Teacher S Guide For Powwow Counting In Cree

Teacher’s Guide for Powwow Counting in Cree gives you engaging activities that take a deeper look at each illustration in the book, Powwow Counting in Cree. In this resource you will find: background information that addresses specific topics related to Cree culture and language detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans for social studies, language arts, mathematics, and other content areas additional sources of information about Cree language and culture And much more!

Teacher's Guide for Powwow Counting in Cree gives you engaging activities that take a deeper look at each illustration in the book, Powwow Counting in Cree. In this resource you will find. background information that addresses specific topics related to Cree culture and language. detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans for social studies, language arts, mathematics, and other content areas. additional sources of information about Cree language and culture. and much more.

This unique counting book introduces Cree numbers, from one to ten. Featuring powwow imagery that reflects the rich culture and tradition of the Cree people, rhyme, rhythm, and glowing illustration combine to make language learning a joyful experience for young readers. A pronunciation guide is included in the back of the book. Winner of McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award Selected for The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens Approved resource for Manitoba classrooms

Kindergarten Plus! is an integrated program that includes engaging, exciting, and developmentally appropriate activities. Use as a core program or as a complement to an existing program. Both new and experienced kindergarten teachers will find this teacher-friendly resource invaluable.Kindergarten Plus! is broken down into 10 theme-based units. Each unit contains hands-on activities that integrate all the subject areas.Highlights of each monthly theme include:reproducible parent letter outlining the activities and expectations 16 step-by-step, engaging Math lesson plans 4 weekly poems with daily lesson plans (20 lesson plans in total) detailed Integrated Studies lesson plans classroom centre suggestions (e.g., Reading Centre, Writing/Language Centre, Mathematics Centre, Discovery Centre, Tactile Centre, Arts & Crafts Centre, and Dramatic Centre) additional poems and fingerplays comprehensive list of children's books assessment suggestions and blackline masters Monthly ThemesUnit 1 - I Am Special!: The first unit focuses on helping your students orient themselves to the "Big School". Students learn classroom rules and routines and recognize that every classmate is special.Unit 2 - Apples and Pumpkins: With the beginning of the fall season, students engage in activities involving apples and pumpkins.Unit 3 - Colours and Shapes: Students learn about the colours and shapes of a variety of everyday objects.Unit 4 - Gingerbread Men: Students run, run, run as fast as they can to take part in exciting gingerbread-themed activities.Unit 5 - Winter Wonderland: Students investigate the magic of the winter season.Unit 6 - Friendship: Excitement and energy abound as students discover the importance of having friends and being a good friend.Unit 7 - Bears: During the final weeks of winter, students venture into an exciting unit on bears.Unit 8 - Spring Is Here!: Students explore and discover the changes spring brings to the outdoor world.Unit 9 - On the Farm: Students kick up their heels and "travel" to the farm.Unit 10 - Community Helpers: Students "travel" around the local community and celebrate those who contribute to it.Kindergarten Plus! kit includes:11 books: one book for each monthly theme, plus a getting-started book blackline masters (activity sheets, charts and graphs, cutouts, poems, and much more) cards for words and pictures CD-ROM of songs and poetry

Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw provides groundbreaking historical information about the culture and language of the Rocky Cree people around present-day South Indian Lake, Manitoba. The Teacher’s Guide for Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw focusses on midwifery, Miskanaw, journey making, and storytelling. The lessons and activities in the guide support the learning outcomes included in Manitoba curriculum documents. The guide emphasizes the origins of First Peoples, their connections to the land, their culture, types of leadership, the value of oral culture, and the forms of interaction before and during early contact with Europeans.

This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Mathematics program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the processes that grade 1 students use and develop during mathematics inquiry), and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum. The resource also provides strategies and visual resources for developing students' mental math skills. The resource includes: Mental Math Strategies Unit 1: Patterning and Algebra Unit 2: Data Management and Probability Unit 3: Measurement Unit 4: Geometry and Spatial Sense Unit 5: Number Sense and Numeration Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has materials lists, activity descriptions, questioning techniques, problem-solving examples, activity centre and extension ideas, assessment suggestions, activity sheets, and visuals required.