World Read Aloud Day is Coming, Spread the Word!

World Read Aloud Day is Wednesday, March 4th, 2015. Last year over one million people in more than 80 countries celebrated this day of joy and this year we want to reach at least 100 countries. We need your help spreading the word about the magic of World Read Aloud Day. Use the sample social media posts below to rally your friends, family and community for the big day! Stay up to date with all World Read Aloud Day happenings by following LitWorld on Facebook and Twitter @litworldsays.

Last year 1 million people celebrated World Read Aloud Day. Make the movement bigger this year #readaloud on 3/4! http://litworld.org/wrad

I will read aloud on 3/4 for World Read Aloud Day, will you? #ReadAloud. Change the world. http://litworld.org/wrad #wrad

The 2015 World Read Aloud Day activity packet is here! Plan your joyful celebration today: http://litworld.org/wrad

Reading is magic that every child must experience. RT if you will celebrate World Read Aloud Day on 3/4 with @litworldsays. #wrad #readaloud

My favorite thing about reading aloud is _____________. #readaloud #wrad http://litworld.org/wrad

Read aloud, read aloud, the key to everything: read aloud. Join the World Read Aloud Day movement: http://litworld.org/wrad 

Get Connected for World Read Aloud Day 2015

Every year educators around the world collaborate to make World Read Aloud Day a huge event for students across the nation. This year is no different. Our awesome WRADvocates have created a World Read Aloud Day Google doc to schedule classroom to classroom read alouds over video chat.

All educators are free to add their schedules and contact information to this document. As WRADvocate Shannon Miller says, "Connecting through stories is always such a rewarding experience for our students.  Students often discover that we are all very much the same even though we are different. You may even discover a long-time collaborative partner through this one experience."

Access the Google doc here and connect with Shannon on Twitter to stay up to date with her World Read Aloud Day plans!