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Metis Finger Weaving Lesson
Metis Finger Weaving Lesson
Metis Finger Weaving Lesson
Curricular Connections
Big Ideas
Math: The regular change in increasing patterns can be identified and used to make
generalizations
Social Studies: Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities
Historical Way of Thinking:
Learning Standards:
Curricular Competencies
-Incorporate First Peoples worldviews and perspectives to make connections to mathematical
concepts
-Model mathematics in contextualized experiences
Content
-Repeating and increasing patterns
-Identifying the core of repeating patterns
Aboriginal Connection
-Learning involves patience and time
-Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story
Historical Ways of Thinking
Historical Perspectives: Why is metis finger weaving and patterns important according to the
aboriginal perspective?
Learning Intention
-I can apply aboriginal ways of knowing to pattern making and display my work by using a pattern
sheet and creating a Métis sash.
Differentiated Instruction/Management
-Have all students start off with the 5 strands, if students are getting frustrated, let them do a simpler
pattern like a 3-strand braid
-Have students that finish early help other students
Areas of Strength
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Soulevez les brins 2 et 4. Déplacez le brin 5 sous 2 et 4, sur 1 et
3 pour devenir 1 brin.
by Janelle Ten Have
Grade two–Math- Metis Finger Weaving
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