{"id":3509,"date":"2020-09-14T16:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T23:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2020-09-15T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:49:04","slug":"this-week-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2020\/09\/14\/this-week-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in the library&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2020\/09\/14\/this-week-in-the-library\/the-dot\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3512\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2020\/09\/the-dot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2020\/09\/the-dot-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2020\/09\/the-dot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This week the library, or rather the librarian (that&#8217;s me), will be visiting classrooms and reading &#8220;The Dot&#8221; by Peter Reynolds.\u00a0 September 15th&#8221;ish&#8221;\u00a0 is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedotclub.org\/dotday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Dot Day<\/a> and we will be celebrating it by asking everyone to &#8220;Make your Mark&#8221; and &#8220;See where it takes you!&#8221; Everyone will create their own dot and we will display them in the hallway outside the gym.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the <strong>Big Ideas<\/strong> we are exploring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone has a unique story to share.<\/li>\n<li>Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.<\/li>\n<li>Texts can be understood from different perspectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Core Competencies <\/strong>we are developing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy.<\/li>\n<li>I get new ideas or build on other people\u2019s ideas.<\/li>\n<li>I am kind to others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some videos of and about the book:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch &#8220;The Dot&#8221; on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblebooklibrary.com\/auto_login.aspx?u=sd41&amp;p=login%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblebooks<\/a> . Click on the link on at the top right hand side of the blog under &#8220;Links&#8221;.\u00a0 In TumbleSearch, type in &#8220;The Dot&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Watch author and illustrator, Peter Reynolds the story behind the story and how this book helped launch International Dot Day &#8211; a worldwide celebration of creativity. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OPek3VK7lac\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week the library, or rather the librarian (that&#8217;s me), will be visiting classrooms and reading &#8220;The Dot&#8221; by Peter Reynolds.\u00a0 September 15th&#8221;ish&#8221;\u00a0 is International Dot Day and we will be celebrating it by asking everyone to &#8220;Make your Mark&#8221; and &#8220;See where it takes you!&#8221; Everyone will create their own dot and we will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2020\/09\/14\/this-week-in-the-library\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This week in the library&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,44,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3520,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions\/3520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}