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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.

2008

2009

See a list of events from previous years:

July 2008

Jul 1-6

NEA Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly

National Education Association
Washington, DC

Jul 10-13

National Reading Styles Conference

National Reading Styles Institute
San Antonio, TX

Jul 10

National Summer Learning Day

Center for Summer Learning
Johns Hopkins University

Jul 17-20

Literacies for All Summer Institute

National Council for Teachers of English
Tucson, AZ

Jul 20-23

NCTE Institute for 21st Century Literacies

National Council for Teachers of English
Indianapolis, IN

Jul 24-27

Summer Leadership Institute

American Association of School Administrators
St. Louis, MO

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August 2008

All month

National Children's Vision & Learning Month

The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
Nationwide

Aug 4-8

Institute on Reading and Dyslexia (I REaD)

College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, OH

Aug 5

Literacy Everywhere, All of the Time: An Introduction to National Early Literacy Panel Findings

National Center for Family Literacy
Louisville, KY

Aug 5-6

Foundations in Family Literacy

National Center for Family Literacy
Louisville, KY

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September 2008

All month

Library Card Sign-up Month

American Library Association
Nationwide

Sep 9-8

Foundations in Family Literacy

National Center for Family Literacy
Colorado

Sept 8

International Literacy Day

United Nations
Nationwide

Sept 24

National Punctuation Day

The Newsletter Guy
Nationwide

Sept 27

National Book Festival

Library of Congress
Washington, DC

Sep 27 - Oct 4

Banned Books Week

American Library Association
Nationwide

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October 2008

All month

National Book Month

National Book Foundation
Nationwide

Oct 6-7

CREATE Conference

National Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
Minneapolis, MN

Oct 9-11

IRA West Regional Conference

International Reading Association
Seattle, WA

Oct 12-18

Teen Read Week

American Library Association
Nationwide

Oct 29-Nov 1

IDA Annual Conference

International Dyslexia Association
Seattle, WA

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November 2008

Nov 1

National Family Literacy Day

National Center for Family Literacy
Nationwide

Nov 5-8

NAEYC Annual Conference

National Association for the Education of Young People
Dallas, TX

Nov 16-22

American Education Week

National Education Association
Nationwide

Nov 20-22

ASHA Annual Convention

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Chicago, IL

Nov 23-25

2008 Conference on English Leadership

National Council of Teachers of English
San Antonio, TX

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December 2008

Dec 7-10

IRA Southeast Regional Conference

International Reading Association
Nashville, TN

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January 2009

Jan 23-28

ALA Midwinter Meeting

American Library Association
Denver, CO

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February 2009

Feb 7-10

National K-6 Classroom Literacy & Children's Literature Conference

Reading Recovery Council of North America, Inc.
Columbus, OH

Feb 18-21

NABE Annual Conference

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Austin, TX

Feb 19-21

AASA National Conference on Education

American Association of School Administrators
San Francisco, CA

Feb 24-28

NASP Annual Convention

National Association of School Psychologists
Boston, MA

Feb 25-28

LDAA Annual Conference

Learning Disabilities Association of America
Salt Lake City, UT

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