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.
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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.
January is…
the perfect time to celebrate people who make a difference and make history. Teach your child what it means to stand tall on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with stories about him and other trailblazers. Following MLK Day, celebrate the historic inauguration of the first African-American President with our booklist, Hail to the Chief.
January 2009
Jan 22-24 |
TRLD Conference: Opening Doors to Universal LearningTechnology, Reading and Learning Diversity |
Jan 23-28 |
ALA Midwinter MeetingAmerican Library Association |
February 2009
All month |
20th Annual National African American Read-InSponsored by the Black Caucus of NCTE and by NCTE |
Feb 7-10 |
National K-6 Classroom Literacy & Children's Literature ConferenceReading Recovery Council of North America, Inc. |
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 19-22 |
National Title I ConferenceNational Association of State Title I Directors
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Feb 20 |
IRA Reading Research ConferenceInternational Reading Association |
Feb 21-25 |
Multiple Pathways to Literacy:
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Feb 24-28 |
NASP Annual ConventionNational Association of School Psychologists |
Feb 25-28 |
LDA of America Annual ConferenceLearning Disabilities Association of America |
Feb 26-27 |
CORE Literacy Leadership SummitConsortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) |
March 2009
All month |
National Music in Our Schools MonthNational Association for Music Education |
All month |
National Women's History MonthNational Women's History Project |
All month |
Youth Art MonthCouncil for Art Education |
Mar 1-3 |
Annual National Conference on Family LiteracyNational Center for Family Literacy |
Mar 3 |
Read Across America DayNational Education Association |
Mar 7 |
Annual Conference on Literature and Literacy for Children and AdolescentsWorlds of Words: University of Arizona, College of Education |
Mar 13-16 |
ASCD Conference and Exhibit ShowAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
Mar 23-25 |
Plain Talk About Reading InstituteCenter for Development and Learning |
Mar 25-27 |
RTI: Response to Instruction and Intervention InstituteConsortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) |
April 2009
All month |
National Poetry MonthAcademy of American Poets |
All month |
School Library Media MonthAmerican Library Association |
Apr 1-4 |
CEC Convention and ExpoCouncil for Exceptional Children |
Apr 2 |
International Children's Book DayInternational Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) |
Apr 2-6 |
NAESP Annual ConventionNational Association of Elementary School Principals |
Apr 3-4 |
Literacy Coaching SummitCEDER of TAMUCC, NCTE and IRA |
Apr 16-17 |
National Conference on Summer LearningNational Center for Summer Learning |
Apr 27-May 2 |
NHSA's Annual National Training ConferenceNational Head Start Association |
May 2009
All month |
Better Hearing and Speech MonthAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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All month |
Get Caught Reading MonthAssociation of American Publishers
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May 2 |
Free Comic Book DayDiamond Comic Distributors
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May 3-7 |
Reading, Writing, and Conversations: IRA Annual Convention, North CentralInternational Reading Association |
May 3-9 |
Teacher Appreciation WeekParent Teacher Association
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May 10-17 |
Reading Is Fun WeekReading Is Fundamental Inc.
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May 11-17 |
Children's Book WeekChildren's Book Council
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May 26-28 |
National Spelling BeeThe E.W. Scripps Company
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May 28 |
APA ConferenceAudio Publishers Association
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May 28-31 |
Book Expo AmericaNew York, NY |
June 2009
All month |
Get Caught Listening MonthAssociation of American Publishers |
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 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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Other event listings and 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
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