Achieving Aboriginal student success : A guide for K to 8 classrooms

Summary: Achieving Aboriginal Student Success presents goals and strategies needed to support Aboriginal learners in the classroom. This book is for all teachers of kindergarten to grade 8 who have Aboriginal students in their classrooms or who are looking for ways to infuse an Aboriginal worldview into their curriculum. Although the author's primary focus is the needs of Aboriginal students, the ideas are best practices that can be applied in classroom-management techniques, assessment tools, suggestions for connecting to the Aboriginal community, and much more! The strategies and information in this resource are about building bridges between cultures that foster respect, appreciation, and understanding.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553793168 (paperback)
ISBN: 1553793161 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
x, 198 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Winnipeg : Portage & Main Press, 2011.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:

Supporting education program.

Formatted Contents Note:

Who this book is for -- A brief history of Aboriginal education in Canada -- A new approach to Aboriginal education -- Turtle island and gifts from its peoples -- Overview of Aboriginal people in Canada -- How to use this book -- Chapter summaries -- Aboriginal teaching strategies in the classroom: A model of Aboriginal teaching strategies -- The holistic wheel -- Classroom strategies: The spiritual; The physical; The emotional; The intellectual -- Assessment tools -- Increasing literacy success by implementing an Aboriginal model: Improving Aboriginal student success: Reading and respect; Writing and love; Speaking and bravery; Listening and wisdom; Presenting and humility and honesty; Resources and truth -- Character education and the seven goodlife teachings of the Anishinabek: Love -- Respect -- Wisdom -- Humility -- Bravery -- Honesty -- Truth -- Engaging in partnerships with the Aboriginal community: Partnerships with parents, guardians, and the Aboriginal community -- Partnerships with Aboriginal organizations and agencies -- Protocols with elders and senators -- Partnerships with Aboriginal cultural resource people and role models -- Seasonal lesson ideas and the 13 moons of the Anishinabek: 13 Moons and seasonal lesson ideas -- Eastern direction - Spring: Sugar moon; Sucker moon; Flower moon; Lesson ideas -- Southern direction - Summer: Strawberry moon; Raspberry/Blueberry moon; Grain moon; Lesson ideas -- Western direction - Fall: Corn/Autumn moon; Falling leaves moon; Freezing moon ; Lesson ideas -- Northern direction - Winter: Little spirit moon; Big spirit moon; Spirit moon; Bear moon; Lesson ideas -- Literature-based lessons A and B: Lessons A: Kindergarten: Gifts from the Inuit of the Arctic -- Grade 1: Gifts from peoples of California -- Grade 2: Gifts from peoples of the Circum-Caribbean -- Grade 3: Gifts from peoples of the Great Basin -- Grade 4: Gifts from peoples of the Great Plains -- Grade 5: Gifts from peoples of Mesoamerica -- Grade 6: Gifts from peoples of the Northeast -- Grade 7: Gifts from peoples of the Northwest Coast -- Grade 8: Gifts from peoples of the Plateau -- Kindergarten to grade 2: Gifts from peoples of the Southeast -- Grade 3 to grade 5: Gifts from peoples of the southwest -- Grade 6 to 8: Gifts from peoples of the Subarctic -- Lessons B: Kindergarten: A reading lesson -- Grades 1 and 2: A writing lesson -- Grades 3 and 4: A speaking lesson -- Grades 5 and 6: A listening lesson -- Grades 7 and 8: A presenting lesson -- Appendix A: Turtle Island -- Appendix B: Maps -- Appendix C: Aboriginal names for First Nations of Canada -- Answer keys -- Key terms -- References -- Literature cited.