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- Classroom Resources | Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | April 5
Celebrate National Library Week!
Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | June 20
Celebrate the first day of summer with summer reading.
Families are invited to a June literacy fair to end the school year and get students on the right track for the summer. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | March 31
César Chávez was born on this day in 1927.
Students work in small groups to research a civil rights leader and do a creative writing piece, followed by a short story, with their group. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 28
Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, was born in 1914.
After learning about Dr. Salk, students interview a family member or someone they know who remembers the polio epidemic. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | August 28
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Students explore the "I Have a Dream" Foundation's website and brainstorm ways they can help themselves or others at their school achieve their educational dreams. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | January 23
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the US to earn a MD degree in 1849.
"Famous Firsts" are researched by students, followed by small group research and multimedia presentations to report research results. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 1
Get ready for National Bullying Prevention Month!
Students create a poster to enter into a poster contest that educates others about issues surrounding bullying. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | January 24
Gold was discovered in California in 1848.
Students read letters from the Gold Rush and follow up by writing an imaginary letter to a family member about their experience using the Letter Generator.
