My Friend DaNelle sent me this site as ideas on teaching when scary things happen to your students:
http://www.angelamaiers.com/2012/12/there-is-no-lesson-plan-for-tragedy-teachers-you-know-what-to-do.html
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Celebrating Nikolaus before Christmas - The Local
Celebrating Nikolaus before Christmas - The Local
A former student Angie D is stationed in Germany with her husband Bruce. She shared this article and it is a tradition we do. Loved seeing the history. thanks ang!!
A former student Angie D is stationed in Germany with her husband Bruce. She shared this article and it is a tradition we do. Loved seeing the history. thanks ang!!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Week 8 Blog
As I reflect over my week I realize even more how important it is to have a more solid health topics to discuss with my students. Death seems to be surrounding us these past few weeks and many related to tragedies due to poor decisions/choices. I as a teacher, need to give them more skills and practice on how to become healthy individuals. So thus this lesson I am planning is so fitting for me and my community.
I also feel blessed to have such wonderful co-workers who have been so sharing in their teaching styles and resources. It has opened my eyes to a whole new world and I am enjoying my journey. I have hit a few road blocks trying to get local historians to share their knowledge, but am hopeful that it is just the busy schedules that can come together for this project/lesson.
Anna, thank you for helping me understand how to be a better teacher and leading me on this journey, Shawn for sharing your resources and ideas and Lesley for spotting my work on my desk and asking about it then sharing your thoughts over Tribal PIR days. You are right! This Circle of Life/Medicine Wheel could so relate to our strategic plan for our school. It would be not only comprehensive, but a great visual that all could understand.
Finally as this class winds down, my learning will be on going. I will continue to use this blog as a holding place for my ideas and strategies.
I also feel blessed to have such wonderful co-workers who have been so sharing in their teaching styles and resources. It has opened my eyes to a whole new world and I am enjoying my journey. I have hit a few road blocks trying to get local historians to share their knowledge, but am hopeful that it is just the busy schedules that can come together for this project/lesson.
Anna, thank you for helping me understand how to be a better teacher and leading me on this journey, Shawn for sharing your resources and ideas and Lesley for spotting my work on my desk and asking about it then sharing your thoughts over Tribal PIR days. You are right! This Circle of Life/Medicine Wheel could so relate to our strategic plan for our school. It would be not only comprehensive, but a great visual that all could understand.
Finally as this class winds down, my learning will be on going. I will continue to use this blog as a holding place for my ideas and strategies.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Week 7 Blog
Week 7 Blog
Article: Classroom Assessment: Minute by Minute, Day by Day
In this article it talks about how to get Students to have ownership in their learning. Before reading this I questioned how many ways do I use. Well not as many as I would like that is for sure. I do use the ABCD cards in my driver education classes all the time as well as group lessons for discussions and entry tasks for many of my classes. These entry and exit are ways that I use to gauge my discussions and direction I need to take the class.
One suggestion is to have peers evaluate each others work. They stated it is too hard to evaluate your own using the rubric, so engage students to review each others work and relate to it to the rubric and give feed back as peer assessment. This is one technique I am going to incorporate in new lesson plans.
Another technique I really like is the RED and GREEN sheets for understanding. This can help out a lot. Maybe even the write on boards too.
Article: Classroom Assessment: Minute by Minute, Day by Day
In this article it talks about how to get Students to have ownership in their learning. Before reading this I questioned how many ways do I use. Well not as many as I would like that is for sure. I do use the ABCD cards in my driver education classes all the time as well as group lessons for discussions and entry tasks for many of my classes. These entry and exit are ways that I use to gauge my discussions and direction I need to take the class.
One suggestion is to have peers evaluate each others work. They stated it is too hard to evaluate your own using the rubric, so engage students to review each others work and relate to it to the rubric and give feed back as peer assessment. This is one technique I am going to incorporate in new lesson plans.
Another technique I really like is the RED and GREEN sheets for understanding. This can help out a lot. Maybe even the write on boards too.
Week 6 Blog
I enjoyed this book very much more on a personal level than on one that I would use for school. Chapter 1 which refers to spiritual reference and jobs of the woman vs. the men is what I would refer to as my background knowledge when doing my lesson plan. I was so hopeful to find the Salish Medicine Wheel in this book as well. I have searched for it online and in some other books, but I know just from oral descriptions that I am not finding the one I would like for our area. The ones on line for the Salish people are the coastal clans and they pray clockwise; the direction of the water flow. I am pretty sure from what I have learned of my community is that we pray counter clock wise in the direction of water flow for our area. If any one has any advise they would like to share, I would be so grateful as this is the focus of my lesson plan.
On a personal note, reading and absorbing the photos in this book reminded me of my grandfather's stories. The Fort Peck Dam days were during his early adult and he was a barber who was also the first aid station. The blood letting, the bodily repairs were up to him and his partners as doctors were so scares. He talked of many lives lost in the horrific accidents. We would take Sunday drives around the lake when I was a child. He would stop the car and tell a story or we would have a picnic in those areas on Fathers Day that meant so much to him. He always got to choose where we went on that large area and rarley in his younger days was it the same area.
My other Grandfather would also tell me stories of building roads there. If my memeory serves me right it was in the 1940s. He would have to move cemeteries to a new location in order to build roads. These stories were not always remembered fondly, but it did give me a perspective of how life must of been in the days of the people who died.
Most of all it makes me wonder if tribal employment was also a preference here too as stated in this book about Kerr Dam. It would be interesting to research that end of the history too about Fort Peck Dam.
I enjoyed this book very much more on a personal level than on one that I would use for school. Chapter 1 which refers to spiritual reference and jobs of the woman vs. the men is what I would refer to as my background knowledge when doing my lesson plan. I was so hopeful to find the Salish Medicine Wheel in this book as well. I have searched for it online and in some other books, but I know just from oral descriptions that I am not finding the one I would like for our area. The ones on line for the Salish people are the coastal clans and they pray clockwise; the direction of the water flow. I am pretty sure from what I have learned of my community is that we pray counter clock wise in the direction of water flow for our area. If any one has any advise they would like to share, I would be so grateful as this is the focus of my lesson plan.
On a personal note, reading and absorbing the photos in this book reminded me of my grandfather's stories. The Fort Peck Dam days were during his early adult and he was a barber who was also the first aid station. The blood letting, the bodily repairs were up to him and his partners as doctors were so scares. He talked of many lives lost in the horrific accidents. We would take Sunday drives around the lake when I was a child. He would stop the car and tell a story or we would have a picnic in those areas on Fathers Day that meant so much to him. He always got to choose where we went on that large area and rarley in his younger days was it the same area.
My other Grandfather would also tell me stories of building roads there. If my memeory serves me right it was in the 1940s. He would have to move cemeteries to a new location in order to build roads. These stories were not always remembered fondly, but it did give me a perspective of how life must of been in the days of the people who died.
Most of all it makes me wonder if tribal employment was also a preference here too as stated in this book about Kerr Dam. It would be interesting to research that end of the history too about Fort Peck Dam.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The Place of the Falling Waters
http://kskctv.skc.edu/?q=node/6
Here's the place to get The Place of the Falling Waters, in case you are interested. KSKC-TV sells it for $40..
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Health and PE ideas
Teacher.net good place for lesson ideas for health
Howcast.com is a great place to add technology in the class room
These ideas are pulled from a book I am reading for Mary Jo's class Literacy2.0
Howcast.com is a great place to add technology in the class room
These ideas are pulled from a book I am reading for Mary Jo's class Literacy2.0
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Family Colors: Interviewing Our Families | Teaching Tolerance
Family Colors: Interviewing Our Families | Teaching Tolerance
This may fit in my lesson - waiting to see what the Who am I lesson will bring from email due to being denied access.
This may fit in my lesson - waiting to see what the Who am I lesson will bring from email due to being denied access.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Week 5 Blog Post
Week 5:
In week 4 I was reading the Challenge to Survive books and was wishing I could hear the words spoken correctly rather than trying to sound them out. I see where using a blog like Pam Pritchard from Ohio using audio being a huge step for our Salish language. This could be a great project to suggest to the IEC or NA Studies teacher. If we started this type of blog for our students, parents and teachers, it would help bridge some of the gaps or translation. Even Having Mary record her teaching the students how to pronounce some of the Christmas songs to use as teaching aids. Wow the power this could hold.
In our own school Big Campus could be even a bigger part in our class learning. I know that kids have Facebook pages, but with some concerns schools may have about not being able to invite kids into a group is huge. I am excited to use Big Campus more and see how it can serve my classroom.
http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan04/richardson.shtml is the link about blogs and other ideas on blogging RSS? Will have to take their advice and practice RSS.
Had to try and up load a picture!! Student working on archery skills. How cool is this.
use this website to help in future!
Blogging directions
More blogging ideas for classroom use
About Technology in my classroom advice
HEALTH LINKS STUMBLED UPON WHILE LOOKING AT BLOGS ASSIGNMENT!!
here are some I liked from this link:
Readwritethink
Mental Health through literature
In week 4 I was reading the Challenge to Survive books and was wishing I could hear the words spoken correctly rather than trying to sound them out. I see where using a blog like Pam Pritchard from Ohio using audio being a huge step for our Salish language. This could be a great project to suggest to the IEC or NA Studies teacher. If we started this type of blog for our students, parents and teachers, it would help bridge some of the gaps or translation. Even Having Mary record her teaching the students how to pronounce some of the Christmas songs to use as teaching aids. Wow the power this could hold.
In our own school Big Campus could be even a bigger part in our class learning. I know that kids have Facebook pages, but with some concerns schools may have about not being able to invite kids into a group is huge. I am excited to use Big Campus more and see how it can serve my classroom.
http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan04/richardson.shtml is the link about blogs and other ideas on blogging RSS? Will have to take their advice and practice RSS.
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Had to try and up load a picture!! Student working on archery skills. How cool is this.
use this website to help in future!
Blogging directions
More blogging ideas for classroom use
About Technology in my classroom advice
HEALTH LINKS STUMBLED UPON WHILE LOOKING AT BLOGS ASSIGNMENT!!
here are some I liked from this link:
Readwritethink
Mental Health through literature
Week 4 Challenge to Survive II
YES!!! In book II it has some traditions on death and is giving me
some insight on how to proceed with my lesson. I think I am leaning
towards family life and importance of traditions, such as family life
and roles of their family, marriage, divorce, death, much like they have
outlined in book II. Using the section of Daily rounds as a reading
and then have students write what thier daily rounds might be in thier
own homes.
I had blogged that I wondered prior to the intruction of horses, how poverty was viewed, in book II it was stated that comunal living was shared and wealth was not measured in "things" rather by characteristics as generosity. It also stated that shame is based on lazy, coward or dishonesty. I treasure those facts today in my own family life.
I also like the description on page 36 of the characteristics the young men look for in taking a wife; skilled in womanhood and honorable. The young men would seldom marry before age 20 and were told that they must be skilled hunters as their wife must eat and require clothing. Those concepts are still around today too. Today's skills of womanhood would be different to some degree with working moms outside of the home and need to balance home as well. This could be a good discussion topic for my students.
Comments to discover further: pg 37 after the "talk" they were considered married
pg 50 Mrs. Coombs puberty ceremony - and her comments of today's youth.
I had blogged that I wondered prior to the intruction of horses, how poverty was viewed, in book II it was stated that comunal living was shared and wealth was not measured in "things" rather by characteristics as generosity. It also stated that shame is based on lazy, coward or dishonesty. I treasure those facts today in my own family life.
I also like the description on page 36 of the characteristics the young men look for in taking a wife; skilled in womanhood and honorable. The young men would seldom marry before age 20 and were told that they must be skilled hunters as their wife must eat and require clothing. Those concepts are still around today too. Today's skills of womanhood would be different to some degree with working moms outside of the home and need to balance home as well. This could be a good discussion topic for my students.
Comments to discover further: pg 37 after the "talk" they were considered married
pg 50 Mrs. Coombs puberty ceremony - and her comments of today's youth.
Week 4 Challenge to Survive I
Challenge to Survive I - In this book it pointed out the following ideas I might be able to tie into future lessons:
*From my Traditional Games teachings, I could tie in not only the Blackfeet use and history of the horse but now the Salish.
*In Archery Lesson - Ask the students what changed the impact of the use of bow and arrows for Salish hunters? Answer - use of horses to increase success of hunts and increase the amounts brought back to the camp and then with introduction of guns it increased the shooting range. This was all well and good at first, but now more ground could be covered and hunting grounds were encroached upon past the Continental divide. Now the use of guns was used as protection and fighting for more land and stealing of horses was considered an irritant. It is also interesting to note that poverty widened and reared its ugly head even more so with the ownership of horses. I am curious to know how poverty was measured before the introduction of horses. (other than the success of ones family as hunters I would assume)Another point on is that even in the peace talks on page 32 it is interesting to note that even then they had the statement of hunting on their own land but extend their hunting on Peigan land and that it would be a battle. This battle of hunting grounds is still going on today... Tribal land, wolves, etc.
*In construction to the winter game Snow Snake, the introduction of better tools occurred during the nineteenth century. Namely the files that could be used instead of sand stone and rocks.
What I found very interesting was the trading for furs amount. The largest amount was 18 skins per pair of shoes. In today's standings that seems to still be in balance. Basketball shoes are coveted and run upward of $200 dollars. Strange how some things never change.
*From my Traditional Games teachings, I could tie in not only the Blackfeet use and history of the horse but now the Salish.
*In Archery Lesson - Ask the students what changed the impact of the use of bow and arrows for Salish hunters? Answer - use of horses to increase success of hunts and increase the amounts brought back to the camp and then with introduction of guns it increased the shooting range. This was all well and good at first, but now more ground could be covered and hunting grounds were encroached upon past the Continental divide. Now the use of guns was used as protection and fighting for more land and stealing of horses was considered an irritant. It is also interesting to note that poverty widened and reared its ugly head even more so with the ownership of horses. I am curious to know how poverty was measured before the introduction of horses. (other than the success of ones family as hunters I would assume)Another point on is that even in the peace talks on page 32 it is interesting to note that even then they had the statement of hunting on their own land but extend their hunting on Peigan land and that it would be a battle. This battle of hunting grounds is still going on today... Tribal land, wolves, etc.
*In construction to the winter game Snow Snake, the introduction of better tools occurred during the nineteenth century. Namely the files that could be used instead of sand stone and rocks.
What I found very interesting was the trading for furs amount. The largest amount was 18 skins per pair of shoes. In today's standings that seems to still be in balance. Basketball shoes are coveted and run upward of $200 dollars. Strange how some things never change.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Week 3 Heartline Information:
Treaty Sovereighty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WQDZ9fTlc&feature=plcp
Allotment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugss7qZN7yg&feature=channel&list=UL
Authentic Film or Reading lesson by Tammy Elser (Structure of Interactive Lesson:
This was a great visual for me to remember how to use films in class. many times I show them but do not know really how to tie them in or as she stated write out - check for understanding via the student and myself. (hard copy in Heartline documents on home computer)
The Rez We Live on (SKCT)
http://therezweliveon.com/
Treaty Sovereighty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WQDZ9fTlc&feature=plcp
Allotment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugss7qZN7yg&feature=channel&list=UL
Authentic Film or Reading lesson by Tammy Elser (Structure of Interactive Lesson:
This was a great visual for me to remember how to use films in class. many times I show them but do not know really how to tie them in or as she stated write out - check for understanding via the student and myself. (hard copy in Heartline documents on home computer)
The Rez We Live on (SKCT)
http://therezweliveon.com/
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Tipi Technology | Teaching Tolerance
Tipi Technology | Teaching Tolerance
I have heard this before via Shawn, but having it written down would help and blogged here will help me to remember it for future use. Not sure if I would use it for PE and Health, but ideas for Cultural awareness days on campus.
I have heard this before via Shawn, but having it written down would help and blogged here will help me to remember it for future use. Not sure if I would use it for PE and Health, but ideas for Cultural awareness days on campus.
Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance | Teaching Tolerance
Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance | Teaching Tolerance
I really like this idea - keep it in mind for PEN
I really like this idea - keep it in mind for PEN
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Week Two Videos
Allotment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugss7qZN7yg&feature=youtu.be
Connected to Everything
http://www.tolerance.org/salish
Connect to Everything: Lesson 3-6
Sue - see home Heartlines Information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugss7qZN7yg&feature=youtu.be
Connected to Everything
http://www.tolerance.org/salish
Connect to Everything: Lesson 3-6
Sue - see home Heartlines Information
Friday, October 5, 2012
Videos for Native American Unit Ideas
Perma Red form Our Vision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlJwH8XBIc&feature=relmfu
Remembering Our Songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4IrUxARRdw&feature=youtu.be
Homesteading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77CvqWUjV0A&feature=relmfu
Bears Playing at Bison Range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niJF3HQJ-c&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlJwH8XBIc&feature=relmfu
Remembering Our Songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4IrUxARRdw&feature=youtu.be
Homesteading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77CvqWUjV0A&feature=relmfu
Bears Playing at Bison Range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niJF3HQJ-c&feature=relmfu
Important Links I might want to Remember for Unit Plan
This link was mentioned in Week 1 Discussion with another student, but when the coarse will end so will Moodle and I do not want to for get this:
If you want to see more videos that discuss diversity among tribes, check these out: http://www.montanatribes.org/digital_archives/matrix_eu1.php?page=eu/eu1 In particular, watch Shane Doyle "Tribal Diversity" for a discussion of women's roles in Crow culture. (From Anna B)
If you want to see more videos that discuss diversity among tribes, check these out: http://www.montanatribes.org/digital_archives/matrix_eu1.php?page=eu/eu1 In particular, watch Shane Doyle "Tribal Diversity" for a discussion of women's roles in Crow culture. (From Anna B)
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
This is my corner of the world to share my thoughts and Ideas.
To begin with this will be part of my Heartlines class that I am taking. After this class I am not sure where blogging will take me. It will have to wait and see which way I turn in life.
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