{"id":70304,"date":"2020-04-09T09:44:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=70304"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:20:54","slug":"days-of-significance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/connecting-reading-and-writing\/days-of-significance\/days-of-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"Days of Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-70305\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople.png 960w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople-165x110.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople-945x631.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/happypeople-750x501.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Connecting Reading and Writing: Days of Significance<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the Library Learning Commons research databases<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about significant days in our community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every year many important celebrations and traditions are marked around the world, and also right here in Canada. Some of the \u2018days of significance\u2019 observed in our community include Vaisakhi, Vesak, Ramadan, Passover, and Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Choose a \u2018day of significance\u2019 you would like to research. You can choose any special day &#8211; it might be one important to your family, or one you would just like to learn more about.<\/p>\n<p>Use the WRDSB Library Learning Commons to research the \u2018day of significance\u2019 you have chosen.<\/p>\n<h3>First:<\/h3>\n<p>Login to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wrdsb.insigniails.com\/library\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library Learning Commons<\/a> using your PAL*. (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JX-HPBo7kLlk-eYtm8VMK-UbodNBeAuG\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see a demonstration<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3>Second:<\/h3>\n<p>Explore these two research tools: Britannica Elementary (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xoRw6Mr79izMPKKkhFyG2qf05x7FBLKA\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstration<\/a>) and Gale &#8211; Kids Infobits (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OmjdToyRck8DrHVadJj_34TRV0vrZB2k\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstration<\/a>) to find out more about your topic.<\/p>\n<h3>Third:<\/h3>\n<p>Share some of the interesting things you learn with a friend, relative, caring adult, etc.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<p>Ask your parents or caregiver for information about a day that is significant to your family. Share what you find out in the padlet. Some questions you might ask: What makes this day important to our family? How do we observe this day?<\/p>\n<p>* A student\u2019s PAL username and password can be obtained from your child\u2019s teacher. Leave a message with contact information on the teacher\u2019s WRDSB voicemail through the school\u2019s phone number. Alternately, email your child\u2019s teacher using the format: firstname_lastname@wrdsb.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year many important celebrations and traditions are marked around the world, and also right here in Canada. Some of the \u2018days of significance\u2019 observed in our community this month include Vaisakhi, Vesak, Ramadan, Passover, and Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72660,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70304\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}