National Read Alow America Week will begin on March 2, 2025. This week is a national initiative to celebrate and strengthen the importance of reading, focusing on young children. It is within the national reading month range of March, making it a great time to enhance your reading throughout school day. Check out these readings for American activities and ideas and get your students excited about reading!
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Check out our free read American printable bundles. This includes coloring sheets and accompanying book lists to track books set for each state. It also includes many daily reading logs, printable bookmarks, reading assignments, classroom posters and more!
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1. Read anywhere!
It’s even more fun to read with themes and additions like stuffed animal reading friends and special DIY reading chairs. Turn into a campsite with school cafeteria, gym or library themed decorations and ask the family to bring their sleeping bags.
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2. Scavenger Hunt Book
As students are reading, they are asked to search for items in the list, such as speeches and part of story elements. Create your own listings or ask students to help brainstorm ideas.
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4. Track your reading progress
Encourage your kids reading with a little friendly competition. Track each class how many pages you read a few pages each day. Set the time you read and the number of books you have, and if you achieve your goals, you will be celebrating in the classroom.
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6. Invite the Mystery Leader
Everyone, no matter what age, loves fascinating readings. Set up a roster of guest leaders (parents, grandparents, school staff, local authors), visit classrooms and read students. If you’re extra ambitious, why not set up a “masked reader” event (like the TV show “Masked Singer”)? Your child will be engaged further as they try to identify who is sitting in the reader’s chair. See this list of reads.
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7. Dress up like a book character
Dress up like your favorite book characters or your favorite authors and encourage your students to do the same! Check out the costumes of characters in these books, including Olivia the Pig, Mr. Frizzle, and Camila Cream.
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9. Read the theme
Choose a theme to read every day, or jump into one theme per week. Below is a list of some great books to start looking for the perfect theme-related read:
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10. A book tasting will be held
Another of our favorite reads: America’s Activities: Expand your readers’ palette with book tastings. Like a food tasting, students cycle around the room, checking the front and back covers for a few minutes, reading the inside flaps, and browsing the book for a first impression. Next, record observations on the memo catcher for future references.
More information: Expand your readers’ taste with book tastings
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11. Discover new genres
Often, children find a genre they love and stick to it, eliminating many other great genres available. Read Atsing America Week is a great opportunity to encourage them to branch out in reading!
More than 50 literary genres and subgenres that all students should know about for more information
12. Set up classroom book swaps
Organize your classroom book swaps and help students put the book in their hands. These simple readings encourage children to bring one or two books from home through American activities. After that, lay out the books on the day of swaps and give the kids time to browse. Make sure every child gets one book before everyone gets more. Ask around the building to see if other teachers and librarians have books to contribute.
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13. Literary marching madness
Take the idea of March crazy parentheses and compare books, like this teacher did.
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15. Check out the e-book
Physical books always have a place in our minds (and our classroom!), but e-books are made for the convenience and ability to serve children with many kinds of learning differences. You can’t beat it. We encourage students to browse the e-book collection and see if they can find titles they don’t have in their library, or if they can find titles they are waiting for. The e-book library is also a great way to assign books students think they want.
More information: How kids read free e-books
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16. For you, hold on color go reading assignments
Looking for a fun way to motivate your students to read? Try this free printable reading challenge. Here, the children color each completed reading task to go with their bookmarks.
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18. Reading a flashlight
Bring a flashlight and blanket to dim the lights. Students read with the beam of a flashlight. It’s a fun tradition to start on American week while reading.
19. Reading bingo
Who doesn’t like the good old bingo game? Try this version while twisting it. You can send this free printable bingo card with your little learners and complete it for a small award.
Some squares you can have on your card:
Read under the tree. Share the book with your friends. I’m going to the library. Read with a flashlight. Read the poem. Read a book and watch the movie.
20. Reading friends
Reading friends is so much fun! Here’s how to get students to read with new friends:
Invite older students to read with younger people and vice versa. Contact your local animal organization to see if you have a treatment dog that is suitable for reading your peers (make sure your students are not allergic to begin with). Take out a box of stuffed animals for students to read. Create a class mascot that students can read. We are teachers
twenty one. I wear a hat to read Dr. Seuss’ activities
If you are in younger grades, spending a day or lesson with Dr. Seuss can be a fun activity to read American week or all mixes.
For more information, read activities such as using a hat to create a Seussuiri style illustration or designing a box of fun (fox in the box) for days like Seuss.
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twenty two. Put a message in the book
Read personal individuals for students during the week of America by putting notes on each of them currently reading.
More details: Please message in the book
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twenty three. The story of the campfire
Hugging around the “Campfire” and reading this horrifying story. This is a list of scary amounts of stories suitable for younger readers. If you want to create an event, bring your students a sleeping bag or tent and camp reading day.
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twenty five. Map the story
Help students understand why stories are appealing by mapping several different stories. Once students understand the structure of the story, they get more from every story.
For more information, get the free story map bundle.
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26. Bring your books to science
It’s not just literacy blocks. I have an idea like a book, and I have an idea like this, a lesson for the wild thing to teach animals’ adaptation.
27. Host read-a-thon
Read-a-Thon is an event where students make money for school, donations, or reading prizes. Set class or school goals and track the amount of books read during the week or March reading in the US. Choose your local literacy nonprofit organization, donate proceeds, and make a field trip by visiting nonprofits to learn about your work.
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28. Build a school’s reading culture
Every school has a reading culture. Take this opportunity to assess and improve your opportunities mid-year. Is there any empty space to enhance my reading? How do students use school libraries and classroom libraries? Can book students have access to reflect their experiences and enable them to engage in other cultures?
More Information: How to Build a Reading Culture
29. Host virtual author visits
Many authors have made virtual visits. This means you can take your favorite authors to the classroom from all over the country. And there are many ways to bring authors, from pre-recorded visits to virtual read paths.
Details: Big list of virtual author activities
30. Book fair will be held
Book Fair is a great way to generate excitement about books and take your parents to campus. There are many options to partner and host your fair.
For more information, see Best Book Fair Companies for Schools
31. Create a corner to read in the classroom
Add a reading corner to the classroom. Corners can be where you can match classroom themes, incorporate students’ favorite books and ideas, and leave animal reading peers and book recommendations.
Details: A reading corner in our beloved classroom
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33. Create a blackout poem
Blackout poems, in which students take pages from old books or printed materials and leave poetry behind, are fun ways to write poetry for students.
For more information, please write a blackout poem
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34. Please see the map
Read books and stories from each state or region. Next, let students color the map to show where they “read” while reading America.
Fill out the form on this landing page to read a free American bundle featuring this book that introduces American reading lists and worksheets.
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35. Keep read and scratch issues
Who doesn’t like scratching those gold flakes? This free printable uses scratch-off stickers to attract and motivate kids with fun reading challenges.
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36. Decorate your classroom with reading posters
This set of 6 free printable posters is perfect for decorating your message board.
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37. Give me a printable bookmark
We offer new bookmarks to celebrate the love of reading. Make it special by writing a personal note to each student on their back and signing your name.
Fill out the form on this landing page and grab the American reading bundle featuring these printable bookmarks.
Get American printable bundles of my free readings all over the USA!
Our printable bundles feature coloring American coloring books, tracking titles set for each state and accompanying book lists. It also includes many daily reading logs, printable bookmarks, reading assignments, classroom posters and more!
