The Canadian Reader Issue 3

Little Free Libraries

Internet Connections (p. 11 )

1. Learn more about this news story:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greater-victoria-little-free-libraries-1.7635476
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-free-little-library-connection-my-neighbourhood/
• https://youtu.be/KIwh6TzYc70?si=hjz6idfJumI7GI_5
• https://victoriaplacemaking.ca/little-free-libraries/

2. Visit the Little Free Libraries’ website:

• https://littlefreelibrary.org 

3. Use this map to find a registered Little Free Library near you:

• https://littlefreelibrary.org/map/

4. See how LFLs have evolved:

• https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/milestones-and-awards/

Historic Horses Find New Homes

Internet Connections (p.p. 18-19)

1. Learn more about this news story:

• https://youtu.be/xQ1m1G90ahw?si=bF8xPAXRnhcSUbmx
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rcmp-horse-auction-offers-prized-hanoverians-and-semen-for-sale-1.7648520
• https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/corporate/stories/saddled-new-horse-auction.html

2. Find out all about the Musical Ride on RCMP website:

• https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/musical-ride

3. Watch the RCMP Musical Ride in these reels:

• https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17EMkk8w2V/
• https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1D4AdNn6Xi/

4. Discover more about the history of the RCMP Musical Ride:

• https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/evenement-event/carrousel-musical-ride
• https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/musical-ride/history-rcmp-musical-ride

Shark Season

Internet Connections (p.p. 28-29)

1. Learn more about this news story:

• https://globalnews.ca/news/11478942/great-white-sharks-nova-scotia-tagged/

2. Find out more about white sharks:

• https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/shark/great-white-shark/
• https://www.britannica.com/animal/white-shark
• https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sea-life/great-white-sharks/
• https://oceana.ca/en/marine-life/great-white-shark/

3. Read about Contender, one of the largest white sharks found in Canadian waters:

• https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/nature/animals/huge-great-white-shark-among-atlantics-largest-spotted-in-canadian-waters
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/largest-male-great-white-shark-recorded-in-atlantic-resurfaces-off-canadian-coast/

4. Are sharks dangerous?

• https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sharkseat.html
• https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/resource-center/stories/understanding-shark-attacks-myths-realities-and-conservation/
• https://www.worldwildlife.org/resources/facts/shark-facts-vs-shark-myths/

5. Watch this news story about a white shark documentary filmed in Canada:

• https://youtu.be/0ChRPywK1f0?si=eF2EyyAF6aiuQJLI [5:52] 

6. Teacher’s Corner:
How to write an acrostic poem: 

• https://youtu.be/BbO042rJTNA?si=B-yhJ0hDH6yw1nAN [3:55]

Use Creative Communication’s Poetry Machine to create different types of poems: 

• https://www.poetrygames.org/poetry-machine/

RAFTS Strategy:

• https://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ieptlibrary/documents/en/is/rafts_strategy.pdf
• https://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/using-raft-writing-strategy