ReadWriteThink.org offers calendar feature

 Each month, the ReadWriteThink.org Calendar offers quick classroom activities, lesson plans, Web links, and texts pertaining to various reading–related and general interest events. Here is a sampling of the links for March, National Women’s History Month and Music in Our Schools Month:

March 2: Read Across America Day celebrates Dr. Seuss
March 4-10: Teen Tech Week
March 9: Barbie Doll unveiled in 1959
March 11: Ezra Jack Keats was born on this day in 1916
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 21: World Poetry Day
March 22: Ralph Caldecott was born on this day in 1846
March 25: Kate DeCamillo’s birthday

There also are links relating to other noted authors and events, and more. For further information, visit the ReadWriteThink March Calendar page.

The ReadWriteThink.org website is administered jointly by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, in partnership with the Verizon Foundation. It is part of the MarcoPolo program, which provides standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the United States. Visit the main site.