Picking up Steam!

We have two different things rolling at this point. For Aaron's class we had talked about a one month unit during the month of February. This would culminate in a festival of some sort. By having a nice neat month we could build and keep momentum for snow snakes with active collaboration zones, expert chats, etc. This would be done within the school day primarily with after school activities as needed.

For the grant project I am working on, and which is the underlying driving force behind this; a munch lengthier approach is being explored with only after school connotations. For an after school session we are looking at up to two hours a day. And for all practical purposes you could have as many days as you want. I think that approach might get a little bigger and a tad unwieldy for our original AL game plan. So the long answer is lets do it all and then we can cut back and sharpen as needed.

I talked on the phone yesterday to an Ojibwe elder who I was pointed to as someone who knows snow snakes. It was kind of funny because he had to do research much like we are doing to find out about snow snakes. He talked to elders before him and they didn't have much to say about the subject. Anyway, I passed along what we have for our AL project, including pdf articles and book chapters. He will look it over and see what kind of involvement he is interested in. I will be emailing Jim Brickwedde after this post to sit down and put some fresh eyes on our curriculum progress.
I am not much of a cheerleader but a cheer sounds great! Maybe a dance too!