March events & lesson ideas

Month

Finishing up Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)

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

March 2nd - Dr. Seuss' Birthday

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:

March 2-6, 2026 (M-F) - ATLAS Interim testing T-F, March 3rd-6th - revised resource schedule 

Feb. 25 - March 3 (W-T) - Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Serena Williams (finishing out Black History)

March 4-10, 2026 (W-T) - Tornadoes (1st-4th) & Thunder Rose (5th-6th grade)

March 11-17, 2026 (W-T) - Women's History (Malala Yousafzai)

March 18-20, 2026 (W-F) - Women's History (Dr. Patricia Bath, Michelle Obama)

          March 20, 2026 (F) - NO SCHOOL - Flex PD - Makeup Day

          March 23-27, 2026 (M-F) - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

March 30-31, 2026 (M-T, then April 1-2, W-Th, no school F., April 3) - (continue with Dr. Patricia Bath & M.O.)