Connecting Reading and Writing: Days of Significance

Goals:

Learn more about the origins of Earth Day

Each year, on April 22nd, people all around the world observe Earth Day.
The first earth day was on April 22nd, 1970.

You can learn more about how Earth Day began, and how people celebrate it by reading the article How the World Celebrates the Earth.

Why do you think so many people all around the world observe Earth Day?
What do you think are the best reasons to take care of the Earth?

Share your thinking with a family member.

Note to families: Online articles can be challenging to read. If your child is logged into their WRDSB Google Account, or using a WRDSB Chromebook, they can use the Read and Write for Google Chrome plugin to have online text read to them.