As you close in on the first one hundred days of this school year, we hope you can take the time to reflect on everything you’ve already achieved as well as what you hope to accomplish before the school year comes to an end. At Nasco, we know that your creativity, persistence and ingenuity motivates your students to achieve their full potential despite the many challenges present in their lives and your budget. We appreciate the opportunity to play a small role in supporting your needs with prompt and accurate shipments of materials at affordable prices. Please contact us at
1-800-558-9595 or visit www.eNasco.com/math to request a free catalog or guidance when selecting materials.

Reinforce Core Skills using Activity Books from IPMG

From Base 10 and Geoboards to Playing Cards and Graphing Calculators, IPMG offers well organized, easy to follow activities that help students reinforce math facts and core computational skills using critical thinking and common manipulatives. Click here to see Nasco’s complete line of books from IPMG including their five newest titles. Take a look at the Table of Contents and free sample activities so you can try before you buy.

Your Last Chance to Play 24® Game
to Win the Edition of Your Choice

Our popular online 24® Game Contest is nearing the end. Click here to solve our weekly challenge card between now and December 31, 2009 for your chance to win the classroom 24® Game edition of your choice. Play the game yourself or post the problem card weekly for your class to solve. Then submit their winning solutions! A winner will be selected each week through December 31, 2009.

Congratulations to our July, August, and September winners!
Billie Sue True, Centerville, TN
Amy Spencer, Grand Junction, CO
Julie Keil, Glendale, AZ
Sheri Switzer, Crawfordsville, IN
Laurette Stewart, Las Vegas, NV
Amy Iketani, Stockbridge, GA
LaShari Wright, Cary, NC
Andrew Brown, Princeton, NJ
Riley Schraeder, Hartford, SD
Janet Carson, Issaqua, WA
Danielle JaVawn Anderson, Youngstown, OH
Ken Steffen, Rochester, NY
Richard Messick, Georgetown Elementary, DE
Diane C. Wilsdon, Claremont, CA

Looking for a Creative Way to Make Money?
Try Nasco’s Flash Drive Fund-Raiser

Sell 2 GB custom engraved, custom imprinted flash drives for $20 and your organization makes $5.00 each. Collect the money when the order is placed and you’ll have your profit and the cash you need to place the order. Each flash drive is individually packaged and labeled with the customer’s name and seller’s name for easy organization and delivery. This might just be the easiest fund-raiser you’ve ever done! E-mail us at info@enasco.com or call 1-888-558-9595 for more information.

Are You Trying to Raise Measurement Test Scores?

Take a look at the OHAUS® Measurement Review Game Set for grades 2-6 (shown left). The set includes 750 national math and science standards-based assessment review questions for content typically covered in grades 3 to 5. Topics include:
• Measurement terms and estimation
• Units of weight, length, and volume
• Measuring temperature, volume, density, length
• Geometric measurement
• Real world applications
• Comparing mass of different objects
• The metric system
• How to use a balance

Use the included classroom CD for interactive small group or individual student review. Use the 12 game boards and included materials to have the entire class of 36 students playing at once in small groups. Or use the review questions for an exciting game of quiz bowl. With so many problem cards to choose from, you’re sure to find the questions you need to fit your local and state content standards. Click here to learn more about the game or to sample a few questions yourself.

Save 15–25% on Nasco’s Best-Selling
OHAUS® Balances and Scales

You don’t have to sacrifice quality to save money. Take advantage of Nasco’s Best in Class Sale to save on our best-selling OHAUS® balances and scales for mathematicians young and old. Why settle for less when you can get a brand that’s been trusted for more than 100 years? Click here to learn more.

Share Your Thoughts for A Chance
to Win a $25 Nasco Gift Card

We want to hear from you. Take about five minutes to participate in our online survey and you will be automatically entered in a monthly drawing for a chance to win a $25 Nasco Gift Card. Click here to get started.

Congratulations to the following drawing winners:

Judy Emanuel - Lynchburg, VA - May
Kara Jones - Burlington, CT - June
Cheryl Williams - Gretna, VA - July
Catherine Chang - Austin, TX - August
Kristine Dockins - Cape Girardeau, MO - September

We also appreciate hearing from more than 200 new teachers who told us about their needs and experiences. Congratulations to the following new teachers who received $25 Nasco Gift Cards for participating.

Lindsay Cook - Homewood, AL - July
Sue Kosiboski, West Allis, WI - August
Jim Larson, Salt Lake City, UT - September

Use K'NEX® Education Kits to Integrate Math and Science

Inspire students with team problem solving through model building. Check out Nasco’s complete line of Math and Science kits from K'NEX® Education. Each kit comes with activities that meet NCTM, STEM, and NSTA standards for education. Click here to browse, and to find free sample lessons and an overview of key concepts covered in each set.

Build understanding one K’NEXion at a time!

Dates to Remember

October

National Book Month
October 1 - International Raccoon Appreciation Day
October 4 - World Space Week
October 4 - Metric Week
October 5 - World Teacher’s Day
October 11 - National Give Kids Good Schools Week
October 16 - World Food Day
October 18 - 24 National Character Counts Week
October 23 - National Mole Day
October 24 - Make a Difference Day
October 28 - World Series Begins

November

Aviation Month
November 3 - Election Day!
November 4 - Use Your Common Sense Day
November 9 - Chaos Never Dies Day
November 15 - Anniversary of Lewis and Clark reaching the Pacific
November 16 - International Day of Tolerance
November 9 - 16 - World Kindness Week
November 19 - Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
November 21 - World Hello Day
November 24 - Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
November 25 - National Parfait Day

December

National Tie Month
Read a New Book Month
December 10 - Human Rights Day
December 12 - National Ding-a-ling Day
December 15 - Bill of Rights Day
December 17 - Anniversary of Wright Brothers’ First Flight in 1903
December 21 - First Day of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere
December 26 - National Whiners Day
Or, have your class come up with their own special day, like “Weird Walking Wednesday” or “Funny Talking Friday” or “Random Acts of Kindness Day.”