In humanities, we started the week with students presenting their research to Ms. Moneybags about the importance of our fossil heritage in Alberta. Presentations were well done and Ms. Moneybags was so impressed that she sent a video response to students on Thursday that she would leave her money to the Royal Tyrrell Museum! We also started learning about the First Nations people who were the first to live on the land that became Alberta. Students learned that each nation is different and has its own unique culture & its own language. We went over the main cultural groups and where they live in Alberta. These groups include the Nakoda; the Woodland Cree; the Plains Cree; the Tsuu T’ina; the Siksika, the Piikani & the Kainai (Blackfoot); the Dene Suline; the Dunne-za; and the Dene Tha’. We have started learning about each of these nations in more depth. This week we looked closer at the Nakoda who lived in the Rocky Mountains & Foothills, the Blackfoot who lived in the Grasslands, and the Plains Cree who lived in the Parkland region. These were migratory people who moved according to the seasons & their food source. For the Blackfoot & the Plains Cree this was primarily the buffalo. Students learned about how they hunted bison including using buffalo pounds and buffalo jumps. The buffalo was greatly respected and almost every part was used in some way, from food, to clothing, to travel, and much more. We also learned about their portable shelters called teepees (or tipis). They were easy to move and fit their nomadic lifestyle. Teepees were warm in winter, cool in summer, and protected against the strong Prairie winds. We learned about Blackfoot teepee designs before students made their own miniature version. The bottom of a teepee represents the Earth, the middle represents animal spirits, and the top represents the sky. On Thursday, students received a letter for our upcoming school-wide field trip to the Saddledome for the “Be Brave” Hitman hockey game on Wednesday, February 27th. Please return the form & payment by February 13th. Yearbooks are also currently on sale with the deadline for purchasing a book being Tuesday, February 12th—a great keepsake of their year for students! 4C & 4D will also be having an upcoming guest visit on Wednesday, February 13th. We will be making Ukrainian pysanky eggs! We will be requiring some parent volunteers to help us out in the morning (2 sessions—4D from 8:30 to 10:10, and 4C from 10:20 to 12:00). If you are a registered volunteer and able to help us out in the morning, please contact myself or Mr. Baker. Stay warm this weekend! —Ms. Jagger
1 Comment
8/1/2022 01:18:08 pm
Instagram beğeni satın almak beğenileri arttırmanın en kolay yollarından biridir. Beğeni arttırmak ve fenomen olma yolunda ilk adımı atmak için web sitemize girip yapıp Instagram ucuz beğeni satın al. Instagram Türk beğeni satın almak için https://ttmedya.com/instagram-begeni-satin-al/ bağlantısına tıkla.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at:
[email protected] Submit assignments to: [email protected] Archives
June 2019
CategoriesResources for Practice
Reading: ReadTheory TumbleBooks Word Activities: Sight Word Bingo Sight Word Game Letter Blocks Bookworm TextTwist Coconut Vowels Word Toss Spelling: Spelling Practice Spelling Spree Story Writing: Story Writing Game Create your own Comic Storyboard Creator Poetry: Poetry Tools Rhyming Dictionary |