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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.

WorldReadAloudDay
Grades
4 - 12
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Calendar Activity
|
Literacy-Related Event
Today is World Read Aloud Day.

Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.

Noah Webster published his <em>American Dictionary of the English Language</em>  in 1828.
Grades
2 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.

After dividing students into small groups, students play a variation of the game Balderdash to celebrate the publication of Webster's dictionary.

In 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day.
Grades
1 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
In 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day.

Based on grade level, students learn about rhyming structure, experiment with the Shakespearean Insult Kit, or study scenes from Othello and watch an adaptation of that scene from the movie O.

Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.
Grades
3 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.

Students play a variation of the game Balderdash to practice vocabulary.

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