Bring the celebration of reading and literacy into your classroom, library, school, and home all year long.
Read Across America Day: Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers
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Celebrate Digital Learning Day today.
K - 12
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Students reflect on recent learning and the role digital tools and media have played in supporting or enhancing it.
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Today is World Read Aloud Day.
4 - 12
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Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.
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Take part in the African American Read-In!
K - 12
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Students come together with family and friends to take part in a read-in of books by African American authors and report their results.
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Celebrate National Family Literacy Day!
K - 12
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Parents, grandparents, and other family members are invited to the classroom for a family-school reading day.
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NCTE's NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children is announced today.
3 - 12
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Students conduct research and write original works of nonfiction on topics of their choice.
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Paperback books were first introduced in 1935.
3 - 8
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Independent reading is promoted among students by organizing a paperback book swap in the classroom or with other classes at the same grade level.
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Celebrate National Library Week!
K - 12
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Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
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Celebrate International Literacy Day!
K - 12
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Celebrate International Literacy Day by starting a literacy movement in your community.