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ReadAcrossAmerica
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Literacy-Related Event
Read Across America Day: Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers

Bring the celebration of reading and literacy into your classroom, library, school, and home all year long.

May is Get Caught Reading Month!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
|
Holiday & School Celebration
May is Get Caught Reading Month!
Students celebrate Get Caught Reading Month by doing a reading-related service project such as planning an intergenerational reading day or organizing a book drive.
It's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere!
Grades
K - 6
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
It's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere!
Students brainstorm words or images that they associate with winter, select and read a picture book about winter, and compare the two using the interactive Venn Diagram.
Celebrate National Library Week!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
|
Literacy-Related Event
Celebrate National Library Week!

Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.

Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.
Jon Scieszka was born in 1954.
Grades
K - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
Jon Scieszka was born in 1954.
Students review Scieszka's tips for encouraging young people to read and then create their own, sharing ideas with adults in their community through a letter.

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