This lesson idea was designed in partnership with the UBC teacher education program.
About the Book
Author(s): Cynthia Leitich Smith
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu
Place: Creek Nation in Oklahoma
Abstract: “Jenna, a young Native American girl, longs to carry on her family’s legacy of jingle dancing. With the next powwow approaching, her heart beats in rhythm with the drums, yearning to join the vibrant dance tradition. However, a challenge stands in her way – her jingle dress, the very embodiment of the dance, remains unadorned.”
Indigenous Connections: Cynthia Leitich Smith is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation.
Indigenous Storywork Ideas by Laura Jensen
Indigenous Pedagogy
- Indigenous Storywork
- Respect
- Interconnectedness
- Reciprocity
- First Peoples Principles of Learning
- Learning recognizes the role of Indigenous knowledge
- Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story
Big Ideas
- Development of computational fluency in addition, subtractions, multiplication, and division of whole numbers requires flexible decomposing and composing.
Content
- Number concepts to 1000
- Addition and subtraction to 1000
- Multiplication and division concepts
Curricular Competency
- Incorporate First Peoples worldviews and perspectives to make connections to mathematical concepts.