One of our final projects of the year has been the creation of Aboriginal Inspired Stories. This project combined curriculum standards from both Language Arts, Social Studies and STEM.
Students first learned the defining features that make Aboriginal stories unique and read many from our local Indigenous groups. They then were tasked with taking those elements and creating their own creation story. They had to attempt to explain some kind of natural phenomenon, such as the wind, the seasons or why an animal had a particular feature. Students could do this by themselves or with a partner. The stories they created were PHENOMENAL and in keeping with the oral traditions of Indigenous people, instead of writing down the final version of the stories, students recorded themselves reading their stories. We used the app Explains Everything to create visuals to go along with our stories and then students recorded their voices reading it aloud. On Friday, all the students shared their final projects and they were AMAZING! Unfortunately, this blog will not allow me to upload the videos but all the videos have been saved to our class's Google Docs account. Go to Google.ca and in the top right corner, sign in under our classroom account [email protected] . Students should know how to do this and they should also know the password. If they have forgotten, feel free to email me at [email protected] for the password. Once there, go into GoogleDrive, find the folder of your child or their partner and you can view the videos there. They have worked so hard on these and I wanted to make sure that parents could see all their hard work. If you have any trouble viewing them, please let me know and I'll try my best to make sure you can view the video. Have a great day Mrs. Vieira.
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All about Mrs. VieiraI'm new to JKE and new to the school district but I've been a teacher in B.C. since 2008. I love art, animals and my family, which includes my daughter who is 1 year old. Archives
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