Featured March Teaching Resources
March Teaching Resources for Your Classroom
March is a month that celebrates imagination, growth, and creativity. As students explore new ideas, take inspiration from visionary thinkers, and embrace the energy of the changing season, it’s the perfect time to spark forward thinking in the classroom. To help educators bring the theme of imagination to life through literacy, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) has curated a collection of free, easy-to-use teaching resources designed specifically for March. This resource center offers creative classroom activities, timely book lists, and standards-aligned lesson plans. It also spotlights content from Skybrary, RIF’s trusted kids’ reading app, equipping educators with versatile tools to energize instruction.
March Teaching Resources and Themes
Monthly Theme: Imagination
March shines a spotlight on imagination by highlighting the thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who turn ideas into impact. This month’s theme encourages learners to explore what it means to imagine boldly, think critically, and develop solutions that drive positive change in their communities and beyond.
Suggested Focus Points
Exploring how new ideas can influence and transform society
Celebrating experimentation and creativity
Embracing the courage to lead differently
Recognizing opportunity in challenges
March Book Collections
Explore our themed book collections and free accompanying reading resources.
Women’s History Month Book Collection
Encourage children to dive into the stories of trailblazing women from history and today. As they read, they’ll uncover themes of determination, bravery, and vision, gaining a deeper appreciation for how women’s voices and actions have helped shape a more just and vibrant world.
Rally to Read: Imagination Collection
As part of the Rally to Read reading challenge, RIF has gathered this book collection to help children discover the theme of imagination. These stories contribute to children’s understanding and development of imagination, creativity, and the problem-solving process.
Curriculum & Standards Alignment
All RIF teaching resources are designed to support Common Core State Standards, early reading development, and ongoing reading engagement. This March, students can explore innovators and their stories while building key literacy skills:
Identifying key ideas and details in biographies and informational texts about imaginative thinkers
Comparing the challenges, ideas, and impact of past and present thought leaders
Building vocabulary around winter and celebration themes
Building vocabulary related to creativity, problem-solving, and forward thinking
Writing reflections, narratives, or opinion pieces inspired by innovative ideas
Participating in collaborative discussions about curiosity, courage, and change
Connecting social-emotional learning (SEL) skills to imagination
Whether you use Wit & Wisdom, EL Education, Amplify CKLA, or other similar curricula, RIF resources help you enrich learning with adaptable units and flexible tools for your students.
Skybrary Book Feature: Seeds of Change
March’s featured Skybrary book is Seeds of Change, following the inspiring story of the naturalist who promoted women’s rights, planted trees to preserve Kenyan land, and became the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
What Students Will Learn
Identifying key details in biographies
How perseverance and environmental stewardship can create lasting change
Vocabulary related to conservation, activism, and community leadership
The life and lasting impact of a courageous historical leader
Support Materials
Access the full suite of activities, guides, and resources for Seeds of Change.
Seeds of Change is available to read on Skybrary, RIF’s trusted kids reading app. Visit the Skybrary website or download the Skybrary app from the Apple App Store, and dive into this empowering story plus hundreds of additional books.
Literacy Central Teaching Resources
RIF’s Literacy Central is a thoughtfully curated online platform offering free reading resources for educators, families, and students. With lessons, activities, and book-based tools in one convenient place, it makes it easy to foster engaging, meaningful literacy experiences throughout the month.
Support literacy instruction through March with classroom-ready materials:
Recognizing important details in biographies and informational texts
Vocabulary builders and reading passages
Writing prompts that encourage reflection on problem-solving and creativity
Imagination and innovation-based activities
Printable worksheets and extension materials
Teaching Resource Feature: Quick Guides for Educators
This month’s featured educator tool is Quick Guides for Educators. RIF’s Quick Guides offer supplemental support around key literacy topics in the classroom.
Use Quick Guides for Educators to support:
Communicating with Families
Creating a Print-Rich Classroom
Creating Literacy Centers in the Classrooms for Our Youngest Learners
Developing Listening and Speaking Skills
Encouraging Family Involvement
Encouraging Fathers and Male Role Models' Involvement in Literacy
Setting the Stage for Student Writers
Tips for an Effective Lending Library
Tips for Using Picture Books in the Classroom
Free Printable Teaching Resources
This month, check out RIF’s Women’s History Month Calendar. Explore a new themed activity each day this month. Click any date to access ready-to-use printables.
RIF's Daily Book Bites calendar highlights national holidays and important dates. Click any entry to access aligned stories with linked printable resources, ensuring an activity for each day of the month.
Enhance Classroom Reading with Read-Aloud Videos
Hearing books read aloud strengthens vocabulary, deepens comprehension, and sparks a love of reading. RIF’s library of read-aloud videos makes it simple for teachers to share captivating stories, introduce authors, and connect ideas to any lesson or monthly theme.
Through RIF’s six-month Rally to Read initiative, educators gain even more read-alouds and free literacy resources to keep students excited about reading. Each month features a new theme, showcases free online read-alouds from beloved authors, and includes activities that support young readers’ growth and engagement.
Rally to Read 2026: Virtual Event
This year’s Rally to Read event, Reading Inspires!, will celebrate RIF’s 60th birthday and National Reading Month. At 1pm on Friday, March 6, 2026 at Barnes and Noble in New York City, join RIF and beloved authors as they share stories and lead other engaging activities. Watch the event live with us, or enjoy the archive, available for the entire month!
March Webinars & Professional Learning
Throughout the year, RIF offers dynamic webinars that equip educators and families with innovative strategies and practical tips to support young readers. Sessions feature RIF team members, along with special guests such as authors, researchers, and university experts who provide insights on reading engagement and effective literacy practices. All webinars are saved in our archive for easy on-demand viewing.
- March 4, 2026 | 7-8pm EST Kapow! Building Writers Through Comics | Register now
- March 31, 2026 | 7-8pm EST Every Book is a Life Histories Book | Register now
Check our schedule for all future webinars and watch past recordings here.
Reading Inspires! Podcast: New Teaching Resource for Educators and Families
RIF is excited to share Reading Inspires, Reading Is Fundamental’s new podcast, created for everyone who believes in the power of literacy to change lives.
Inspiring conversations feature passionate voices from across the literacy community, including authors, educators, advocates, and thought leaders, who work together to explore fresh ideas, real-world impact, and the powerful ways we can help children build a lifelong love of books. Listeners can expect meaningful dialogue, practical takeaways, and inspiring stories from the field that highlight how literacy opens doors for children everywhere. Subscribe and listen on Apple podcasts!
Tips for Social & Classroom Engagement
Classroom Ideas
Hold a Storytelling Circle with read-alouds or biographies of imaginative thinkers, followed by student reflection discussions
Use graphic organizers to compare the ideas, challenges, and achievements of different inventors
Host a Dream Big Art Gallery, inviting students to illustrate a dream invention, fantasy land, or future version of their community
Challenge students to identify an everyday problem and imagine a creative solution, which they share with blueprints, descriptions, and a pitch