Indigenous He Who Dreams - The Importance of High Interest Books For years, when I taught whole class novels I often felt stuck when it came to supporting struggling readers. Asking them to independently read a text that was beyond their current abilities clearly didn't work. Reading chapters aloud was an option, but relying on this strategy robbed them
Indigenous Residential School Picture Books This month, my students are learning about residential schools in Canada and human rights. This is an essential topic as Canada moves down the path of reconciliation. The natural first step is to educate people about what happened. My aim is to make sure my students understand how Indigenous children