Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Differentiation and Intervention

Indigenous Culture Links

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http://math.unipa.it/~grim/AArnason20-24.PDFInterweaving Mathematics and Indigenous Cultures: Pahkasahkimca – A Saskatchewan Cree Game (p. 20). This is a Cree game that comes from the region of Coxby, Saskatchewan.
http://empoweringthespirit.ca/pedagogy/Empowering the Spirit: PEDAGOGY that embraces Indigenous ways of knowing are fostered by approaches to teaching and learning that include purposeful thinking about people, places and processes.   
These sites have been vetted and recommended by the Indigenous consultants for SaskMATH.

Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development (McDowell Foundation project lesson plans to engage all students.)

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http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/1.-E-A.- Freestyle-Looming-and-Probability.pdfKrysta Shemrock: Freestyle Looming and Probability. Grade 12 Foundations of Math
http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/2.-E-B.1- Picario.pdfKevin Duchscherer: Picario: A Traditional Indigenous Game to Develop Spatial Reasoning, and Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills. Grade 10 Mathematics Workplace and Apprenticeship
http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/3.-E-B.2- Water-First-Nations-Cultures-Statistics.pdfKevin Duchscherer: Water, First Nations Cultures, Statistics. Grade 9
http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/4.-E-C.1-The- Language-of-Negative-and-Positive-Numbers.pdfDanielle Vankoughnett: The Language of Negative and Positive Numbers. Grade 6
http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/5.-E-C.2- Stick-Games-and-Theoretical-Experimental-Probability.pdfDanielle Vankoughnett: Stick Games and Theoretical/Experimental Probability. Grade 6
http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/6.-E-D.1- Multiplication-and-First-Nations-Drumming.pdfSerena Palmer: Multiplication and First Nations Drumming. Grade 5
http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/isl/uploads/2018/07/7.-E-D.2- Quadrilateral-Patterning-Through-Indigenous-Beading.pdfSerena Palmer: Quadrilateral Patterning Through Indigenous Beading. Grade 5
These sites have been vetted and recommended by the Indigenous consultants for SaskMATH.

Videos Engaging All Students

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http://mcdowellfoundation.ca/research/culture-based-school-mathematics-for-reconciliation-and-professional-development/.Appendix F (pp. 112-115) — description of each video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUGEdUWs1cU&feature=youtu.beBirch Bark Biting lesson: Analogue to symmetry and angles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28MGizBhEBc&feature=youtu.beDream Catcher lesson: Analogue to polygons. Two-eyed seeing made explicit for learners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rlphwI6RM&feature=youtu.beAn 18-minute conversation between consultant Sharon Meyer and teacher Serena Palmer about her developing and teaching math lessons that incorporate Indigenous mathematizing.
These sites have been vetted and recommended by the Indigenous consultants for SaskMATH.