Conference Schedule

October is going to be a busy month for First Team Education. If you are going to be attending any of the following conferences, please stop by and say hello!
ICASE - Oct. 1-2
NCA - Oct. 5-6
ITW - Oct. 9
ICTM - Oct. 25-26

We will also be at the All-Write conference with Cris Tovani on Oct. 15 and at the SWITCM in Evansville on Oct. 29.

See you there!

Mentor Texts

Remember when reading aloud a book to your students was something you did right after lunch? Now children's books are used to teach all kinds of skills and strategies and they are called mentor texts. First Team Education sells children's books at a great discount; 25% off and free shipping! We have lists of recommended titles, such as 6+1 mentor texts, recommendations from Katie Wood Ray's Study Driven and Wondrous Words, Linda Dorn's list from Teaching with Deep Comprehension to name a few. If you have a list of children's books that you would like to get a price quote for, please contact First Team Education at bvanmol@aol.com.

New Test Prep Materials Available

Well summer is almost officially over! Although for teachers the summer usually ends the first day of school; which is coming earlier and earlier. Most of you have been in school now for 2-3 weeks. You have gotten to know your students and the ISTEP scores have been issued. Now is the time to look for a good test prep program for those kids that can benefit from some practice. Continental Press has just come out with a brand new test prep program for ELA, Math, and ECA. Since there recently was a change in the math standards, they have gone back and made some changes but the finished product should be out early October. Otherwise, the ELA materials are ready and if you would like to see a copy, contact First Team Education or Continental Press.