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The Mailbox.com | Idea Requests | The Mailbox Books
Becky

We're pulling ideas together for upcoming products from THE MAILBOX® Books. We'd love your ideas!

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Grades 2-3

We're looking for whole group and learning center activities on the following math skills:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking
basic facts (+, -, x)
Multiplication readiness
Division readiness
Relating Multiplication & Division
Properties of Multiplication & Division

Number & Operations in Base Ten
Place value to 999: includes expanded form, comparing numbers
Rounding numbers to nearest 10 or 100
Fluently add and subtract within 1000

Number & Operations-Fractions
Comparing fractions (including equivalent fractions)

Measurement & Data
Length: estimate, measure, and compare using lengths of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters
Volume & Mass
Telling time to 5 minutes
Time to minute. tell, write, solve word problems involving elapsed time
Line Plots
Area
Perimeter

Geometry
Shapes and Attributes

Deadline: November 28, 2011

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).