{"id":4672,"date":"2024-03-08T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2024-03-08T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:45:41","slug":"yetsas-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ballarinc\/2024\/03\/08\/yetsas-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Yetsa’s Sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Ms. Paulich, students have been working on creating their own personalized sweaters influence by the book “Yetsa’s Sweater” Wriiten by Sylvia Olsen. (I cannot find a video of the book)<\/p>\n

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The summary:<\/p>\n

“Yetsa and her mother are going to visit her grandmother. Yetsa is wearing her favourite sweater, a traditional Coast Salish garment. It is a little small, but it is special because her grandmother made it and the symbols knitted into it represent her family.
\nYetsa, her mother, and her grandmother work to prepare freshly-sheared wool to make new sweaters. Yetsa has a number of special roles to play in the process.\u00a0During breaks, she\u00a0enjoys some of her grandma\u2019s delicious fresh bread and blackberry jam. Once the wool is prepared grandma starts knitting a sweater with \u201cFlowers. Whales and waves. Wooly clouds, and blackberries\u201d (32). On last page Yetsa is pictured hugging herself in her new sweater.
\nThis book features a note on \u201cThe Cowichan Sweater\u201d at the end.”<\/p>\n

Activity:<\/p>\n

Yetsa\u2019s sweaters feature symbols about her family and her experiences. Students created their own sweater patterns with symbols that are important to them.<\/p>\n

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Big Ideas:<\/b><\/p>\n