Front Cover Picture Walk

Show the front cover of the book to students. Ask students to make predictions about the story, including the setting, and record their predictions on a word web titled “Alego.” Continue with a picture walk and make changes/additions to the predictions recorded on the...

Inuktitut Vocabulary

Preview Inuktitut vocabulary using the glossary at the end of the book. The glossary can be projected on the Smartboard or written on chart paper. ammuumajuq/ammuumajuit clam/clams kanajuq/kanajuit sculpin/sculpins aggaujaq starfish ugjunnaq creepy-crawly thing with...

Speak Your Feelings

As a class, share examples of ways to speak feelings in a positive way. For example, create a fill-in-the-blank chart like the one below: I feel_____________ when you__________. Have students practice speaking their feelings to one another using the above sentence...

Calming Down Choices Wheel

Teach children how to handle their anger in positive ways. Create various wheels that children can spin to choose a way to calm down when they feel angry. Have children spin the wheel and practice ways of calming down through role-playing. Make various wheels with...

Creating “How to Calm Down” Books

Have children cut out pictures from magazines, draw pictures, and write down words and phrases that can help people to relax and get rid of anger. These books can be bound and kept in the classroom for students to look at or read.