by boot | Feb 21, 2025
“Alberta Wild Rose.” Indigenous Teaching and Learning Gardens, University of Alberta, accessed June 17, 2021. https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/our-garden/our-plants/alberta-wild-rose “The Four Sacred Medicines.” Anishnawbe Health Toronto, 2000. The Four Sacred...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
As a class, examine the parts of a wild rose plant and the uses and purposes of the plant. You may also examine the flowering cycle of the plant so students understand that the rosehip occurs after the bloom is finished. This may also give students a clue as to what...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Ask students to predict what the boy and his grandmother are going to do with the red seed pods they picked. You can tell them that the characters are picking rosehips and share the recipe at the back of the book. Read the recipe together. Make tea or a drink with the...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
After reading the story, invite students to write an alternative ending that fits within the story line, including the traditions of the book.
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Have students generate on a graphic organizer (create your own) a list of things that they like to do with a grandparent or adult. Once they have created a list, give students time to describe each activity in short sentences in a draft (one per page). Have students...
