Calendars

If you are making a calendar for "March is Reading" month, here are some activities/themes you can use to fill in the days.  These have been taken from a variety of sources:

• Dr. Seuss's Birthday Party (March 2)

• Dr. Seuss Hair day

• Other authors with birthdays in March.  Kathy Schrock has a list of author birthdays by month

• Turn off the TV night

• Read with the principal

• Read to a stuffed animal

• Read a comic book

• Read to someone older than you

• Read to someone younger than you

• Read a T-shirt

• Read a hat

• Read a button

• Celebrity/guest readers (community leaders, board members, high school students, parents, school staff, celebrities, etc.)

• Read a letter

• Read a poem

• Read a play

• Read a newspaper

• Read a biography

• Read a joke or riddle

• Play a word game

• Read about the "olden days"

• Teacher switch day (teachers go to different classrooms to read)

• Dress as your favorite book character

• Show your library card (Students bring their public library cards and get a small reward)

• Read a book by a local/Michigan author

• Read books by flashlight

• Read about another country

• Explore an author's website or write an author..  KidsRead has a list of author and illustrator addresses.  The Internet School Library Media Center also has an Index to Children's and YA's Authors and Illustrators Internet Sites.

• Mystery Reader Week  Someone reads over the P.A. system and students guess who it is

• Book Summaries Week  Students are chosen to write a brief booktalk and deliver it over the closed circuit television system

• Guess That Book  A short selection from a book is read and students try to name it.