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January 27 reading ideas
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, read about Anne Frank’s diary with an adult or teacher. Separate reading activities explore a fictional chocolate-cake adventure and the history of plumbing.
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Library Shelfie Day falls on the fourth Wednesday of January. Explore school library collections and book sharing, then recommend a book you would feature on a shelf.
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Explore this topic through A Shelf for Student Voices.
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Read passageDiscover a student-led library book-return system.
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Read passageRead a student’s letter arguing for a say in library book choices.
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National Chocolate Cake Day is a playful chance to enjoy a story about a favorite dessert. Follow Lily’s chocolate-cake adventure and talk about the choices she makes.
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Read passageFollow Lily’s imaginative chocolate-cake story.
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Discover the long history of toilets and the plumbing improvements associated with Thomas Crapper.
Identify Crapper’s contribution and explain why no one person invented the toilet.
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January 27 marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. In a guided lesson, read about Anne Frank’s diary as one personal record of Jewish life under Nazi persecution.
In a guided reading, discuss what Anne’s diary can tell us about one family’s experience.
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For a guided history lesson, read Anne Frank and Her Special Diary. Ask what a diary can show about a person’s daily life and what other sources could add. For a separate activity, trace what changes across the plumbing history passage. If your selected year shows Library Shelfie Day here, choose a favorite book and write one sentence that would help another reader find it.
