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Activities for Red Dress Day (May 5) and for your MMIW unit. Includes activities for Missing Nimâmâ by Melanie Florence, a great book that helps younger students (Gr. 3 - 8) to understand and connect with this difficult subject matter. This lesson also includes teacher notes to help you to teach confidently on this difficult and sensitive subject matter. This mini unit includes: •Teacher Notes •Posters •Student notes •Red Dress Day worksheets •Missing Nimâmâ activities •13 activities to choose

I am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer is the perfect read aloud to teach your students about residential schools, Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. This resource includes everything you need for your I am Not a Number read aloud, including 20 handouts to choose from! It also includes residential schools information, so you, the teacher, can confidently and capably teach your students about this important subject matter. Student activities include: Reading comprehens

This The Academy novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, answer keys, quizzes and a final test, final projects, & a word search. Everything is done for you and ready to teach! The Academy is a great novel for intermediate and middle school aged children, this novel would appeal to many boys who may have trouble finding a novel they connect to as the main character, Leo loves soccer and video games. This novel is great for buildi

Activities for Red Dress Day (May 5) and for your MMIW unit. Activities cover MMIWG2S, If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie and the Highway of Tears. Use these activities to teach confidently on this difficult and sensitive subject matter. This mini unit includes: Teacher NotesPrelearning activitiesRed Dress Day activitiesIf I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie questions and activitiesMMIW lessons and questionsHighway of Tears notes and questionsFinal ProjectThese activities would be well suited for a Mi

This is a no prep, ready to teach Novel Study based on the novel Wink by Rob Harrell. It is comprised of printables, worksheets/handouts, literacy activities, quizzes/final test and engaging projects! Everything is done for you and ready to teach! Wink is a fantastic novel, full of teaching opportunities for Middle school students. The novel focuses on themes surrounding medical challenges, friendship, bullying, the trials of middle school, first crushes, and discovering one's passions. This n

Activities for Red Dress Day (May 5) and for your MMIW unit. This lesson contains activities and slides/handouts to help guide younger students (primary level) to understand and connect with this difficult and sensitive subject matter. This lesson also includes teacher notes to help you to teach confidently on this difficult and sensitive subject matter. This mini unit includes: •Teacher Notes •Slides •Red Dress Day worksheet •Red Dress Day booklet •Red dress bulletin board activity If you are l

This The Barren Grounds novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, journal questions, a literary choice board, answer keys, quizzes and a final test & final projects. Everything is done for you and ready to teach! The Barren Grounds is a fantastic novel for intermediate and middle school aged children, it is thought provoking and raises important questions surrounding colonialism in North America, the foster care system, and Indige

This is a fully complete, ready to teach literary study based on the graphic novel novel edition of the short story Borders by Thomas King. This short story is a thought provoking story that deals with important themes such as discrimination, traditional land claims, the concept of nationality vs. citizenship and modern First Nation's issues. This literary study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, answer keys, projects and a final test;

This is a fully complete, ready to teach Novel Study based on the novel My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling. This novel is set in a fictional Interior Salish community; but is based on the author's personal experiences in residential school. It is a valuable addition to your Truth and Reconciliation unit and would be great for an intermediate, middle school or junior high school class. It is comprised of chapter questions with answer keys, a blank journal, prereading activities, supporting

This is a fully complete, ready to teach Novel Study based on the novel Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley. The second novel by the award-winning author of Firekeepers Daughter. This novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, journal prompts, answer keys, quizzes and a final test, a final essay and projects, everything is done for you and ready to teach! Warrior Girl Unearthed follows in the footsteps of Angeline Boulley's first novel. This novel shines light

This is a fully complete, ready to teach Novel Study based on the novel Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton. This novel is a valuable addition to your Truth and Reconciliation unit and would be great for an intermediate, middle school or junior high school class. It is comprised of chapter questions with answer keys, journal entry prompts, prereading activities, quizzes and a final test with answer keys included, and supporting final projects! It can be used as a whole

This resource includes everything you need to teach both When I Was Eight and Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton. I highly recommend this bundle to any elementary school Truth and Reconciliation unit. When I Was Eight tells the story of young Olemaun's experience at residential school, and Not My Girl highlights why residential schools persist to be an issue even after a child returns home. This is so very important while we move toward truth and reconciliation.

This bundle includes my novel studies for The Barren Grounds & The Great Bear, books one and two of the Misewa Saga by David A. Robertson. These are wonderful novels for intermediate and middle school aged students and explore important themes such as land reciprocity, the foster care system, bullying, and traditional story telling in Indigenous cultures. Each novel study includes: Chapter questions including answer keysPrereading activitiesLiterary Choice BoardQuizzes and answer keysFinal tes

This NISH: North and South novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, answer keys & four final projects. Everything is done for you and ready to teach! NISH by Isabelle Picard is a novel that tells the story of twin siblings in Northern Quebec who are navigating challenges of Northern living, family illness, school, sports and friendships. This is a great resource to discuss Indigenous living, in an isolated Northern community. The

This Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe novel study is a faith based novel study that will enable students to connect with the strong Christian allegory within this fantastic novel. This novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, answer keys, quizzes and a final test, final projects, & a word search. Everything is done for you and ready to teach! This novel study would be well suited for students between grade 4 - 7. This novel study c

This bundle has everything you need to teach your students all about Canada and Community! It includes my Community Helpers unit, Canadian Community & Mapping skills (with a Canadian focus), Canadian Animals Class Book project and my Canadian symbols & landmarks unit, which includes handouts and activities on Canada's Francophone and Indigenous heritage. Check out the previews for the full scope of all that is included! This bundle is all encompassing and will cover a large portion of your socia

This Canadian Fur Trade unit has everything you need to in order to teach your students about the Canadian Fur Trade. It is all encompassing and includes information on he fur trade in general, daily life for fur traders & everyone involved in the fur trade, maps, information on the Metis & voyageurs, Hudson Bay Company and North West Company and final projects, including a fur trade fair. This resource specifically meets all the fur trade learning outcomes in the grade 5 Manitoba curriculum, ho

This Sugar Falls novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, answer keys & four final projects. Everything is done for you and ready to teach! Sugar Falls by David A. Robertson is a graphic novel that tells the story of a residential school survivor. This is a fantastic resource for teaching older students about truth and reconciliation. The graphic novel style that this story is told in helps to keep students engaged, which will

This Great Bear novel study is all encompassing and comprised of chapter questions, prereading and supporting activities, journal questions, a literary choice board, answer keys, quizzes and a final test & final projects. Everything is done for you and ready to teach! The Great Bear is a fantastic novel for intermediate and middle school aged children, it is thought provoking and raises important questions surrounding colonialism in North America, the foster care system, and Indigenous story t

These Correct the Sentence activities help students practice editing for punctuation, capitalization, and common spelling or grammatical errors. This bundle contains themed sentences for each month, reflecting holiday or relevant seasonal themes. It includes months September to June, with answer keys included. All activities are offered in both colour and black and white. Activities are offered in both Canadian and American spelling. These activities would suit grades 2 - 5. These activities ar