Contents

August 5: World's First Traffic Signal Installed (1914)

TCR 9206 Summer Connect: Getting Ready for Fifth Grade "History of Traffic Signals" - page 49

August 8: National Tarantula Appreciation Day

TCR 8028 Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, Grade 5 "A Tarantula and Duct Tape" - pages 9-11, 144

August 13: International Lefthanders Day

TCR 8061 Mastering Complex Text Using Multiple Reading Sources, Grade 3 "In Their Right Minds" - pages 79-81, 107

August 16: National Rollercoaster Day

TCR 8393 Project-Based Learning: Let's Make a Theme Park!, Grades 4-5 "Impossible!" - page 52 "Thrill Rides Research Form" - page 54

August 24: Shooting Star Day

TCR 2737 Close Reading with Text-Dependent Questions, Grade 4 "Shooting Stars" - pages 76-79, 94

August 26: National Dog Day

TCR 8320 Activities for Unusual Holidays, Grades 4-5 "National Dog Day" - pages 52-53

August 27: Spain's La Tomatina Festival

TCR 8061 Mastering Complex Text Using Multiple Reading Sources, Grade 3 "The Festival of Splats" - pages 62-65, 105

Bonus August Activities

TCR 3311 Practice Makes Perfect: Word Problems, Grade 1 "Adding Without Regrouping" - pages 22-23, 47

TCR 8301 Practice to Learn: Word Searches, Grade 2 "Back to School" - pages 9, 56

TCR 8399 Practice Makes Perfect: Two-Digit and Three-Digit Addition & Subtraction, Grade 2-3 "Two-Digit Mixed Addition & Subtraction" - pages 18-19, 47

TCR 3334 Practice Makes Perfect: Reading Comprehension, Grade 4 "Using Multiplication" - pages 32-33, 48