January
Features
- Technology in the classroom
- Spelling and word study
- Tutoring and volunteering
- Start with a Book: Families and Communities, Think Like an Inventor
Celebrations and Events
- National Braille Literacy Month
- National Mentoring Month
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: National Day of Service
- Universal Letter Writing Week
Featured Partners
- Youth Service America
February
Features
- Comprehension
- Assessment
- Start with a Book: Our Government
Celebrations and Events
- Digital Learning Day
- Valentine’s Day
- Presidents’ Day
- Children’s Authors & Illustrators Week
- National School Counseling Week
- Black History Month
- NCTE African-American Read-In
Featured Partners
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Black Caucus
- American School Counselor Association
March
Features
- Content area literacy
- Kindergarten readiness, especially for kids with disabilities
- Start with a Book: Art and Artists, Music and Musicians
Celebrations and Events
- Read Across America
- Civic Learning Week
- Newspapers in Education Week
- National Wildlife Week
- Brain Awareness Month
- Music in Our Schools Month
- Women’s History Month
- Youth Art Month
Featured Partners
- Center for Development and Learning: Plain Talk Conference
- National Education Association
- Newspapers in Education
April
Features
- Pre-K guide for parents and caregivers
- Poetry resources
- Autism: basics, reading comprehension strategies
- Libraries: connecting school and public libraries for summer
- Start with a Book: Poetry, Our Green World, Numbers and Measuring
Celebrations
- International Children’s Book Day
- D.E.A.R. Day
- Earth Day : EPA and Earth Day: National Geographic
- El día de los niños/El día de los libros
- Week of the Young Child
- National Library Week
- Environmental Education Week
- Autism Acceptance Month
- National Poetry Month
- Mathematics Awareness Month
Featured Partners
- American Library Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
May
Features
- Summer reading, writing, and learning
- Tutoring & summer programs
- Start with a Book: Passport to the World, Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Myths
Celebrations and Events
- Mother’s Day
- Teacher Appreciation Week
- National Children’s Book Week
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Get Caught Reading Month
Featured Partners
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- National PTA
June
Features
- Summer reading, writing, and learning
- Start with a Book: Oceans, Rivers, and Ponds, Detectives and Explorers
Celebrations and Events
- World Oceans Day
- Father’s Day
- Summer Learning W eek
- National Audiobook Month
Featured Partners
- National Summer Learning Association
- American Federation of Teachers
July
Features
- Visual literacy, media literacy
- Summer science
- Professional development: pre-service, first-year teachers, teacher mentors, literacy coaches
- Start with a Book: Bugs, Birds, and Animals, Dinosaurs, The Night Sky
Celebrations and Events
- Independence Day
- National Parks and Recreation Month
Featured Partners
- Reading Is Fundamental
- United Through Reading
August
Features
- Back-to-school “backpack” for teachers and parents
- Transitions to kindergarten, especially for kids with special needs
- RTI for teachers
- Start with a Book: Heroes and Superheroes, Flight
Celebrations and Events
Featured Partner
- Reach Out and Read
- First Book
September
Features
- Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and concepts of print
- Screening for reading abilities/deficits
- Individualized education plans (IEPs)
- RTI for parents
- Parent engagement
- Start with a Book: Passport to the World, Builders and Building
Celebrations and Events
- Labor Day
- International Literacy Day
- Grandparent’s Day
- Banned Books Week
- Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15–Oct 15)
- Attendance Awareness Month
- Library Card Sign-Up Month
- Deaf Awareness Month
Featured Partners
- Jumpstart
- PBS Teachers
October
Features
- Writing
- LD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia
- Parent/teacher conferences
- Writing family stories
- Start with a Book: Families and Communities, Heroes and Superheroes
Celebrations and Events
- Jumpstart’s Read for the Record
- National Day on Writing
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- Family History Month
- National LD Awareness Month
- National Principals’ Month
Featured Partners
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Council of Teachers of English
November
Features
- Phonics (strategies, assessment)
- Fluency (strategies and assessment)
- Role of school psychologists and counselors
- Start with a Book: Weather Report, Passport to the World
Celebrations and Events
- Family Literacy Day
- Veteran’s Day
- Thanksgiving
- Geography Awareness Week
- National School Psychology Week
- American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month
Featured Partners
- National Association of School Psychologists
December
Features
- Vocabulary and academic language (strategies)
- Background knowledge
- Building a home library
- Start with a Book: What’s Cooking?
Celebrations and Events
- December celebrations around the world
Featured Partners
- National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
- National Center for Family Literacy