Read Across America Activities

March 2nd, 2024

Ready, Set...Read! 📖

Here's a fun template with ideas for every day of the week to celebrate Read Across America starting on Monday, March 4th.

Happy reading! 📚

Monday - Get Inspired! 👩🏾‍🚀

Start Each Day With a Book Talk!

Put new books on kids' radars with fun, creative book talks each morning 📖

Read about women trailblazers! Click👇🏽

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Tuesday - Read Books & Solve Problems! 🖍

Novel Engineering

Students use existing classroom literature - stories, novels, and expository texts - as the basis for engineering design challenges that help them identify problems, design realistic solutions, and engage in the Engineering Design Process while reinforcing their literacy skills.

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Wednesday - Share a Laugh 😂

Read Funny Books!

Got budding comedians? Read funny books. Try not to laugh!

LAUGH IT UP! with Marvin Terban - KidLit TV

Get ready to get the giggles with author, teacher, and jokester Marvin Terban! Join Marvin for a lesson in funny through his new book LAUGH IT UP. This guide to wordplay teaches kids the secrets to cracking smart jokes that will have their classroom in stitches!

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Thursday - All Books, All Day! 📚

Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character!

(Or, just one that's easy to imitate lol)

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3 Cool Book Festival Ideas

🔥 Book Camping: take over the gym with sleeping bags, flashlights, and campfire stories.

👩🏽‍🏫 Room-to-Room Guest Readers: Invite parents, grandparents, staff, local authors, and even a fun masked reader for school-wide read alouds. Host reading rounds in a variety of classrooms so students can have broad exposure. Consider a theme, like Own Voices!

👯‍♀️ Pair up for Book Buddies: This template creator became a teacher because of book buddies (true story!) Here's a good resource for getting started.