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As I Remember It: Teachings (Ɂəms tɑɁɑw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder

Kindergarten

LANGUAGE ARTS

Big Ideas	Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.	Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.	Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to be able to do the following	Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community	Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity
Elaborations	story/stories: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, and experience, and often reflect a personal journey or strengthen a sense of identity. They may also be considered the embodiment of collective wisdom. Stories can be oral, written, or visual, and used to instruct, inspire, and entertain listeners and readers.

Big Ideas	Plants and animals have observable features.	Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials.	Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things.
Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to be able to do the following	Processing and analyzing data and information Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge	Communicating Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
Content: Students are expected to know the following	living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles	local First Peoples uses of plants and animals	First Peoples knowledge of seasonal changes
Elaborations	place: Place is any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives of the world.	local First Peoples uses: First Peoples practice and knowledge of plant and animal use (e.g., local berries or food, plants and animals, conservation of resources)	plants: features may include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds

Big Ideas	Repeating elements in patterns can be identified.
Curricular Competencies: Students are expected to be able to do the following	Understanding and Solving: Engage in problem-solving experiences that are connected to place, story, cultural practices, and perspectives relevant to local First Peoples communities, the local community, and other cultures	Reasoning and Analyzing Estimate reasonably: First Peoples people used specific estimating and measuring techniques in daily life (e.g., estimating time using environmental references and natural daily/seasonal cycles, estimating temperatures based on weather systems).	Connecting and Reflecting: Incorporate First Peoples worldviews and perspectives to make connections to mathematical concepts
Content: Students are expected to know the following:	financial literacy — attributes of coins, and financial role-play
Elaborations	connected: in daily activities, local and traditional practices, the environment, popular media and news events, cross-curricular integration Patterns are important in First Peoples technology, architecture, and artwork. Have students pose and solve problems or ask questions connected to place, stories, and cultural practices.

Big Ideas

Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities.

Designs grow out of
natural curiosity.