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Generate questions about family traditions and celebrations (e.g., Are special clothes worn? Is there special food? Are there special dances, songs, music? Are there other special cultural traditions?). |
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Describe behaviours, actions, or activities that are part of students' family traditions or celebrations. |
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Gather information regarding traditions, celebrations, or stories of others by identifying and accessing various resources (e.g., family members, Elders, teachers, neighbours, library books, video clips). |
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Re-tell stories about traditions and celebrations of members of the classroom (e.g., How do families spend free time? How are weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, or family reunions celebrated?). |
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Compare how families recognize important family events (e.g., What is the same about how a student and a friend/classmate recognize family birthdays, weddings, deaths? What is different?). |
Her teacher, Miss Hendrickson, encourages the young girl to draw a picture to remember the Nipawin area. She draws the road with the trailers, the forest, the creek and everything that is special to her so that she will remember it always.
The book was nominated for the 2009 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award.
Included with the book is a CD with an English and Michif narration of the poem.
This book highlights the importance of looking ahead to and planning for what we leave our grandchildren and the generations to follow.
Included in the resource is a variety of formats to support resource-based learning. Instructional strategies are explained and differentiating instruction is included to assist teachers with the diversity within the classrooms. The "release of responsibility" model has students demonstrating and applying their knowledge in a variety of ways. A comprehensive approach is used to teach the cues and conventions and they are incorporated into the framework of the lesson plans. There are cross-curricular units that link to science and social studies.
The teacher's guide is detailed and comprehensive with formative and summative assessment tools. Teacher reflection is emphasized.
There is one recipe from each country at the end of the book. The students will have fun smelling, touching, tasting and laughing as they try out the recipes.
Included are a table of contents, recipes and a glossary.