Reading rockets literacy calendar

School Year Monthly Calendar - Click Image for Link

August - September

Back-to-school poems

Back-to-school tips for parents & educators

Patriot Day 09/11

Dot Day 09/15-ish

Constitution Day 09/17

Punctuation Day 09/24

Banned and Challenged Books Week last week in September

Hispanic Heritage 09/15-10/15

October

October

October

Early October

Public Library Bookmark Contest

Halloween puzzles/activities

November

A Month-long Celebration

November 11

HIstory of Thanksgiving

Friday after Thanksgiving

December

Melvil Dewey 12/10 1851 - 12/26 1931

Happy Hanukkah

Christmas around the world

NORAD Santa tracker

Happy Kwanzaa 12/26-01/01

January

Martin Luther King, Jr. 01/15 1929 - 04/04 1968

Newbery, Caldecott, and more

January or February

February

February

Highlight in February

02/01

02/02

02/14

Presidents' Day

March

March

Theodor Seuss Geisel 03/02/1904 - 09/24/1991

Read Across America 03/02

Votes due end of March

April

School Library Month

Poetry Month

Second week in April

04/09/19

Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary - Drop Everything And Read 04/12

04/13/19-04/14/19

History of Earth Day

Jane Addams Book Award, books that build for peace - awarded annually in April

May

Winners announced 05/01

Unplug! First week in May

First week in May

National Police Week 2019 05/12-05/18

June

Library materials due 06/03/19 for inventory

Library volunteer lunch & shelf reading extravaganza 06/04/19

Shelf reading project directions

Shelving guideline reminders

Summer Reading - 2018

Summer reading

MBUSD 2018 lists

Entering 1st grade

Entering 2nd grade

Entering 3rd grade

Entering 4th grade

Entering 5th grade

Entering 6th grade

"Without reading, kids lose an average of one to three months of achievement over the summer. By the end of 6th grade, children who do not read over the summer are as much as two years behind other kids who do."
(McGill-Franzen, A., & Allington R. (2003 May/June) “Bridging the Summer Reading Gap” Instructor 112 no.8)