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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 25
   Celebrate Kate DiCamillo's birthday today.
   After examining the characters in one of DiCamillo's stories, students write original short stories featuring animals as central characters.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 9
   Nancy Farmer, three-time Newbery honoree, was born in 1941.
   Students write original short stories in the science fiction genre based on some of Farmer's works and society's most hotly-debated issues, such as cloning, toxic waste, and brain implants.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 22
   Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury was born in 1920.
   Students do a Bradbury author study and then create flyers to advertise their favorite story using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 7  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 29
   Today is Leap Day!
   Our solar year is 365.24219 days. Since our calendar does not deal in partial days, every four years, we add an additional day to February.