by boot | Sep 2, 2025
Introduce words like “settlers,” “territory,” “treaty” and “reconciliation.” Use picture card or gestures and create a class word-wall.
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Pre-teach key vocabulary (emigrate, memory, treasure, shell, firsts). Ask students to write or draw each word in a mini booklet. Each page includes: Word Picture “My sentence”: a simple sentence using the word.
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Before the book is read, choose up to five words in the book that are unfamiliar to most of your students. Then, as they read, have the students find these words and try to infer the meaning by reading around the word. If they can’t infer the meaning, have them look...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Before reading the book, choose four to five words from the text and have each student complete the vocabulary rating chart by checking the appropriate box to assess their prior knowledge of vocabulary and themes of book. Word Know it well and can explain it and use...
by boot | Mar 14, 2025
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...
