
- Askî and Turtle Island
- Askî's Family Scrapbook
- Kon and the Circle of Life
- Nipi and Mother Earth
- Tate and the Flyers
- Celebrating Families
- Contributing to Family and Community
- I Can Make a Difference
- Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities at School
Ritchie highlights different kinds of maps, such as weather maps, maps to follow routes, treasure maps and topographical maps. At the end of the book is an activity where students map their bedroom.
The book includes a table of contents and an index.
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.
- Nelson Literacy 1. Cross-Curricular Kit. Energy in the Environment
- Nelson Literacy 1. Cross-Curricular Kit. Materials and Objects
- Nelson Literacy 1. Cross-Curricular Kit. My World
- Nelson Literacy 1. Cross-Curricular Kit. Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities
- Nelson Literacy 1. Cross-Curricular Kit. Seasons
- Nelson Literacy 1. Cross-Curricular Kit. The Needs of Living Things
- Nelson Literacy 1. Guided Reading Kit. Energy in Our Lives
- Nelson Literacy 1. Guided Reading Kit. Materials and Objects
- Nelson Literacy 1. Guided Reading Kit. My World
- Nelson Literacy 1. Guided Reading Kit. Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities
- Nelson Literacy 1. Guided Reading Kit. Seasons
- Nelson Literacy 1. Guided Reading Kit. The Needs of Living Things
- Nelson Literacy 1. Single Copy Set. Energy in Our Lives
- Nelson Literacy 1. Single Copy Set. Materials and Objects
- Nelson Literacy 1. Single Copy Set. My World
- Nelson Literacy 1. Single Copy Set. Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities
- Nelson Literacy 1. Single Copy Set. Seasons
- Nelson Literacy 1. Single Copy Set. The Needs of Living Things
- Our World, Grade 1. My Community. Classroom Literacy Kit
- Our World, Grade 1. My Community. Teaching Resource
The book includes a table of contents and an index.
- The Friendship
- The Handshake and the Pipe
- We Are All Treaty People
- Under One Sun Grade 1. At Home and at School
- Under One Sun Grade 1. Guided Reading Classroom Set
- Under One Sun Grade 1. Guided Reading Single Copy Set
- Under One Sun Grade 1. I Do Good Things
- Under One Sun Grade 1. Long Ago and Today
- Under One Sun Grade 1. Print Teacher's Resource
- Under One Sun Grade 1. Teacher Resource Set
- Under One Sun Grade 1. We Help Each Other
- Under One Sun Grade 1. What Do You Share?
- Under One Sun Grade 1. What Does Mother Earth Share?
This book highlights the importance of looking ahead to and planning for what we leave our grandchildren and the generations to follow.
This caring but humourous tale of friendship and dedication based on the 2011 Caldecott Medal winner is strengthened through its illustrations, soothing music and soft-spoken narration. It provides opportunities for classroom discussions about the reciprocal nature of friendship.
Included with the book is a CD with an English and Michif narration of the poem.
1. Best Chums Forever 7. White Buffalo 13. Goose Call
2. Turtles Everywhere 8. Let Loose the Moose 14. Elk Lodge Dance
3. Loonie Tune 9. Flight Path 15. Thunderbird
4. Duck, Duck, Fly 10. We Pelican’s Fish 16. Spirit of the Land
5. Squirrelly for Nuts 11. Outfoxed 17. Nothing to Crow About
6. Bear Paws 12. Raccoon fire 18. Beaver Tales
- Episode 10: We Pelican's Fish: Chums Season 1
- Episode 11: Outfoxed: Chums Season 1
- Episode 12: Raccoon Fire: Chums Season 1
- Episode 13: Goose Call: Chums Season 1
- Episode 14: Elk Lodge Dance: Chums Season 1
- Episode 15: Thunderbird: Chums Season 1
- Episode 16: Spirit of the Land: Chums Season 1
- Episode 17: Nothing To Crow About: Chums Season 1
- Episode 18: Beaver Tales: Chums Season 1
- Episode 1: Best Chums Forever: Chums Season 1
- Episode 2: Turtles Everywhere: Chums Season 1
- Episode 3: Loonie Tune: Chums Season 1
- Episode 4: Duck, Duck, Fly: Chums Season 1
- Episode 5: Squirrelly For Nuts: Chums Season 1
- Episode 6: Bear Paws: Chums Season 1
- Episode 7: White Buffalo: Chums Season 1
- Episode 8: Let Loose the Moose: Chums Season 1
- Episode 9: Flight Path: Chums Season 1
- Circle of Life Set 1. At Home in the Bush (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Can You Give Me My Name? (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Four Colours, Four Hands (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Getting Ready for the Powwow (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. I Can Sing (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. In the Light of Grandmother Moon (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. My Bustle (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Teacher eSupport DVD
- Circle of Life Set 1. The Six Clans (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Where are Grandma and Grandpa? (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Where is My Moccasin? (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 1. Why Do You Smudge, Mishoomis? (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Berry Picking with Nokomis (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Corn Soup (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Frogs for Supper (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Getting Ready for the Feast (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Making Bannock (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. My Drum (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Nokomis and I Go to Town (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Sharing (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. Teacher eSupport DVD
- Circle of Life Set 2. The Gift of Water (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. The Sweat Lodge (6-pack)
- Circle of Life Set 2. To the Arena (6-pack)
This book was nominated for the 2009 Grand Canyon Reader Award.
- Grandmother, What is a Sharing Circle?
- Grandfather, Tell Us About Wild Rice
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Eagle Feather
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Igloo
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Inukshuk
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Totem Pole
- Grandmother, Tell Us About Our Elders
- Grandmother, Tell Us About Regalia
- Grandmother, Tell Us About the Four Sacred Medicines
- Grandmother, Tell Us About the Star Blanket
- Grandfather, Tell Us About Sage
- Grandfather, Tell Us About Traditional Tobacco
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Birch Bark Canoe
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Bison
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Sacred Pipe
- Grandmother, Tell Us About Cedar
- Grandmother, Tell Us About Sweetgrass
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Algonquin People of Long Ago
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Inuit People of Long Ago
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Iroquois People of Long Ago
- Grandfather, Tell Us About the Ojibwe People of Long Ago
- Grandmother, Tell Us About the Haida People of Long Ago
- Grandmother, Tell Us About the Mi'kmaq People of Long Ago
- Grandmother, Tell Us About the Métis People of Long Ago
- Grandmother, Tell Us About the Sioux People of Long Ago
- Grandfather, What is a Powwow?
- Grandfather, What is a Sweat Lodge?
- Grandfather, Why Do We Use the Drum?
- Grandmother, What are the Seven Teachings?
- Grandmother, What is a Dreamcatcher?
- Grandmother, What is a Feast?
- Grandmother, What is a Talking Stick For?
The book was nominated for the 2009 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award.
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.
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.
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 1. Garlic Bulbs Go Off/ More Feathers
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 2. I Got You Covered/ Pets Rock
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 3. Fun with Flags/ How to Train Your Osky
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 4. Magnifying Trouble/ Squirrel Food
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 5. Pizza Mania/ Mrs. Charles' Treasure
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 6. Competing Ideas/ Don't Rain on Mrs. Charles Parade
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 7. Gourmet Cat/ Some Kind of Lake Monster
- Louis Says. Season 4, Episode 8. Giant Painting/ Going Around the Bushes
The atlas includes a table of contents and a gazetteer.
- My World. An Elementary Atlas. Teacher's Guide
- Mama, What is Métis Beadwork?
- Mama, What is Métis Music and Dance?
- Mama, What is the Métis Sash?
- Mama, What is the Red River Cart?
- Mama, Who was Louis Riel?
Teachers may consider bringing an Elder into the classroom to discuss our relationships to the land.
This book was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre - Best Books for Kids and Teens.
- Métis Beadwork. Can You See Flowers? (6 pack)
- Métis Beadwork. I Spy Flower Beadwork (6 pack)
- Métis Beadwork. Maria Beads a Flower (6 pack)
- Métis Clothing. All About the Sash (6 pack)
- Métis Clothing. The Sash (6 pack)
- Métis Clothing. Time to Dance (6 pack)
- Métis Dance. Dancing Shapes (6 pack)
- Métis Dance. Métis Dance Shapes (6 pack)
- Métis Dance. The Métis Star Dance (6 pack)
- Métis Food - What Do You Like on Your Beignes? (6 pack)
- Métis Food - What's for Lunch? (6 pack)
- Métis Food. Bang! Beigne! (6 pack)
- Métis Food. Making Beignes with Kohkum (6 pack)
- Métis Food. Rababoo Stew for Lunch (6 pack)
- Métis Food. Yummy, Yummy in My Tummy (6 pack)
- Métis Identity. Back to Batoche Days (6 pack)
- Métis Identity. Batoche Cheerleader (6 pack)
- Métis Identity. We Are Métis! (6 pack)
- Métis Music. Andy Learns to Fiddle (6 pack)
- Métis Music. Squeak Squawk! (6 pack)
- Métis Music. The Fiddle Competition (6 pack)
- Métis Symbols & Celebrations. Let's Make a Métis Flag Pin (6 pack)
- Métis Symbols & Celebrations. Where is the Métis Flag? (6 pack)
- Métis Symbols and Celebrations. High in the Sky (6 pack)
- Métis Traditional Storytelling. Do You Believe in Roogaroos? (6 pack)
- Métis Traditional Storytelling. Is There a Roogaroo in You? (6 pack)
- Métis Traditional Storytelling. Where's the Roogaroo? (6 pack)
- Taanishi Books. Library Pack
The OTC provides inservice training for teachers in use of the kit.
The kit was provided to every school in the province.
Children will realize that we depend upon the people who work together to grow and to share food for our sustenance, while protecting and respecting the land and animals.
Based on her father's experience, Duncan-Cary complements the text with personal photographs. A DVD is included with the author narrating the story and singing the song.
This document will assist individuals and communities to engage in meaningful discussions and actions to respond to the experiences, perspectives and needs of students and families who are gender and/or sexually diverse (GSD).
Content includes:
- Gender and Sexual Diversity
- First Nations and Métis Ways of Knowing
- Assumptions, Privilege and Oppression
- Comprehensive School Community Health (CSCH)
- CSCH Approach to Creating Inclusive Schools
and grades. Suggested curriculum outcomes are identified and, if applicable, supporting indicators
are noted.
- Central Urban Métis Federation Inc. (CUMFI)
- Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
- Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
- Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan
- Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S)
- The Sharing Circle: Stories About First Nations Culture
- The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
- Unreserved
- You Hold Me Up
The purpose of the presentation is to describe strategies teachers can use to approach content that may be perceived as sensitive in their community in order to:
- ensure the learning environment is safe for respectful dialogue;
- teach students how to think critically about any topic with an open mind; and,
- meet curricular outcomes.
Saskatchewan context, differentiation is addressed through the Adaptive Dimension which enables all teachers to respond to student diversity, including their strengths and needs, interests, backgrounds, life experiences and motivations.
- Spirit Bear and Children Make History
- Spirit Bear and Children Make History Learning Guide