Category Archives: Lessons/Units

Residential Schools Unit – Gr.3

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The Residential School Experience

This mini unit is a thematic unit created around the topic of residential schools. This is a Grade 3 Unit and an introduction to Residential Schools as a prelude to the tougher topics introduced in Grade 5. This unit is centered around read-alouds and encouraged students to relate their school experience today to those of the First Nations children when they were forced to leave their families. (some outside resources have been utilized and may not be attached to this document)

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“Photo Series: Still Life: ‘Common Theme: Treaties'” by Ken Whytock is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Locks and Keys Project

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This is a project approach around Locks and Keys I created with a Kindergarten focus. The plan was inspired by my 5 year old nephew and is quite detailed with a classroom set up overview and layout, as well as detailed explanations of curricular goals and a connection to local community.

Keys And Locks
“Keys And Locks” by Chetan Bisariya is licensed under CC BY 2.0

This project is idea based only and has not been implemented.

Grade 3 ELA

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This is a 3 part Storytelling Lesson Sequence created around the book A Drum Calls Softly co-written  by a Metis Canadian writer, David Bouchard, and a Cree poet, Shelley Willier for my pre-service internship. The book is illustrated by Jim Poitras who has a Northern Cree ancestry. This is an in-depth lesson including an overview, concept map, cross-curricular connections, and a reflection on class implementation. Resources may have been added or removed and changes to the lesson may have been adopted.