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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 10
   Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis was born in 1953.
   Students brainstorm a list of civil rights-related issues and use the Acrostic Poems interactive to create poems.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 27
   On this day in 1907, Rachel Carson was born.
   Students learn about Rachel Carson, explore different environmental websites, and write a Diamante Poem about a particular habitat.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 25
   Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in 1803.
   Students visit a quotation attributed to Emerson and identify the definition of success. Students then use the Postcard Creator to write a note to a person that they feel is successful.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 31
   Time Magazine launches its "Tom Swifty" contest today in 1963.
   Students have fun with language by creating a special kind of pun with its origin in a literary source.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 31
   Today is Walt Whitman's birthday.
   Students write and illustrate their own children's stories using the text from a Walt Whitman poem.