Music in Our Schools Month is in March.

Students explore the effects of music on a story by reading a story, novel, or play, viewing the musical version, and comparing the two. Students can then select a text read in class and create a musical adaptation.

Grades   3 – 12

March is National Women's History Month.

A scrapbook highlighting the accomplishments of famous American women is created as a class using the Alphabet Organizer and Bio-Cube.

Grades   3 – 12

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.

Grades   K – 12

Today is Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko's birthday.

Students revive elements of the oral tradition by writing about something funny that happened to them recently, sharing with classmates, and discussing the changes that occur during the retelling of the stories.

Grades   3 – 12

Author Gabriel García Márquez was born on this day.

Students take place in a collaborative creative writing activity to begin to understand the hallmarks of the literary style known as magical realism.

Grades   7 – 12