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November
Leaves are falling, winter’s calling,
We are thankful for our Friends.
It’s November once again.
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September – Back to School
It’s a brand-new year, chock-full of new opportunities!
We have compiled some exciting things happening in September.
Uncle Sam’s Birthday is in September 1813 September 5th is National Cheese Pizza Day
September 6th is Read a Book Day September 7th is Labor Day
September 8th International Literacy day September 9th Teddy Bear Day
September 10th is Swap Idea Day September 11th will never be forgotten
September 12th is National Chocolate Shake Day September 13th is Positive Thinking Day
Also on September 13th lets not forget our Grandparents!
September 14th, 1814 Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner
September 16th Mayflower Day September 17th, 1787 the Constitution was signed
September 19th “Talk Like A Pirate Day” September 20th The First Railroad Station opened
September 21st InternationalPeace Day September 22nd, 1789 First US Post Office opened
September 23rd First Day of Autum September 25th, 1513 Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean
September 1825 First Steam Locomotive runs September 29th, 1775 U.S. Army established
September 30th, 1849 Safty Pin invented
August Fun
It is hard to believe it is August already. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and getting a well deserved break. The Tonas Graphics Team is enjoying the summer and very excited to start the new school year with many great updates and additions to our EDUCATOR Plus package. Stay tuned for the exciting news later in August.
Below are some historic events that happend in August.AUGUST 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, heading west through uncharted seas. Over two months later, on October 12, his three ships landed in the Bahamas. Did you know that even the largest of the ships, the Santa Maria, was less than 100′ in total length – far smaller than most modern luxury yachts.
AUGUST 9 – National Book Lovers Day
Grab a good book and find some shade!
AUGUST 13 – International Left Handers Day
Some things you can do to help your left-handed students fit into a right-handed world:
– Seat “lefties” on the left side of shared writing spaces to avoid bumping elbows with right-handed neighbors. – Be aware that left-handed learners will sometimes form letters in a different direction from right-handed learners. – And remember that they may need extra attention in mastering a correct writing grip.AUGUST 18, 1920 – 19th Amendment Passes
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920.<br
AUGUST 18 – Bad Poetry day
Bad Poetry Day is celebrated on the 18th of August each year. There are several reasons why this holiday came into existence. The main reason however that is it is a day when a person can fight back and throw bad poetry at the very people who forced them to write or listen to good poetry. Your old high school English teacher, for example.
AUGUST 21, 1959- Hawaii Becomes the 50th State
AUGUST 29th – International Bat Night
Celebrated in over thirty countries since 1993.
Bat Conservation International (www.batcon.org) has “bat trunk” lesson kits available to educators.Happy July !
July is a time for vacations and summer fun However many great things happen in July.
Here are a few things happening in July
The 4th of July
July 8 – The Liberty Bell Cracked
July 11th EB Whites Birthday
July 16th Apollo 11 Lifts Off
July is Bert and Ernie’s Birthday from Sesame Street
July 28th was the first finger print taken
July 29th NASA was established
June is here!
June is here and everyone cannot wait to get outside and enjoy the summer.
Here are a few things happening in June
June 1st is Oscar the Grouch’s Birthday
June 17th is EAT Your Veggies Day
Don’t forget your Father on June 21st
Not To Mention this is the First Day of Summer As Well
This month we will also be sharing ideas to avoid the dreaded Summer Slide!
May In The Classroom
May is an exciting time in the classroom. Many schools are wrapping up state testing and wrapping up the year.
Here are just a few things going on in May.
May 1st, Mother Goose Day
Motto: “Either alone or in sharing, read childhood nursery favorites and feel the warmth of Mother Goose’s embrace.”
Mother Goose Day was founded in 1987 by Gloria T. Delamar in tandem with the publication of her book, Mother Goose; From Nursery to Literature (MFarland Pub.). The day is now listed in many calendars of events and celebrated throughout the United States. It has been noted by municipalities, a cereal producer, banks, etc. and has a particular appeal to Kindergarten-Primary grades, libraries, and nursing homes.
The preface to The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (1843) showed an illustration of an old crone patting two toddlers on the head. Underneath were the words:
https://www.librarysupport.net/mothergoosesociety/tips.htmlMay 4th-8th, National Teachers Week
Teachers give us so much. And though we know we can’t ever thank them enough, we can take a moment during National Teacher Week to share our appreciation for the special educators in our lives
May 6th, National Nurses Day
May 10th, Mothers Day
May 14th,
Beginning of Lewis and Clarks Expedition 1804
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, departing in May 1804, from near St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast.
May 16th, Armed Forces Day
May 25th, Memorial Day
April In The Classroom
April is the start of Spring and Great Spring Activities in Schools
Math Education Month
Mixing Math and Fun
APRIL 28th NATIONAL GREAT POETRY READING DAY
Annually celebrated on April 28, it is National Great Poetry Reading Day. This day celebrates great poetry and the great poets that wrote them. As an art form, poetry may predate literacy. Epic poetry appears to have been composed in poetic form to aid memorization and oral transmission in prehistoric and ancient societies. It is directly from folk songs that other forms of poetry developed. There are different forms of poetry including: Sonnet, Shi, Villanelle, Tanka, Haiku, Ode, and Ghazal. As well as different genres including: Narrative poetry, Epic poetry, Dramatic poetry, Satirical poetry, Lyric poetry, Elegy, Verse fable, Prose poetry and Speculative poetry. Some of the well-known, great poets include: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Frost, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson and T.S. Eliot. It is a good day to settle back, relax and read with your favorite poetry.APRIL 22 EARTH DAY
WASTE WATCHERS!
Introduce recycling to your school by having kids set up a recycling bin for paper. Ask school officials to set up bins in the cafeteria for plastic, aluminum and glass. Students can help educate their schoolmates about recycling by designing posters that describe what can and cannot be place in each recycling bin.
Happy Administrative Professionals Day
HAPPY EASTER
February Customer Post Contest
The Customer Post contest was a great success.
Thank you to all our customers for their posts on our Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages.
It was very difficult to pick a winner.
Congratulations to Joseph David for wining our February Comment Contest! Thank you to everyone that posted a comment. You are all winners to us!
Joseph will receive a free 36″ x 100′ Durable Matte Polly Banner Paper roll. He can make more great banners like this one!
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