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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 17
   Black Poetry Day is celebrated.
   Books and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a poem to contribute to a poetry reading.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 31
   Celebrate Halloween!
   Students research information on Halloween, create masks or costumes from a text they are reading, or write a narrative essay describing their best Halloween ever.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 20
   Celebrate the National Day on Writing!
   Students examine the different ways that they write and think about the role writing plays in life.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 3
   Gwendolyn Brooks published Bronzeville Boys and Girls in 1956.
   After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom.