Alberta Grade Five English Language Arts 1.1: Discover and Explore - Express ideas and develop understanding, 1.2: Clarify and Extend - Consider others' ideas - Combine ideas - Extend understanding, 2.2: Respond to Texts - Construct meaning from text - Appreciate the artistry of texts
Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 1: First Nation Creation Stories
Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 2: Water is In Us and All Around Us
Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 3: First Nation Medicine Wheel Teachings
Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 4: Four Sacred Elements
Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 5: Respecting Our Water
Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit: Appendix and Resources
Grade Two Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction
Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories
Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 2: Aboriginal Communities - Heritage and Citizenship
Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 3: Importance of Water to Self, Health, Community and Culture
Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 4: First Nations People and Hydroactivity
Grade Two Thematic Unit: Additional Activities and Resources
Partner with a school in a different territory, if you are in the city find a school in a First Nation community or vice-versa. Undergo this unit simultaneously, e-mail www.safewater.org 41 Operation Water Spirit Grade Two updates to the partnered school. You can also visit each other’s communities to look at how water is dealt with in each community.
Grade Five Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction
Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 1: Waterways and the Métis Nation
Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 2: Tribal Affiliations and Water Transportation
Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 3: Contemporary Water issues in Aboriginal Communities
Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 4: Water Spirit- Water is in us and all around us
Grade Five Thematic Unit: Additional Activities and Evaluations
Grade Seven Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction
The purpose of this unit is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about water and how it is viewed from an Aboriginal perspective. Water is one of the four sacred elements; the other three are Earth, Wind, and Fire. Water is extremely important as all forms of life are unable to exist without water.