Pink Spelling Words (ow/ou)
A circular ornamental headdress worn by a princess, prince, king or queen.
What is a crown?
A person who teaches, especially in school.
What is a teacher?
The Great Peace of Montreal and Treaty 8 are examples of these.
What are treaties?
Classroom Champions teaches us to choose from a list of 4 options when things are challenging. They include, 1. Give up, 2. Keep trying the same way. 3. Adjust a part of the goal and 4.....???
What is "change the steps you take to reach the goal"?
The first settlement in BC, found by Alexander Mackenzie, was located at the mouth of the Moberly (across from Site C). It was called...
Rocky Mountain Fort (AKA Fort St John 1)
This is the direction of the parking lot. Hint, you face this direction to see the sun.
What is south?
An animal or person. Also, a fictional or imaginary being, typically a scary one.
What is a creature?
Indigenous people made these to remember the treaty, "The Great Peace of Montreal."
What are Wampum Belts?
The ability to bounce back from an obstacle. Hint, it starts with R.
What is resilience?
The second settlement in this area was also founded by NWC voyageurs. It was at the mouth of the Beatton and it was called...
A large farm implement with one or more blades, used for cutting furrows in the soil and turing it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds.
Hint: https://iowaagliteracy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5.jpg
What is a plow.
A substance made by mixing other substances together.
What is a mixture?
All fur trade forts needed proximity to these 5 things in order to be successful. Name at least 3.
Access to water, indigenous people, forests, meadows and flat ground.
What is hope?
Fort St. John was relocated this many times, finally finding its permanent home near Fish Creek.
What is 5 times?
A long, loud, doleful cry uttered by an animal such as a wolf or a dog.
What is howl?
Determine the size, amount or degree of something by using an instrument marked in standard units.
What is measure?
Some common items found inside a fur trading fort include... (name at least 3 items from your readings).
Living quarters, gardens, stables, supply buildings, and a trading store.
Not quitting when it's hard.
What is persistence?
When the Hudson's Bay Company took over all the NWC's holdings, they renamed Fort d'Epinette and relocated it to the south side of the river. Its new name was ...
What is Fort St. John. (FSJ #3)
This word is sometimes confused with groan because it sounds similar.
What is grown?
A fielder positioned behind home plate to catch pitches not hit by the batter and to execute other defensive plays.
What is a catcher?
Europeans didn't know how to stay warm when they first came to Canada. Indigenous people gave the traders these items of clothing.
What are moccasins, leggings, and mittens?
"What would you think if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I'll try not to sing out of key
Oh, I get by with a little help from my ...."
(The Beatles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C58ttB2-Qg
What is "I get by with a little help from my friends?"
In 1925, Fort St. John was moved to the south side of the Peace River. Today, we call that area by this name.
What is the Old Fort? (Aka FSJ #4)