Calendar
June is…
Get Caught Listening Month, so break out your headphones and listen up! Going on a road trip this summer? Check out our summer audiobook list to keep your kids excited about books on the road.
Have a national literacy event you'd like to share? Please contact us with the event information. Have a Google calendar? So do we! Find out how you can add our Google calendar to your account.
June 2009
All month |
Get Caught Listening MonthAssociation of American Publishers |
All month |
Read with Kids ChallengeReading Is Fundamental
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Jun 10-13 |
Teacher Leader InstituteReading Recovery Council of North America
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Jun 14-17 |
NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional DevelopmentNational Association for the Education of Young Children
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Jun 25-26 |
Summer Literacy Institute — Research to Practice: Supporting Learners Through LiteracyNational Center for Family Literacy
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Jun 26-29 |
PTA National ConventionNational Parent Teacher Association
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Jun 28-Jul 1 |
National Educational Computing ConferenceInternational Society for Technology in Education
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Jun 30-Jul 3 |
National Reading Styles ConferenceNational Reading Styles Institute
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July 2009
Jul 1-6 |
NEA Annual Meeting and Representative AssemblyNational Education Association
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Jul 9 |
National Summer Learning DayCenter for Summer Learning
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Jul 9-12 |
Literacies for All Summer InstituteNational Council for Teachers of English
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Ju1 9-15 |
ALA Annual ConferenceAmerican Library Association
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Jul 16-19 |
Leadership for the Future SummitAmerican Association of School Administrators
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August 2009
All month |
National Children's Vision & Learning MonthThe College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
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Aug 4-8 |
Institute on Reading and Dyslexia (I REaD)College of Mount St. Joseph
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September 2009
All month |
Library Card Sign-up MonthAmerican Library Association
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Sept 8 |
International Literacy DayUnited Nations
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Sept 24 |
National Punctuation DayThe Newsletter Guy
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Sept 26 |
National Book FestivalLibrary of Congress |
Sep 26 - Oct 3 |
Banned Books WeekAmerican Library Association
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October 2009
All month |
Learning Disabilities Awareness MonthReading Rockets
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All month |
National Book MonthNational Book Foundation
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Oct 5-6 |
CREATE ConferenceImproving Outcomes for English Language Learners: Oral Language and Literacy Learning Across the Curriculum
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Oct 8 |
Read for the RecordJumpstart
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Oct 8 |
Reading Summit: Empowering At-Risk Children Through ReadingReading in Motion
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Oct 18-24 |
Teen Read WeekAmerican Library Association
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Oct 20 |
National Day on WritingNational Council of Teachers of English
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More event listings and calendars
Reading Rockets' Google calendar
Do you use Google calendar? Now you can have all the events listed above added to your calendar in one easy step! Under the "Other calendars" section on the left-hand side, type "readingrockets@weta.org" into the "Add a friend's calendar" box, and voila!
Other notable calendars
- Book Fairs and Other Literary Events,
The Center for the Book, Library of Congress - Calendar of Events,
National Institute for Literacy - Important Literary Dates,
ReadWriteThink.org - Monthly Activity Calendars,
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) - Activities for Children by Date,
Crayola - 2009 Preschool Language and Literacy Calendar,
The Hanen Centre