Web Resources

Anishnawbe Health Toronto — “Your Name and Colours: Native Teachings are about a Way of Life” pamphlet: Your Name and Colours Legacy of Hope Foundation: http://legacyofhope.ca/education/ Naming Ceremony: “Grade 2, Social Studies: Naming Ceremony.” Aboriginal...

Species of Trees and Shrubs

Ask students: What do you think a “sprig” is? What did Yayah and Shi-shi-etko visit? Look up pictures of the various trees to give students some understanding about what each species of tree looks like. Cross-curricular Connections: Science (Plants, Habitats and...

Partner Drawing

You could have the students work in pairs, in which one student describes an object orally and the other student draws the object without being able to ask questions to the speaker. Cross-curricular Connections: Oral Language (Literacy), the Arts (Visual)

Descriptive Writing

Prompt students: Choose an object. Study it carefully as Shi-shi-etko did in the story. Describe the object in a written, descriptive paragraph so the reader of your paragraph knows exactly what the object looks and feels like.

Thirteen Moons

Traditionally, Indigenous Peoples did not follow the calendar used in many classrooms now. Ask students: How did Shi-shi-etko know when she would be returning to her family? Art Activity: Have students draw the “signs of the seasons.”