Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading fundamentals and comprehension skills development.
Calendar
Reading Rockets offers up-to-date listings of local and national reading and education events, conferences, and workshops. Click on a month below to see scheduled events. The "Go to website" link under each listing provides additional information.
See a list of events from previous years:
September is…
full of literacy events, like Library Card Sign-Up Month and Banned Books Week. Learn about library services for children and visit the library with your child today!
Here are some other ways you can celebrate literacy in September:
- Celebrate International Literacy Day with the following
Reading Rockets booklists: - Play with your words for National Punctuation Day.
- Attend the National Book Festival — and look for the
Reading Rockets and PBS table!
September 2008
All month |
Library Card Sign-up MonthAmerican Library Association
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Sep 9-8 |
Foundations in Family LiteracyNational Center for Family Literacy
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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 27 |
National Book FestivalLibrary of Congress |
Sep 27 - Oct 4 |
Banned Books WeekAmerican Library Association
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October 2008
All month |
National Book MonthNational Book Foundation
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Oct 2 |
Read for the RecordJumpstart
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Oct 6-7 |
CREATE ConferenceNational Center for Research on the Educational
Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners |
Oct 9-11 |
IRA West Regional ConferenceInternational Reading Association |
Oct 12-18 |
Teen Read WeekAmerican Library Association
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Oct 29-Nov 1 |
IDA Annual ConferenceInternational Dyslexia Association |
November 2008
Nov 1 |
National Family Literacy DayNational Center for Family Literacy
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Nov 5-8 |
NAEYC Annual ConferenceNational Association for the Education of Young People |
Nov 16-22 |
American Education WeekNational Education Association
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Nov 20-22 |
ASHA Annual ConventionAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
Nov 23-25 |
2008 Conference on English LeadershipNational Council of Teachers of English |
December 2008
Dec 7-10 |
IRA Southeast Regional ConferenceInternational Reading Association |
February 2009
Feb 1-2 |
National African American Read-InNational Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Black Caucus
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Feb 2-6 |
National School Counseling WeekAmerican School Counselor Association
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Feb 7-10 |
National K-6 Classroom Literacy & Children's Literature ConferenceReading Recovery Council of North America, Inc.
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Feb 18-21 |
NABE Annual ConferenceNational Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
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Feb 19-21 |
AASA National Conference on EducationAmerican Association of School Administrators
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Feb 24-28 |
NASP Annual ConventionNational Association of School Psychologists
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Feb 25-28 |
LDAA Annual ConferenceLearning Disabilities Association of America
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Other event listings
- Book Fairs and Other Literary Events, The Center for the Book, Library of Congress
