When we thought about what words to do in February, Gretchen suggested words from Joanne Robertson's book "The Water Walker". It is an amazing true story about an Ojibwe Grandmother that walks to raise awareness for the need to protect our water for future generations. Gretchen has held several workshops within our school board on how to use "The Water Walker" to make curriculum connections in the classroom. We made sure to share with our respective staffs, that copies of the book are available in our schools so that everyone can learn together.
In other VERY EXCITING NEWS, Joanne Robertson agreed to help us out with Ojibwe Word of the Week. She made two of the videos this month. We cannot thank her enough! Chi-Miigwech Joanne!
Below is the video we played to introduce our words of the week from "The Water Walker". We wanted to share our focus and we needed to address the word "water". Last year, our students learned that the Ojibwe word for water is biish. In the book, water is nibi. Watch the video to find out how we explained this to our staff and students.
Ojibwe Words of the Week: February
Nibi - water
Nokomis - Grandmother
Nokomis Giizis - Grandmother moon
Jiimaan - Boat or canoe
Click here to access the Ojibwe Words of the Week PDF
