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After reading the story Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith, students viewed a traditional jingle dress. They then created a collage of vocabulary from the story using the app PicCollage Edu. -Traci Piltz

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This week I used some wonderful stories selected by OPI to support Indian Education for All, and infused these lessons with technology in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. Keep reading for ideas you can use in your own classrooms!

In Ms. Logan's kindergarten, we read the story The Moccasins by Earl Einarson. I digitized this book by recording it into Adobe Spark Video, allowing it to be projected onto the screen. This also allows it to be used by students as an audio book in listening centers. Click here to access the digitized version, or scan the QR code below.

After reading the story, we brainstormed very special items that we love and made a list. I then showed students how to use the drawing tool in Seesaw to draw the item they love, then label it using the text label tools and tell about it using the microphone. The kindergartners did a wonderful job of drawing detailed pictures and writing sentences about their special items.

In Mrs. Davey's first grade, we read the storyJingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith.

After reading the story, students discussed vocabulary from the story, and Mrs. Davey created an anchor chart. The anchor chart included the words: jingle dress, jingle dancer, drum, celebration, and tradition. Students were then shown this video of jingle dancers, and Mrs. Rusche-Nicholson brought a jingle dancing dress to the class to show the students. This led to wonderful questions and answers about the dress, the jingles, and the tradition of dancing at pow wows.

Students then used the free app PicCollage Kids to create a collage using vocabulary from the story. Students used the web search tool in PicCollage Kids to search for images, then labeled each image using the text tools. They could customize their collages by changing the font, colors, and backgrounds of their collages.

When they were finished creating their collages, students uploaded them to Seesaw. Using the "record while drawing" feature, they used the arrow pointer tool to point to each image and tell about the vocabulary words.

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This week I used some wonderful stories selected by OPI to support Indian Education for All, and infused these lessons with technology in ki...

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After reading the story The Moccasins by Earl Einarson, we brainstormed very special items that we love and made a list. Students then used the drawing tool in Seesaw to create a picture of the items, and used labels to write words to go with their pictures. -Traci Piltz

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1. The Little Duck Sikihpsis by Beth Cuthand *Cree by Stan Cuthand

Unable to purchase this book but available in BPS libraries

2. The Moccasins by Earl Einarson

3. Turtle’s Race With Beavers by Joseph Bruchac

4. Pepere Played the Fiddle by Linda Ducharme

Unable to purchase this book but available in BPS libraries

5. Two Pairs of Shoes by Esther Sanderson

Unable to purchase this book but available in BPS libraries

6. I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall

This book is not in kit but used for writer's workshop but available in BPS libraries

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1. Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? By Bernelda Wheeler

2. Rocks Not Happy In Sacks by Gilbert Walking Bull and Sally Moore

3.The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac

4. I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall

This book is not in kit but used for writer's workshop

5. Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor

This book is in both 1st & 2nd grade

6. The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo

Unable to purchase this book but available in BPS libraries

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1. Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor

This book is in both 1st & 2nd grade

2. Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith

3. Red Parka Mary by Peter Eyvindson

4. Powwows Coming by Linda Boyden

5. Chicora & the Little People: The Legend of the Indian Corn

Unable to purchase this book but available in BPS libraries

by Arvis Boughman & Delora Cummings

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1. Sequoyah (1 - Read Aloud) by James Rumford

2. The Trail of Tears (8 per kit)

3. As Long As The River Flows by Larry Loyie

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1. Arrow Over The Door (8 per kit) by Joseph Bruchac

2. Eagle Song (8 per kit) by Joseph Bruchac

3. Less Than Half More Than Whole (1 - read aloud) by Kathleen and Michael Lacapa

4.Thirteen Moons on Turtles Back by Joseph Bruchac and Johnathan London

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1. Morning Girl (8 per kit) by Michael Dorris

2. Children of the Longhouse (8 per kit) by Joseph Bruchac

3. Warriors (8 per kit) by Joseph Bruchac

4. Encounter (1 - Read Aloud) by Jane Yolen

5. A Boy Called Slow (1 - Read Aloud) by Joseph Bruchac

5. Jim Thorpe's Bright Path (1 - Read Aloud) by Joseph Bruchac

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*BPS Implementation Website https://bpsiefa.weebly.com/                                        *Montana OPI IEFA http://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Teaching-Learning/Indian-Education .                      *Montanatribes.org https://montanatribes.org/                                                                 *A Broken Flute book Edited by Doris Seale & Beverly Slapin is a great way to search for authentic resources and literature (book in BPS libraries)                                                              *National Museum of the American Indian https://americanindian.si.edu/                     Native Knowledge 360 https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360                                                                                           *Oyate to search for authentic resources and literature http://oyate.org/                                                                    *Introducing the First Nations of Montana to the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbanLmdCVd8#action=share                                            *Indian Reading Series - Education Northwest http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/indianreading/index.html                                       *Montana Historical Societyhttps://mhs.mt.gov/education/Educators

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*BPS Implementation Website https://bpsiefa.weebly.com/                                        *Montana OPI IEFA http://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Teaching-Learning/Indian-Education .                      *Montanatribes.org https://montanatribes.org/                                                                 *A Broken Flute book Edited by Doris Seale & Beverly Slapin is a great way to search for authentic resources and literature (book in BPS libraries)                                                              *National Museum of the American Indian https://americanindian.si.edu/                     Native Knowledge 360 https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360                                                                                           *Oyate to search for authentic resources and literature http://oyate.org/                                                                    *Introducing the First Nations of Montana to the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbanLmdCVd8#action=share                                            *Indian Reading Series - Education Northwest http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/indianreading/index.html                                       *Montana Historical Societyhttps://mhs.mt.gov/education/Educators

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*American Indians in Children's Literature.net

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In Ch. 4 of History Alive, the explorers talk about the flag. After reading this section, my class got into groups and discovered what the symbols on each of the 7 MT Indian Reservations meant. They used the book in the flag kit (each library has one). I also found a person from each reservation to come in and talk one on one with each of the 7 groups (this was a challenge, but they are out there!). Each group then presented their flag's information with the rest of the class. This was a nice way to add an IEFA lesson.-Tammie Grewell (Ponderosa)

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In Ch. 4 of History Alive, the explorers talk about the flag. After reading this section, my class got into groups and discovered what the symbols on each of the 7 MT Indian Reservations meant. They used the book in the flag kit (each library has one). I also found a person from each reservation to come in and talk one on one with each of the 7 groups (this was a challenge, but they are out there!). Each group then presented their flag's information with the rest of the class. This was a nice way to add an IEFA lesson.-Tammie Grewell (Ponderosa)

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After the class read The Moccasin by Earl Einarson, we started talking about what Moccasins are made from and why each of them had different patterns on the top of them. Mrs. Rusche came in to talk about different tribes and how every tribe creates their own patterns for their Moccasin. Students got the chance to make their own paper moccasin and create their own design. They wrote about why they chose the design they did for their moccasin.