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 September:

September 1: National Library Card Month begins.
September 8: International Literacy Day
September 9: National Grandparents Day
September 10: National No-Bully Week
September 15: Hispanic Heritage Month begins.
September 23: Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated in 1957.
September 30: Elie Wiesel, author, humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in 1928.

There also are links relating to other noted authors and events, and more. For further information, visit the website. The ReadWriteThink.org is a nonprofit website maintained by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English with support from the Verizon Foundation, and in association with the Thinkfinity consortium. The site provides free lesson plans, interactive student materials, Web resources, and standards for K-12 classroom teachers of reading and the English language arts. Visit the main site.