April events & lesson ideas

Month

Arab American Heritage Month 

National Bullying Prevention Month

National Economic Education Month - see Economics Arkansas or EconEdLink or EconEdMonth or Federal Reserve Education

National Popcorn Poppin' Month

Adopt a (Shelter) Dog Month - see the American Humane Society or Pine Bluff Animal Control's Facebook page or Petfinder's listings for the Pine Bluff Shelter

The whole month of October should be Fall  (in 2025: Sept. 22 - Dec. 21)

Weeks

Fire Prevention week (includes October 9th, but date ranges change each year) - See NFPA and Sparky

Digital Citizenship Week - See Common Sense Media for exact dates (Oct. 20-24th in 2025)

Days

October 1 - National Homemade Cookies Day (according to EconAR)

October 10th - National Angel Food Cake Day (according to Economics Arkansas)

October 14th - National Dessert Day (according to Economics Arkansas, according to National Day calendar)

October 18th - National Chocolate Cupcake day (according to Economics Arkansas)

October 21st - National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day (according to EconAR) AND National Boston Cream Pie Day (according to EconAR)

October 31st - Halloween

Other topics

Bats - see Oct. 25-29, 2021

Pumpkins - Pumpkin Jack lesson

Skeletons, bones (human or animal)

Monsters

Scarecrows 

Leaves (changing colors)

See Brownielocks for additional month-long, weekly, and daily celebrations for this month

My plans:

April 1-2, 2026 (March 30-31 M-T & April 1-2 W-Th) -

          April 3, 2026 (F) - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday 

          April 6, 2026 (M) - FLEX PD Day/Easter Monday for students, but I WORK!

April 7-10, 2026 (T-F) - SUB Tuesday, 7th - Librarian Job Alike

April 13-17, 2026 (M-F) - K-2nd ATLAS testing!!!!!!

April 20-24, 2026 (M-F) - 3rd & 4th ATLAS testing!!!!!

April 27-30, & May 1, 2026 (M-Th, May 1 F) - 5th & 6th ATLAS testing!!!!!