CRK.4
Comprehend, retell, and respond to basic ideas in stories, poems, songs, and informational texts read to them.
Indicators for this outcome
(a)

Demonstrate an awareness that communication can occur through visuals and print texts (including First Nations and Métis texts).

(b)

Use strategies to construct and confirm meaning when "reading":

  • make connections to background knowledge (before)
  • identify important ideas and events (during)
  • recall (after).
(c)

Understand and apply language cues and conventions to construct and confirm meaning when viewing, listening, and "reading":

  • recognize the variations of language use at home, on the playground, and in the classroom (pragmatic)
  • describe characteristics of fiction texts (textual)
  • develop a sense of sentence (syntactic)
  • show curiosity in words and their sounds (lexical/semantic)
  • develop phonological awareness (graphophonic)
  • recognize how gestures and body language communicate part of the message (other cues and conventions).
(d)

Demonstrate an interest in and knowledge about books and reading.

(e)

Know where to look for the title and author/illustrator.

(f)

Choose to read or look at books, and demonstrate knowledge of print, reading-like behaviours, and book-handling skills.

(g)

Demonstrate an awareness that print is a permanent way of recording ideas.

(h)

Create play situations from basic understandings of story text.

(i)

Explain the main idea.

(j)

Relate personal experiences, and represent responses through drama, physical movement, music, drawings, and models.

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R001830
Nipi and Mother Earth
Nipi explains how important it is to look after Mother Earth and each other.
Media and Formats : Document
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: November 17, 2022
R001692
Askî and Friends: Help Me Tell My Story
These digital storybooks were developed as part of the Help Me Tell My Story early childhood oral language assessment. The assessment is unique in many ways and it is grounded in First Nations and Métis holistic perspectives on learning. All of the stories incorporate traditional beliefs and perspectives and are available in five languages: Cree, Dene, Michif, English and French. The four storybooks focus on Askî, his three friends Nipi, Kon and Tate and their lives around the pond. The stories introduce Turtle Island and Mother Earth - two concepts that are central in the First Nations worldview. The stories were developed to be used in the classroom and in the home to help improve early childhood language skills. These stories are available for interactive tablets and can be downloaded from Google Play (Android) or the AppStore (iPad).
(More information)
•  Askî and Turtle Island
•  Askî's Family Scrapbook
•  Kon and the Circle of Life
•  Nipi and Mother Earth
•  Tate and the Flyers
Media and Formats : Book Document
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: December 20, 2023
R003260
Tate and the Flyers
Tate talks about the importance of the pond and how he and other flyers meet there to hear and to share stories.
Media and Formats : Document
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: November 17, 2022
R014134
Grandfather, Tell Us About the Fire Ceremony
In this illustrated board book, grandfather describes the significance of the fire ceremony, when it usually occurs and what participants do during the ceremony.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $124.95 (10 book set)
Record posted/updated: January 5, 2022
R105097
Stories of The North - Animals of the North(Season 1: Episode 1)

Episode 1: Animals of the North  In this episode, Cree words for animals are featured.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
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rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105130
Stories of The North - Winter Play(Season 1: Episode 2)

Episode 2: Winter Play - In this episode, Cree words for family members are featured.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
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saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 15, 2024
R105099
Stories of The North - Summer at the Cabin(Season 1: Episode 4)

Episode 4 - Summer at the Cabin
In this episode, the focus is learning the Cree words for things we see in Summer

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105101
Stories of The North - Making Moccasins(Season 1: Episode 5)

Episode 5 - Making Moccasins
In this episode, the focus is learning colors in Cree.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
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saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105102
Stories of The North - Hunting in the Fall(Season 1: Episode 6)

Episode 6 - Hunting in the Fall
In this episode, the focus is learning the Cree words for various actions.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105103
Stories of The North - Favourite Foods(Season 1: Episode 7)

Episode 7 - Favourite Foods
In this episode, the focus is learning the Cree words for foods of the North.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105106
Stories of The North - Camping with My Family(Season 1: Episode 9)

Episode 9 - Camping with My Family
In this episode, the focus is learning the Cree words associated with camping.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105105
Stories of The North - The Big Talent Show(Season 1: Episode 10)

Episode 10 - The Big Talent Show
In this episode, the focus is learning the Cree words for things seen at a talent show.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024
R105104
Stories of The North - Catching Fish(Season 1: Episode 8)

Episode 8 - Catching Fish
In this episode, the focus is learning the Cree words for adjectives.

Media and Formats : Video
Topic : EYE Truth and Reconciliation
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: July 18, 2024