Dancing Shapes is a simple text that shows children making different shapes used in the Métis way of dancing.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions.

Each page has the sentence stem “Let me see you make a ________.”  Photographs support the text directly.

Vocabulary words: let, me, see, you, make, square, circle, star, cross, wheel.

This title is from the Taanishi series. Support literacy learning and introduce beginning readers to Métis language, culture, values, and traditions. 

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Invoice Title: Dancing Shapes

ISBN-10: 1926795245

ISBN-13: 9781926795249

Métis Dance Shapes is an informational story about eight children learning how to dance in the Métis way.  The text describes the moves the children make to create shapes, such as a circle, a star, and a cross.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions.

The text is composed of short and long sentences.  Photographs support the text directly. 

Potentially unfamiliar words are defined in the glossary, such bow and couples.

This title is from the Taanishi series. Support literacy learning and introduce beginning readers to Métis language, culture, values, and traditions. 

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Invoice Title: Métis Dance Shapes

ISBN-10: 1926795253

ISBN-13: 9781926795256

The Métis Star Dance is an informational story illustrating how to do the Métis Star Dance.  The text is made up of the dance calls.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions.

The text is composed of mostly simple sentences in the imperative.  Photographs support the text directly. 

Potentially unfamiliar words are defined in the glossary, such allemande, grand chain, promenade, and red river cart.

This title is from the Taanishi series. Support literacy learning and introduce beginning readers to Métis language, culture, values, and traditions. 

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Invoice Title: The Métis Star Dance

ISBN-10: 1926795261

ISBN-13: 9781926795263