11/30/2014: Super Cyber Savings Sale!

It is time for another Teachers Pay Teachers Sale....

Celebrate the Season with Super Cyber Savings from Haven Hill Learning!

On December 1st 12:01AM (ET) through December 2nd 11:59PM (ET) we will be offering 20% off as part of a sitewide sale.  Just use promo code “TPTCYBER” when you check out!  
Now is the perfect time to stock up on some of my holiday-themed books and plays, such as "A Field Trip to the North Pole"

11/24/2014: The First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is now less than a week away!

My original play "The First Thanksgiving" is written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production. In readers’ theater or through one of the balanced literacy approaches to teaching reading, children are not expected to memorize their lines, yet the reading encourages strong oral skills. An added benefit is performing the play for other classes or parents while increasing social skills, cooperative learning and creativity. Using plays in literacy-based classrooms promotes active listening for the performers, as well as the audience, and offers an engaging way to teach reading skills.

11/15/2014: Honoring Ruby Bridges

November 14 is an important anniversary in the history of American Civil Rights.  On that day in 1960, because of Brown vs. Board of Education, schools in the city of New Orleans became integrated.  Ruby Bridges was one of six black kindergarten students in New Orleans to pass a test to see who would go to what had been all-white school.   Bridges was the only black student assigned to go to William Frantz Elementary School. This brave six-year-old helped advance equality in American schools, this year a new statue to honor Bridges was unveiled in New Orleans.    

The court-ordered first day of integrated schools in New Orleans, November 14, 1960, is commemorated by the iconic 1964 painting The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell.  

You and your class can learn more about this brave girl and her inspirational story in my reader “Actions of a Brave Six-Year Old, Ruby Bridges” This is a third-grade Level P reader, an accompanying set of worksheets reviews the targeted literary skills.

11/11/2014: Happy Veterans Day, and the Start of a Sale!

A Veterans Day Play is an original play written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production.

Written with 9 speaking parts, the play also features a band and choir of unlimited members. The band marches in a parade that the family (mother, father and two children) comes to see on Veteran’s Day and the choir sings the national anthem, as well as additional patriotic songs when the play is over. With an announcer, two parade assistants and three narrators, you are all set to put on this play that helps us all learn more about this important holiday of honoring our veterans.

Another option available from my store is Veteran's Day - First Grade Level E Reader

This first grade Level E reader is a excellent resource for teaching about Veteran's Day. Students will learn about why and when we celebrate Veteran's Day as they encounter new vocabulary and improve their reading comprehension. There is a two-page worksheet which accompanies the two-page story.

November 11 also marks Young Reader's Day. The second Tuesday of November salutes Young Readers' Day. Co-founded in 1989 by the Center of the Book in the Library of Congress and Pizza Hut, this special day recognizes the joys and benefits of reading. To promote the importance of reading, we are offering one free item of equal or lesser value than the highest priced item you purchase when you buy one or more books/plays from my TPT store Nov. 11 – 17. You may forward this special offer to fellow teachers. Thank you and HAPPY READING!

Steps to Get Your Free Item (one per buyer)

1. Purchase at least one item from my TpT store from 11/11/14 - 11/17/14.http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sue-Peterson-3911

2. Send your email address and the name of the purchased item to havenhilllearning@gmail.com no later than 11:59 p.m.(Central Time) on 11/17/14.

3. Include the title of any item of your choice that you would like free from my TpT store that is of equal or lesser value than the highest price of one item you purchased from my store during that week-long period.

4. Your free item will be emailed as a pdf to the email address you provide, no later than 12/1/14.  As with any items purchased from TpT, this free item is for your personal/classroom use only and should not be reproduced or forwarded to others.  Additional copies can be purchased from my TpT store.

Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication as a teacher, and for spreading the joy of reading to your students this week and every week,

11/9/2014: Buy One Get One Free Sale!

November 11 is not only Veterans Day, it is also Young Reader's Day. To promote the importance of reading, we are offering one free item of equal or lesser value than the highest priced item you purchase when you buy one or more books/plays from my TPT store Nov. 11 – 17.  With Thanksgiving and Christmas now quickly approaching, you may want to check out the variety of festive holiday and seasonal books and plays my Teachers Pay Teachers Store has to offer!

You may forward this special offer to fellow teachers. Thank you and HAPPY READING!

Steps to Get Your Free Item (one per buyer)

1. Purchase at least one item from my TpT store from 11/11/14 - 11/17/14.http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sue-Peterson-3911

2. Send your email address and the name of the purchased item to havenhilllearning@gmail.com no later than 11:59 p.m.(Central Time) on 11/17/14.

3. Include the title of any item of your choice that you would like free from my TpT store that is of equal or lesser value than the highest price of one item you purchased from my store during that week-long period.

4. Your free item will be emailed as a pdf to the email address you provide, no later than 12/1/14.  As with any items purchased from TpT, this free item is for your personal/classroom use only and should not be reproduced or forwarded to others.  Additional copies can be purchased from my TpT store.

11/7/2014: Approaching Veterans Day

We are now just days away from Veterans Day!  

A Veterans Day Play is an original play written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production.

My Teachers Pay Teachers Store also offers Veteran's Day - First Grade Level E Reader.  This first grade Level E reader is a excellent resource for teaching about Veteran's Day. Students will learn about why and when we celebrate Veteran's Day as they encounter new vocabulary and improve their reading comprehension. There is a two-page worksheet which accompanies the two-page story.

My Teachers Pay Teachers store offers my Veteran's Day - First Grade Level E Reader on its own, or as part of the set First Grade Leveled Books: Level E - Set 2

Your students will also read about Thomas Edison, the four seasons, Eleanor Roosevelt, and more in this set of first grade Level E books while learning new vocabulary and improving their reading comprehension.

11/3/2014: Looking Ahead to Thanksgiving!

Now that it is officially November, you may be thinking ahead to some fun Thanksgiving activities for your class.  My original play "The First Thanksgiving" is written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production. In readers’ theater or through one of the balanced literacy approaches to teaching reading, children are not expected to memorize their lines, yet the reading encourages strong oral skills. An added benefit is performing the play for other classes or parents while increasing social skills, cooperative learning and creativity. Using plays in literacy-based classrooms promotes active listening for the performers, as well as the audience, and offers an engaging way to teach reading skills.

Although the play is written for students in grades 2-4, it can be adapted for other grades and abilities. Additional students can share parts for choral reading or help with directing, props/costumes/scenery/sound effects, prompting, programs and invitations, Master of Ceremonies, or house staff (selling tickets, ushering, etc.).

Written with 13 speaking parts, and an unlimited number of Pilgrims and Indians who join in the feast on the first Thanksgiving, this play tells the story of how Sarah Josepha Hale encourages President Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863 to be observed annually on the 4th Thursday of November throughout the United States.

11/2/2014: Happy Birthday Daniel Boone

Happy Birthday to Daniel Boone!  This American pioneer and explorer was born on November 2nd, 1734, in Berks County, Pennsylvania (Boone’s date of birth is sometimes listed as October 22nd because the Boone family used an outdated calendar system)  Boone’s early exploration of the frontier led to the expansion of the United States.  

My third grade leveled reader "The Adventures of Daniel Boone" provides students with interesting facts about the life of Daniel Boone, a great American explorer and woodsman. Students will build their vocabulary and improve their reading comprehension as they read this story and do the activities.

The three-page story comes with four accompanying worksheet pages which reinforce literacy skills involving reading, language, spelling, and writing. Specific concepts, skills, and vocabulary targeted in the book are listed on the first page of the story.

11/2/2014: Amelia Earhart in the News

A big news story this week concerned the long-unresolved mystery of the fate of Amelia Earhart and a metal fragment that could at last answer some of these questions.  According to The Washington Post “Researchers probing Earhart’s disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart said they believe a slab of aluminum, above, found decades ago on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean came from her aircraft.”  This mystery has not been solved yet, but this does provide an interesting new clue for further study.  

Your class can also learn more about this ground-breaking female pilot in my reader “Amelia Earhart - Soaring High.” In this story students will learn facts about one of the most famous women in American history who was a pioneer in the field of aviation.

This book is part of a collection of leveled readers “Famous Women in History” for second through fourth grade features stories about eight women and their contributions to history:

Amelia Earhart -- Airplane Pilot (level L)

Abigail Adams -- First Lady & Crusader for People’s Rights (level L)

Clara Barton -- Founder of the American Red Cross (level N)

Maria Mitchell -- Astronomer (level N)

Helen Keller -- Inspirational Speaker (level O)

Ellen Ochoa -- Astronaut (level P)

Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Pioneer and Author (level P)

Millie Hughes-Fulford -- Scientist in Space (level R)

Each book highlights specific grade-level concepts and vocabulary. An accompanying set of worksheets reviews the targeted literary skills.   

11/1/2014: Haven Hill Learning Buy One - Get One Free Promo!

November 11 is Young Reader's Day. The second Tuesday of November salutes Young Readers' Day. Co-founded in 1989 by the Center of the Book in the Library of Congress and Pizza Hut, this special day recognizes the joys and benefits of reading. To promote the importance of reading, we are offering one free item of equal or lesser value than the highest priced item you purchase when you buy one or more books/plays from my TPT store Nov. 11 – 17. You may forward this special offer to fellow teachers. Thank you and HAPPY READING!

Steps to Get Your Free Item (one per buyer)

1. Purchase at least one item from my TpT store from 11/11/14 - 11/17/14.http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sue-Peterson-3911

2. Send your email address and the name of the purchased item to havenhilllearning@gmail.com no later than 11:59 p.m.(Central Time) on 11/17/14.

3. Include the title of any item of your choice that you would like free from my TpT store that is of equal or lesser value than the highest price of one item you purchased from my store during that week-long period.

4. Your free item will be emailed as a pdf to the email address you provide, no later than 12/1/14.  As with any items purchased from TpT, this free item is for your personal/classroom use only and should not be reproduced or forwarded to others.  Additional copies can be purchased from my TpT store.

Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication as a teacher, and for spreading the joy of reading to your students this week and every week!