Ojibwe Word of the Week

One of the ways we wanted to start introducing our students to local indigenous culture and language was through Ojibwe Word of the Week. We worked with Gretchen to decide which words and phrases we could start with in September. We landed on simple phrases like "Hello/Boozhoo" and "Thank You/Miigwech". At P.E. McGibbon we have video announcements, so we created short videos to share the Word of the Week (We used Apple Clips to create our videos). Each week we have an Ojibwe language speaker introduce a word on Monday. The rest of the week we have staff or students saying the word on the announcements. It has been an effective way to share Ojibwe with our entire school community.

Some of the teachers in our building were creating word wall cards to put the Ojibwe Word of the Week on their word walls. We wanted to support that process so we created cards to accompany the the videos. Each word card has a QR code on it that links to the Ojibwe language speaker's video. 

Each month we will post our Ojibwe Word of the Week resources to share with other educators looking to introduce Ojibwe into their teaching and learning. 

We recognize that there are different dialects and we have worked with Gretchen and other Ojibwe language speakers to create videos that will support the Ojibwe language spoken in our local area.

Below is an example of a video that is created for a Monday

Below are examples of what is created for the remainder of the week. We use staff and students to create the videos and try to include a pronunciation guide.