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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 17
   Black Poetry Day is celebrated.
   Books and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a poem to contribute to a poetry reading.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 5
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 12
   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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 7
   Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in 1943.
   Using the poem "My First Memory (of Librarians)," students connect memory, their senses, and the language of poetry.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   RWT Stapleless Book
   The Stapleless Book app is designed to allow users to create with ease an eight-page book simply by folding and cutting. Students can choose from several different layouts for the pages of their books.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Stapleless Book
   The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
   
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 20
   Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
   Students are introduced to a Silverstein verse and asked for their impressions. They then draw that they imagine when they read one of his lines and then write a line or two to continue the passage.