April Events Calendar for Educators

April Events
2009

This page includes Birthdays and Special Goings-On!
(Don't forget...the blue indicates a link to the WEB!!)
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Use this calendar in conjunction with our Daily Writing Prompts!

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April 2009
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			Jan Wahl April Fool's Day One Cent Day 1	Author Hans Christian Andersen born, 1805 International Children's Book Day 2	Find-A-Rainbow Day Pony Express established, 1860 3	First U.S. flag approved, 1818 4
Palm Sunday National Read a Road Map Day Educator Booker T. Washington born, 1856 Richard Peck 5	North Pole Discovered In 1898. U.S. entered World War I, 1917 6	No Housework Day World Health Day, established 1948 7	Trina Schart Hyman 8	Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, 1865 Margaret Pterson Haddix 9	Encourage a Young Writer Day National Sibling Day David A. Adler U.S. Patent System established, 1790 10	President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, 1964 11
Easter Author Beverly Cleary born, 1916 Space Shuttle Columbia First Launched Crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen - 1981 12	Jan Berenstain 3rd President Thomas Jefferson born, 1743 Lee Bennett Hopkins 13	Webster's Dictionary Published, 1828 Titanic Struck The Iceberg Shortly before midnight on April 14, the ship collided with an iceberg causing the ship to sink at 2:20 AM on April 15. 14	Income Tax Day Artist/Inventor Leonardo Da Vinci born, 1452 15	Garth Williams Aviator Wilbur Wright born, 1867 16	Sherlock Hemlock's birthday Sesame Street character. Richard the Lion-Hearted returned to England, 1194 17	Paul Revere's Famous Ride, 1775 First Laundromat Opens In Fort Worth Texas - 1934. Great San Francisco Earthquake In 1906. Pet Owner's Day 18
Humorous Day Revolutionary War began, 1775 Passover Begins at Sundown 19	Scientists Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radium, 1902 20	Kindergarten Day The first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837. Barbara Park 21	Administrative Professionals/ Secretaries Day Kurt Wiese Earth Day established 1970 Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day National Jelly Bean Day Eileen Christelow 22	Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Take your Daughter to Work Day Home Run Day Hank Aaron hits his first home run in 1954. International Sing Out Day William Shakespeare born, 1564 23	Arbor Day Evaline Ness Library of Congress established, 1800 Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day 24	Walter de la Mare Anzac Day Australia, New Zealand Hubble Telescope launched, 1990 World Penguin Day 25
Hug a Friend Day National Pretzel Day Seismologist Charles Richter born, 1900 26	John Burningham Tell a Story Day Walter Lantz The creator of Woody Woodpecker. 27	5th President James Monroe born, 1758 28	Zipper Day, patented by Gideon Sindback in 1913. 29	National Honesty Day George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789. Anniversary Louisiana Purchase completed, 1803 30

More Lesson Plans! Also see our other April Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities

Special Goings-On
Astronomy Week (1st week)
Week of the Young Child (1st week)
National Library Week (2nd week)
National Wildlife Week (3rd week)

Autism Awareness Month
International Guitar Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Math Education Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Frog Month
National Humor Month
National Garden Month
National Poetry Month (Also visit TTC Poetry Unit)
Stress Awareness Month
National Turn Off the TV and Read Month
National School Library Media Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month

Additional Earth Day & Arbor Day Sites
Browse through our Earth Day activities, lesson plans & resources. You will find a complete thematic unit!
The Teacher's Corner Earth Day Resources page.

The National Arbor Day Foundation Tree planting and environmental stewardship non-profit membership organization, programs include Tree City USA, Conservation Trees, conferences, youth education, and Arbor Day Farm.

Arbor Day We are a non-profit organization poised to distribute millions of trees nationally. Check us out!

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