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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 11
   Amelia Earhart completed her solo flight from Honolulu to Oakland in 1935.
   Students explore the definition of a hero and use the interactive Venn diagram to identify the most common characteristics of a hero.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Authentic Persuasive Writing to Promote Summer Reading
   Turn summer reading lists from a teacher-centered requirement to a student-driven exploration by asking students to create brochures and flyers that suggest books to explore during the summer months.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 8
   Celebrate International Literacy Day!
   Celebrate International Literacy Day by starting a literacy movement in your community.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 1
   Celebrate National Family Literacy Day!
   Parents, grandparents, and other family members are invited to the classroom for a family-school reading day.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Community Mapping
   This Web seminar will examine Community Mapping as a practice designed to uncover a rich array of resources in households and communities that hold the potential to enhance literacy learning for children while developing reciprocal relationship with families.
6. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Conducting Inner-Outer Circle Discussions
   This guide shares the steps to take to get more students talking by dividing the group into speaking and non-speaking circles.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 23
   Diarist Samuel Pepys was born.
   Students write diary entries and revisit the entries as if it were a hundred years from now. Students then brainstorm and write paragraphs about life in the 21st century.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 9  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Perspectives on Desegregation Using Brown Girl Dreaming
   Students read and discuss a selection of poems from Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming to explore varying views on the process of desegregation in America.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring the Power of Language with Six-Word Memoirs
   What do the words we write really have to say about us? In this lesson, students examine the power of word choice as they write six-word memoirs of their lives.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 3
    Gwendolyn Brooks published Bronzeville Boys and Girls in 1956.
    After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom.

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