Ruthie in MS Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 WHEN DID THIS START?!?!?! I just casually went to the site and they're having their dollar sales. UGH!! I get their emails but apparently they didn't think that this was important for me to know. Anyway, Scholastic is having their dollar days sale again. It's this week only from Today (the 20th) until next Monday (the 27th). http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/ I wanna know what everyone is buying. Post your ebooks below. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Thank you for posting I didn't get an email either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) WHEN DID THIS START?!?!?! I just casually went to the site and they're having their dollar sales. UGH!! I get their emails but apparently they didn't think that this was important for me to know. Anyway, Scholastic is having their dollar days sale again. It's this week only from Today (the 20th) until next Monday (the 27th). http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/ I wanna know what everyone is buying. Post your ebooks below. :001_smile: I love all their history items! Their Hands-on Explorers is fantastic for lapbooking or notebooking. So is their American Revolution one. I have a post all about the latter. Edited August 20, 2012 by nestof3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 How can they be out of stock on an e-book? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie in MS Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Why is their site so hard to navigate now? I typed in keywords for a specific book I was looking for: "Jan Brett" and it came up empty. I typed in other key words from the title: NOTHING! So I went to Amazon and copy/pasted the book title: Teaching With Favorite Jan Brett Books And it did come up...on page 8 of the suggested books. Well, it's not sale this time so I want to put it in my wish list for next time but there is no button or anything to allow me to put it on my wish list (and I'm logged in). I try other random books and same problem. :banghead: Why did they have to go and mess with a good thing? I'm so tired of trying to look a specific book and getting the run around. I may not buy from them this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturally Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 How can they be out of stock on an e-book? :confused: :iagree::glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Awesome, thank you! :party: I just purchased: Ready to Go Super Book of Outline Maps Analogies Grades 4-5 Using Beloved Classics to Deepen Reading Comprehension Reading Response for Fiction Graphic Organizers Scholastic Book Guides: The Family Under the Bridge I was going to purchase a few other book guides, but I found this page that has some Scholastic book guides you can download for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I've noticed the wishlist button missing too. Do not like that. Thanks for the heads-up, OP. I wonder why there was no email this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Element, thanks for that link. I downloaded some of those units. Can't wait to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Thanks for posting! I got some writing prompt books, art projects, and a teaching electricity book. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flopsymopsy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) How can they be out of stock on an e-book? :confused: Wondering the same thing. I have a book that I have been specifically waiting for this sale to purchase......its an ebook......and its out of stock???? I did send them an email asking why ebooks would be out of stock. I'll let you know when I hear back Edited August 20, 2012 by flopsymopsy more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesmom Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The search feature on their site is certainly frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie4 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Thank you! I missed this last time around, I had my basket full then forgot to order. I didn't get the email either! Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Element, thanks for that link. I downloaded some of those units. Can't wait to use them. You're welcome!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor's Wife Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 My kids are still too young for most of the ebooks I got but I found them to be too good to pass up at $1 each! I haven't even downloaded them all yet but I'm enjoying looking at the Teaching Science with Favorite Picture Books. I also enjoyed the 50 Learning Songs to Familiar Tunes. This one is actually at my kids' current level. There are songs about the months of the year, days of the week, life cycle of a frog, etc set to familiar tunes. I also got Read Around the World with 20 Picture and Chapter Books. It has 20 fiction books from different countries along with notes and maps / worksheets to accompany them. Looks interesting! I read someone else's previous post about the Hands on History books being helpful so I snagged the Colonial America, Pioneers, American Revolution, and Explorers of those. We have an iPad so I'm planning on loading these on there and then printing pages as needed (worksheets, etc) rather than printing them all. Thanks for the heads up on this sale! I'm loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I got Tunes that Teach Spelling. During one of their other sales we bought 25 Sight Super Sight Words and Mini Books Cd/pdf and my kids adore it. Now I make a habit of buying any of their music CD ones $1 is such a steal! I also love the Alphatales teaching guide, Punctuation teaching guide, etc. because they contain printable black and white versions of all the books in their series. I like this better then the book version because my kids can color them and it is FAR cheaper then buying all the individual books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yay! I got Mental Math Kids Can't Resist! Best-Ever Activities for Grades 2-3: Vocabulary Read-Aloud Plays: Symbols of America Spectacular State Report Projects—For Any State! No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesmom Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I found that the code - LearningAug12 - gave me 30% off!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I found that the code - LearningAug12 - gave me 30% off!!! :D The sale does say "Cannot be combined with any other offers." I'm a little wary of using a code when they say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The search is awful! :-( I never use the codes on $1.00 sales either. I'm not exactly sure WHY, but I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma2three Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 They don't let you look at the books before you buy anymore. :confused: I know it's only a dollar, so if something turns out to not be great it's no huge loss, but I'd still rather not buy completely blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova mama Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Last time I took too long to check out and my shopping cart total shot up approximately %500. I know how much time I have this time. Thanks for posting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Thanks for posting this!! I got a bunch of different things to fill in the holes in our year. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 To enhance your chances of getting what you from this sale: 1. LOG IN before you begin adding ebooks to your shopping cart. If you take too long, you will be logged out. When that has happened to me, I've been able to log back in and see the things still in my cart. 2. To get around the Wish List problem, add a book to your cart. Then view the cart. There is a check box to the right of the title. Click it and then click Update Cart at the bottom. The item will be removed from the cart and added to your wishlist. (I still think they need to put the wishlist button back on each page.) 3. SEARCHING - go to the Teacher Express homepage before searching. It doesn't guarantee that what you want will be in the results, but it is the ONLY way I've been able to get anything other than a "no results" page. (My humble opinion: If they didn't want us to use the code, they could disable it. Since they didn't, I don't feel guilty using it.) I love these sales, but shopping there can be frustrating. Hope some of that helps someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 This is not fun this time around. No samples and everything I want is "out of stock". Are they kidding? I've fallen in love with Mark Twain and Carson-Dellosa titles now that they have dropped their prices. Scholastic is losing me as a customer in a big way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 This is not fun this time around. No samples and everything I want is "out of stock". Are they kidding? Which ones are out of stock? That is really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.g. Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is not fun this time around. No samples and everything I want is "out of stock". Are they kidding? I've fallen in love with Mark Twain and Carson-Dellosa titles now that they have dropped their prices. Scholastic is losing me as a customer in a big way. I'm feeling the same way. They've complicated their site too much, and eliminating the whole-book preview (and not giving any preview, for that matter) means I'm not very likely to buy too many more Scholastic downloads. Once I'm done with my current wishlist, I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Which ones are out of stock? That is really weird. Every solitary one I'm clicking on. I was looking at writing and particularly the revision workbooks. Then I just started randomly clicking. Everything "out of stock". Maybe it's just a glitch on my computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Anyone have an opinion as to whether the Literature Circle guides or the Scholastic Book guides are better, or are they both equally good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb44 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Thanks!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 So far Amazon has previews of the books. It takes an extra step to look them up, but it's helped me peek at them to determine if they'll be useful or not. Thank you for the some of the tips here too, there are some I wouldn't have even looked at and am now interested in (Alphatales one for example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmac Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Thanks! I got Reading Placement Tests Great Map Mysteries Great Map Games Marvelous and Mega Funny Multiplication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.g. Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I picked up several titles this time around: Ancient Civilizations: China India Africa Mesopotamia Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Mayas Aztecs Incas Irresistible Shakespeare Read-Aloud Plays: Explorers Read-Aloud Plays: Revolutionary War History Comes Alive Teaching Unit: The American Revolution Study Skills That Stick There are a few more titles that I'd like to pick up, but I don't think I will. I don't like the new look or any of the changes. Did you notice how many of the dollar deals this time were their new "workbook" items? :glare: Hunter, did you ever figure out if it was just your computer glitching or something else going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess5 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 My dd is almost 4 yr old. Any good books to get recommendations for her? Not sure how it works but are all these ebooks. If yes how will it work with 4 yr old? Do you print them up? Is it not. Expensive to print the books and only in b/w or even if color with loose pages around it is worth it? How do you guys make it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Everything I click on is still out of stock. I e-mailed them. I got an e-mail this morning telling me of the sale. I logged in. So I know they want me to buy :-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Everything I click on is still out of stock. I e-mailed them. I got an e-mail this morning telling me of the sale. I logged in. So I know they want me to buy :-0 I'm not having that problem. Can you give me a specific title? I'll see if it is just on your end. If it is a different browser may solve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I'm not having that problem. Can you give me a specific title? I'll see if it is just on your end. If it is a different browser may solve the problem. Yes, the Pioneer Simulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.g. Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yes, the Pioneer Simulations That one shows up as out-of-stock for me, too. Annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den57 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Thanks for posting!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhdman Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I put this in a separate post so it wouldn't get buried - but I thought I would put it here also. Forgive me if it's here somewhere and I didn't notice it... If you use coupon code LearningAug12 you will save an additional 30%. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yes, the Pioneer Simulations Out of stock for me too. That is so lame!! I wonder why they are doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 There is no response to my e-mail yet. I think people here started e-mailing them 2 days ago about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoHomeschooler Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I called them about out-of-stocks, and the customer service rep couldn't find the item with the search function. She even looked up the ISBN and couldn't find it that way. Very odd. I was going to try to take a screen shot and email it to them. Very frustrating experience with the whole site! However, I got 44 items for $30.80 using the 30% off coupon. :D I am so jaded from my experience, that I am going to download everything right away, because I don't trust that it will be there the next time I log in, especially since I had to register twice in 1 hour. Somehow, it "forgot" me, even though I was actively using the site the entire time! :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 There is no response to my e-mail yet. I think people here started e-mailing them 2 days ago about it. I emailed recently. I was thinking the more people that email the more likely they are to get on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Is it me or do there seem to be more titles added since yesterday? :confused: Signed in last night, added 6 titles to my cart and only 1 was there today along with two I didn't add. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 When it gets this messy they usually extend the sale period. I'm not even clicking on and looking, until someone reports that something, anything has been fixed. I don't have time to waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I was able to buy something but it won't download. So aggravating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amselby81 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I really don't like that I can't preview the books before buying. Sure, I've been able to find some on amazon, but not all. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunieDawn Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thank you for sharing:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2brown1red Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Does any have the Phonics Tales series? I have a dd starting K and they look cute, but not sure how good they are. Thank you! Edited August 22, 2012 by 2brown1red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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