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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 2
    Read Across America Day: Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers
    Bring the celebration of reading and literacy into your classroom, library, school, and home all year long.
22. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Send a Smile: Make a Card for a Special Occasion
    Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.
23. 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.
24. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
    Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
    Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
    TeenTober?!? Learn about this month-long celebration.
    TeenTober is a nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 12
    The Chinese New Year starts today.
    Today is the first day of the New Year on the Chinese lunar calendar.
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 5
    Today is Cinco de Mayo.
    Students choose to research a piece of art, music, dance, literature, or food that suitably represents Mexico and create a presentation for the class.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing
    Trading Card Creator
    This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.
29. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 14
    Valentine's Day is today!
    Students find examples of figurative language and write an original example of each device, illustrate, and share them with the class.
30. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing Poetry
    Word Mover
    Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.

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