Reading rockets literacy calendar

Monthly Calendar

September 
School Poems / Back to School Poems
The September Project
Patriot Day - 9/11 
International Dot Day - 9/15 
Hispanic Heritage Month - 9/15-10/15
Constitution Day - 9/17
National Punctuation Day - 9/24 
Banned Books Week 2017 - 9/24-9/30

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October
National Reading Group Month  
Read for the Record - 10/3
International School Library Day - 4th Monday
History of Halloween
The Moonlit Road - Strange Tales
Halloween Puzzles and Activities 
Public Library Bookmark Contest Entry Forms Due 10/31

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November
Picture Book Month
Veterans Day - 11/11
Navajo Heroes of World War II
History of Thanksgiving
National Day of Listening

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December
Happy Birthday Melvil Dewey - 12/10 (1851-1931) created by Mount Erie Elementary, Anacortes, Washington
Snowflake Bentley
Play the Dreidel Game
Christmas Traditions Around the World
Track Santa on Christmas Eve with NORAD
Kwanzaa

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January  
2017 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 1/16/17 
2017 American Library Association Book/Media Awards 1/23/17 
2017 Chinese New Year of the Rooster 1/28

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February
Black History Month
National African American Read-In
Library Lovers' Month 
Groundhog Day - 2/2  
Crafts for Valentine's Day - 2/14
Presidents' Day 
World Read Aloud Day - 2/16/17 

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March
Women's History Month 
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss - 3/2 (1904-1991)
Read Across America March 2017  
Student Votes Due for California Young Reader Medal 3/31 

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April
School Library Month
Poetry Month - 30 Ways to Celebrate
30 Poets in 30 Days
D.E.A.R. Day - Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary - 4/12 
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2017 - 4/22-4/23
National Library Week 2017 - 4/9-4/15
National Library Workers Day 2017 - 4/11
Earth Day - 4/22
The Lorax Project / Earth Day Crafts
Jane Addams Book Award - Books that Build for Peace

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May 
California Young Reader Medal Winners Announced - 5/1 
Screen-free Week 2017 - 5/1-5/7 
Children's Book Week 2017 - 5/1-5/7 
Fourteenth Annual Night in the Library 2017 - 5/12 
National Police Week 2017 - 5/14-5/20

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June
Student Library Materials Due for Inventory - 6/5/17 
Library Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and Shelf Reading Extravaganza - 6/6/17 
Shelf Reading Project Directions - Shelf Reading Guidelines 

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July/August
MBUSD Summer Reading Lists (All) 2017
Entering Kindergarten Summer Activity Sheet 
Entering 1st Grade Summer Reading List 2017 / Activity Sheet 
Entering 2nd Grade Summer Reading List 2017 / Activity Sheet
Entering 3rd Grade Summer Reading List 2017 / Activity Sheet
Entering 4th Grade Summer Reading List 2017 / Activity Sheet
Entering 5th Grade Summer Reading List 2017 / Activity Sheet
Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading List 2017 

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