Teacher's Guide for Powwow Counting in Cree
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2014
- Category
- Materials & Devices, Social Science, Mathematics, Preschool & Kindergarten
- Recommended Age
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Grade
- p
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553795087
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $10.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553795100
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
Written by early years educator and Indigenous author Katherena Vermette, this guide for teachers provides engaging activities and ideas for discussion based on each illustration in Powwow Counting in Cree.
In this resource, you will find:
- background information that addresses specific topics related to Cree culture and language
- detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans for social studies, language arts, mathematics, and other content areas in preschool, kindergarten, and up
- activities that promote cross-curricular connections through explorations of Cree language and culture, powwow traditions, the significance of eagles, and the Seven Sacred Teachings
- additional sources of information about Cree language and culture
And much more!
About the author
KATHERENA VERMETTE is a Métis writer from Treaty One territory, the heart of the Métis nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses Company), won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her National Film Board short documentary, this river, won the Coup de Coeur award at the Montreal First Peoples Festival and a Canadian Screen Award.
Her first novel, The Break, was a national bestseller and won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award; the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature; and three Manitoba Book Awards. It was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and CBC’s Canada Reads. She is also the author of the children’s picture book series The Seven Teaching Stories and recently published the first book, Pemmican Wars, in the young adult book series A Girl Called Echo. Ms. Vermette’s second book of poetry, river woman, is forthcoming in the fall of 2018 from House of Anansi Press.
