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April is National Poetry Month!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
April is National Poetry Month!

Students are assigned to be "poets of the day" and are provided several models to create, illustrate, and present their different poems to the class.

Celebrate National Library Week!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Literacy-Related Event
Celebrate National Library Week!

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

United States Congress officially adopted the position of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1985.
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Literacy-Related Event
United States Congress officially adopted the position of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1985.
Students investigate the website of a past Poet Laureate's project and use it as a model to celebrate poetry that appeals most to them.
Grades
K - 6
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
Gary Soto, poet and children's writer, was born on this date in 1952.
Using one of Soto's stories, students take part in share stories about their families, describe their street/neighborhood, or compose an acrostic poem using the Acrostic Poems interactive tool.

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