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26 Make Up Your
Own Holiday Day Write a proposal for your
holiday, include the name,
why it should be cele-
brated, and some
celebration suggestions
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8 Celebrate
Women’s History
Month. Make a list of
inspirational women.
Pick one to read about.
12
Create a trivia game
for your family to
play. Use facts about
the women in your
family.
13
Daylight Savings
Time Begins
15
READ your book
for 15 minutes
today!
16
Design a reading
poster about your
favorite book or
author.
17 Happy St.
Patrick’s Day!
Write a story about
what you would do
if you found a pot of
leprechaun’s gold.
18 S.U.T.A.R.D. Sit Under A Tree
And Read Day. Take your journal so
you can write about
what you read.
21 American
Chocolate Week
begins. What is your favorite
chocolate candy? Write a
note to a friend telling
why you like that candy.
22 FIND
directions and make your own kite.
24
List as many words that you can think of that end with – ch, like March or torch.
23 March has 31
days. Make a list
of the other
months that have
31 days.
6 National Pancake Week begins today.
What’s your favorite kind
of pancake? Help make
some for breakfast or
dinner today.
5 Read Globally
Find all the country
names mentioned in
the newspaper today.
10 HOW Would life be different
if the telephone had
not been invented in
1876?
9 CREATE
a VoiceThread explaining
why school libraries are
important. Ask your
librarian to help you post
it to the Web.
11 WHO is Valentina Tereshkova? Why should you read about her for Women’s History Month?
19 It’s Workout Day
Work up an appetite by
reading a book about
food. Find a recipe for the
food you read about
and make it for dinner.
7 Letter of
Appreciation Week
ends today. Write a letter to your principal
and your newspaper about how
much you appreciate your
school library and your librarian.
14 It’s Pi Day!
What is Pi?
Read Why Pi? By
Johnny Ball.
20 It’s the first day
of SPRING!
Read How Robin
Saved Spring by
Debbie Ouellet.
27 How many
different types of
transportation have
you used? Ask an adult
how many he or she
has used. Pick one to
read about.
28 CREATE
a bumper sticker
encouraging people to
support school
libraries. Share it with
your family, friends,
teachers, and librarian.
25 READ
READ
READ
READ
READ
READ
29 Coca-Cola was
invented in 1886
Who created it? Can
you find the recipe
for making Coca-
Cola?
30 How many
books have you read
this month? Why
not recommend one
to a friend?
31 TV Blackout
Read aloud or play
games tonight
instead of watching
TV.
1 Spring is almost
here! Make your
reading list now for
what you will read
this month.
2
Happy Birthday,
Dr. Seuss
3 Chains for Reading Cut strips of paper to write
the author and title of all the
books you read between now
and the end of school. Can
you make a chain that will
circle your room?
4 Friday Feast Day Make dinner time today a
time to share your
favorite book, something
about the book you are
reading, or telling stories
to your family.
American Red Cross Month
Women’s History Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National In To Literacy Month
Martha Alewine
Educational Consultant
