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Silent Read 20 min. Catch Up One-On-One Teacher Meetings. Fun Friday. Lit Circle Assignment Work - Part 2 & 3 TBC - next week.  If you have not completed Part 1 - today would be a good day for this. 

Silent Read 20 min Grammar Booklet - Complete &  Review KEY  - pair mark. Grammar Test - TEAMS Intro to Teams Assignment - Lit Circle Assignment - Onedrive - Parts 1-3 to add. Time to work on new Lit Circle Assignment > Teams - Complete Part 1. Part 1 - Independent Lit Circle Prep  Part 2 - TBD - Group Work Part 3 - TBD - Independent Reflection Assignment

 Careers Day! 

Silent Read 15 min Check Grammar Books - To complete. 30 min tops. Homework Check Grammar Booklet - Complete & Review KEY Review Kahoot Lesson 30-39 Cart 3

Silent Read 20 min Vancouver's Only Indigenous Restaurant | Family Food - Viewing & Reflection Questions  Journal # 5 Question 1:  Story & Identity How does food function as more than just nourishment in this video? Explain how it connects to identity, culture, or family, using a specific moment from the video. Question 2:  Personal Reflection After watching the video, what is one idea, feeling, or question that stayed with you? Explain why it resonated with you and how it connects to your own experiences or understanding of community. & Last Day for Grammar Workbook Time!  *Last couple of one-on-one teacher meetings. 

Silent Read 20 min. Prior Week Review - Land Acknowledgement & Journal Entry 4 & Review - Turtle Island Pair Work. Teacher Student Meetings *If you have finished ALL of the above - you can start working on your 'Grammar Workbooks'  Feb 18th -  Block 1 - Goal Setting Worksheets - via Ms. Grimm - Due in class.  View the below videos Olympians Show their tips on achieving goals.  (1min 15 sec) AND Tyler TURNER. THE PARALYMPIANS  2 min Then complete your Goal Setting Worksheets. These will be uploaded to your MyEd accounts by Ms. Grimm prior to Q3 Report Card Period. Early March 2026. Block 2 - Grammar Workbooks - Final Class Time Provided To Complete.  Final one-on-one teacher meetings - any outstanding meetings re: Assignments in Teams & Journals 1-3.  Additional Time - Personal Novel Reads.

Attendance.  1st half of double:  Silent Read 20 min - personal novel read books are located in the yellow bin underneath the windows. Teacher please present: below link - via CBC kids site.  Turtle Island — where’s that?  Presentation. Host post presentation discussion on the content from the presentation. The story of Turtle Island.  Sample Class Discussion Questions 1. How does the name Turtle Island invite us to think differently about the land we live on compared to the name “Canada” or “North America”? • What might be the significance of names that come from stories and worldview , rather than political boundaries? • Why do you think it matters whose names we use for the land?   2. Creation stories like Turtle Island are passed down through oral tradition. What value do these stories have for Indigenous communities, and how might they influence the way people understand their relationship to land and each other? • How are these stories dif...

Silent Read 20 min - students have personal novels under window yellow bin.  Journal Prompt # 4 - journals in blue bin by windows.  Re: Yesterday's viewing -  Stories, Legacy & Identity: How to Weave a Cultural Legacy Through Storytelling | Cohen Bradley How to Weave a Cultural Legacy Through Storytelling | Cohen Bradley | TED (students write 1 paragraph): Intro, body (answers to 3 bullets below) & conclusion. Choose one part of your life story that you think will matter to others in your community in the future. Why does this story matter? Who will remember it? How does your story connect to others’ stories? Encourage students to think about stories  beyond social media or achievement , and more about  relationships, lessons, and belonging. After paragraphs complete -  Mini Lesson: What is a land acknowledgment? CBC Kids Presentation.  Writing a Meaningful Land Acknowledgement Location focus: Revelstoke, BC Local Context  We are grat...

 Silent Read 20 min.  How to Weave a Cultural Legacy Through Storytelling | Cohen Bradley | TED Mini Lesson Plan: Stories, Legacy & Identity Storytelling shapes cultural legacy Stories are relational, reflective, and connected to land, history, identity Legacy is collective, not just individual success Connection to First Peoples Principles of Learning: ✔️ Learning is holistic, reflective, experiential ✔️ Involves identity exploration ✔️ Recognizes the role of Indigenous knowledge ✔️ Embedded in memory, history, story ✔️ Learning supports well-being of community and ancestors Prompt (think-pair-share): What story from your life matters most — and why ? Who taught it to you, and what did it teach you? Watch the TED Talk (10 min) Cohen -  explains how legacy isn’t statues, but stories woven together describes the importance of potlatch ceremonies in preserving culture reflects on continuity through names and traditions Active Listening...

Silent Read 20 min  Fun Friday & Teacher Review Meetings - Written Work Thus Far - Journals 1-3 & Teams-  Reflection Assignment  - First Peoples Principles of Learning Assignment  -& Dirt Relations Assignment Teams  TBD - last students to meet - noted on board for next Monday & Tuesday.

Silent Read 20 Review of - Friday Jan 30th Class & Viewing Questions Re-View of -  Dirt Relations // Connecting Indigenous Youth to the Land Through Mountain Biking Post Viewing Questions –  Dirt Relations - Complete On Teams.  5 Questions - Full Sentences - all aspects of each question. Discussion. Teacher One-On-One Meetings Teams & Journal Assignments 1-3 to date.  TBD - Friday/Monday  Next Task: Group Work - Max 3 -  Due In Class.  What was the main overarching theme(s) of the Dirt Relations piece do you think? Lessons? Links to First People's Principles of Learning?  Group Task: ID links  to each of the 9 First Peoples Principles of Learning  - provide an example for each of the 9 depicted in the film piece.  Be ready to present and discuss.

Attendance. Lit Circle Personal Selection Reading Time - 20 min Viewing of - Waniska -  This powerful and moving documentary speaks to awakening the land through walking the land and the benefits to all peoples through this awakening. Waniska: An Awakening of Indigenous Knowledge (Part One) Waniska: An Awakening of Indigenous Knowledge (Part Two) Journal Entry 3 - Handout - Season 2 Waniska  Piece Q: What  main message did you receive from the Elders  sharing in this documentary? Q: How can you support Indigenous knowledge sharing in your community?  This may be attending an Indigenous event, buying Indigenous-authored books, or Indigenous locally-made clothing, for example. Q: What three words sum up your feelings  after watching  ᐊᐧᓂᐢᑲ Waniska - An Awakening of Indigenous Knowledge ?

Indigenous Authors & Books Review & Personal Selection - Library Mr. Wilson.  Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian Fatty legs Louis Riel  Sepeetza The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – A Spokane teen leaves his reservation school to attend an all-white high school, navigating identity, poverty, and belonging with honesty and humour. Fatty Legs – Based on a true story, an Inuit girl fights to keep her language, name, and dignity at a residential school. Louis Riel – A graphic novel biography that tells the dramatic story of Métis leader Louis Riel and the fight for Métis rights in Canada. Sepeetza (My Name Is Seepeetza) – Through diary entries, a young Indigenous girl shares her experiences at residential school and her longing for home and family. Journal Entry: 2 Literature Circle Journal Prompt – First Impressions You have been introduced to several novels by Indigenous authors and explored them in the library before making your selection. ...