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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 31
   Celebrate Halloween!
   Students research information on Halloween, create masks or costumes from a text they are reading, or write a narrative essay describing their best Halloween ever.
2. 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.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 22
   Celebrate the 100th day of school!
   As a class, students work in small groups to create a "100th Day" book.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 20
   Celebrate the National Day on Writing!
   Students examine the different ways that they write and think about the role writing plays in life.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 2
   Groundhog Day is February 2.
   A celebration is held for Groundhog day where students engage in a shadow-watching activity, make predictions, and listen to news reports to compare what happens with Punxsutawney Phil.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 4
   It's Independence Day! Or is it?
   Students consider why there are so many different dates associated with the Declaration of Independence and why the nation's birthday is celebrated on July 4.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 21
   It's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere!
   Students brainstorm words or images that they associate with winter, select and read a picture book about winter, and compare the two using the interactive Venn Diagram.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 1
   Take part in the African American Read-In!
   Students come together with family and friends to take part in a read-in of books by African American authors and report their results.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 25
   The Chinese New Year starts today.
   Today is the first day of the New Year on the Chinese lunar calendar.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 27
    Today is the birthday of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland.
    After reading one of Carroll's chapters, students plan an unbirthday party and do activities and preparation for the event.

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