailbox.com, kindergarteneditor@themailbox.com, grade1editor@themailbox.com, 2-3editor@themailbox.com, or intermediateeditor@themailbox.com.

To email your ideas and attach photos or sketches for books, send your materials to prebooks@theeducationcenter.com, k-1books@theeducationcenter.com, 2-3books@theeducationcenter.com, or intbooks@theeducationcenter.com. Please allow up to six months for review. Writer's guidelines are available upon request (self-addressed, stamped envelope required).