Booking Across Canada party. Nova Scotia: How Summer Came to Canada

Welcome to the main post for the Booking across Canada party. On this page, you will see links to the blog pages of each confirmed participant if I could find their blog.

As I am working on the day of the party, I will update the list with direct links to the posts on Sunday, but you should be easily able to find their posts as they go live.

At the bottom half of the page you will find my contributions to our event.

To the bloggers participating, please add links to your posts in the comments incase my reader is not working to make it easier for me to find your books and freebies.

Participants:
Newfoundland and Labrador: None Confirmed

Nova Scotia: Mrs. D @ Reading with Miss D

Kemble @ Primary Flynn

Amanda @ Quiet Workings

New Brunswick: None Confirmed

Prince Edward Island: Krystal @ Lessons from the Middle

Quebec: Leslie @ The Groovy Teacher

Ontario: Anne @ Looking from Third to Fourth

Mrs. R. Mathis @ The Adventures of an Occasional Teacher

Ms. M @ Teaching is a gift

Madame Aiello @ Teaching FSL

2 peas and a Dog

Middlehood Madness

Manitoba: Sara Kerr @

Dawn @ Apples, Owls, and Peppermint Mochas

Miss L @ Miss L's Whole Brain Teaching

Saskatchewan: None Confirmed

Alberta: Brittany @ Lovely Literacy & More

British Columbia: Charlene @ Diamond Moms Treasury

Ms. Gatt @ Fun in Fourth

Terri @ Terri's Teaching Resources

Barbara @ Grade ONEderful

Lee Fisher @ Homeschool Canada (possibly)

Yukon: None Confirmed

Northwest Territories: None Confirmed

Nunavut: Sandi @ Rubber boots and Elf Shoes

And now for my chosen book:

How Summer Came to Canada

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The Native peoples of Eastern Canada are the Micmacs. This short book tells one of their tales about Glooscap (their creator?) and and how he helped to bring Summer to Canada (and by extension Spring and Fall)

Game/Phys. Ed:
Do you know how to play red light-green light? In this version, students try to get to the other side when Summer is called, but must be frozen when Winter is called. I call this Summer-Winter, lol.

Art
Throughout the book students can see the artist didn't draw or paint the pages, but instead used torn paper and bits of nature. So for this activity, students will use a variety of media to create a picture.
Take a large sheet of construction paper/art paper and fold in half. On the top or bottom of each side print clearly either Summer or Winter.
Have students collect twigs, and glue one on each side.
On the side labelled Winter, students may add additional smaller twigs to show the branches of the tree. Perhaps use cotton balls for snow in the trees and on the ground? Use torn white paper to make snow drifts on the ground.
On the side labelled Summer, students may glue bits of leaves torn, or torn green papers to show the tree in summer. Also, colours may be added to show flowers.

Language Arts
Have students take the part of Winter or Summer and write a letter to the other (or Glooscap) and tell them about what the land is like in their absence.

Science
Have students put the four seasons in the medicine wheel, and draw arcs around the outside to show when Summer and Winter are present in the land.

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