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 9: Jesse Owens Earns 4th Gold Olympic Medal (1936)

TCR 8070 - Mastering Complex Text Using Multiple Reading Sources, Grade 6 "More Rare Than Gold" - pages 50-53, 105

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

Back to School (late August)

TCR 3092 - All About Me, Grades PreK-K "My Name" - page 17-26

Bonus August Activities

TCR 8300 - Practice to Learn: Word Searches, Grade 1 "Lower to Upper" - page 54 "Upper to Lower" - page 55 "Answer Key" - page 63

TCR 3727 - Practice Makes Perfect: Map Skills, Grade 2 "Practice Tests 1 & 2" - pages 40-41, 48

TCR 8629 - Practice Makes Perfect: Fractions, Decimals, & Percents, Grade 4 "Practice Tests 1 & 2" - pages 40-41, 48