_Drummer Boy pg.18-19

Bear Listens pg. 10-11, level B
Little Fish pg.14-15, level P

_ For All Students

Turtle Island Voices honours the histories, cultures, world views, and knowledge of many Aboriginal peoples of Canada. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students will delight in seeing themselves, their cultures, and their traditions reflected in the books. The memorable stories and characters in each book will allow all students to connect to the text, encouraging them to respond by sharing their own stories and experiences with one another.

Levelling

Each Student Book in Turtle Island Voices is carefully levelled using an extensive list of criteria. The series addresses individual readers' abilities, allowing reluctant and struggling readers to grow with the program as their literacy skills improve.

Night and Day pg.14-15

Teachings

Each Turtle Island Voices traditional and modern story is accompanied by a Teaching from Turtle Island, which is a value that encourages students to become more empathetic. Students will learn about character education as they read stories that teach about respect, wisdom, honesty, love, bravery, humility, forgiveness, kindness, compromise, and determination.

The Great Flood pg.24

Turtle Island Circle

Each student book in Turtle Island Voices includes sentence starters or questions about the theme or teaching in the book. These sentence starters and questions invite students to Connect to the Past, Connect to the Present, and Connect to the Future.

Just Joking! pg.5

Curriculum Links

The topics in Turtle Island Voices offer many opportunities for teachers to link Aboriginal perspectives to existing curriculum in many subject areas, including Social Studies, Language, Science, and the Arts.

Anisha's Dance pg.10-11
Outstanding! pg.12-13

Variety of Genres

Fiction, modern, informational, and graphic texts, coupled with unparalleled high-interest graphics, give students the opportunity to access information in a variety of ways.

CD-ROM

A CD-ROM at each grade includes projectable pages that will help teachers incorporate Turtle Island Voices into their shared reading plan.