CREATE POSTCARDS ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP

What do you want to draw, and explain to your family and friends?

Here’s an online site to download a free blank postcard maker. Have fun!

Subjects English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing Grade Levels PreK, Kindergarten, 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th ,5 th , Homeschool

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Blank-Postcards-color-bw-193934

View Vera B. Williams’ book, Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea. See the page about the buffalo! Does your library have a copy? If not, consider interlibrary loaning it through your public library.

http://www.amazon.com/Stringbeans-Trip-Shining-Mulberry-Books/dp/0688167012/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442417043&sr=1-1&keywords=9780688167011

Perhaps you or your class would like to use her book as inspiration for a collection of postcards about a fieldtrip to the Vore Buffalo Jump.

Or view a child’s book review on Reading Rainbow on You tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqmSvnjbSLw

Perhaps you would like to take turns videoing reviews about the postcards you have created about the Vore Buffalo Jump.

WORD BOX MINATURES

Use one page from one of Gene Gade’s articles at:

http://www.vorebuffalojump.org/content/educational-programs/articles/

to classify words into categories: nouns, verbs, words that are plural, words that are singular, colors, 2 syllable, 3 syllable, 4 syllable, antonyms, synonyms, words with long vowels, words with short vowels, contractions, words with a prefix, words with a suffix, rhyming,

compound words, etc. Are there any multisyllabic words? Are there any words with 5 syllables? 6 syllables? Challenge: Classify words from an entire article. Make your own cards or have your teacher download Virginia Conrad’s FREE noncommercial colorful word box miniatures to use as a guide at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Box-Miniatures-24-Ways-to-Use-Magazine-Words-1102309?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+Word+Box+Miniatures---24+Ways+to+Use+Magazine+Words&utm_content=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Box-Miniatures-24-Ways-to-Use-Magazine-Words-1102309&utm_campaign=Newsletter+271+Grade-PreK-5&_bta_tid=3.AIf5.CmFexw.EysC.Ahm4Rw..AyFQFA.s..s.AgKc.n...PTdbgw&_bta_c=az7i2ckdgsvcj4esrryv0376p83ql Be sure to thank Virginia Conrad for sharing her FREE templates!

GRAPH your results! What statements can you write about what information your graph shows? How can you share your results?

GREETING CARDS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Here’s a Valentine’s Day card from B. J. Bison for you to send to family and friends. Click on card, enlarge, check settings, and print on one sheet of letter paper or make 4 per page. What other cards can you make? Birthday? Friendship? Get well? Halloween? Thanksgiving? Patrick’s Day? What Vore Buffalo Jump card could you make for National Ice Cream Month? Make up your own holiday! Have fun!

PAPER SACK DESKTOP KIOSK OR BOOK

Consider recycling a paper sack of any color or purchasing white lunch sacks.

• How are you going to share information about the Vore Buffalo Jump?

• What do you want your audience to value?

• Where could your books or desktop kiosks be displayed?

• How many locations can you and your classmates name?

• Which locations are you going to try? What is your reasoning?

• What could you do to assess what people thought about the books or kiosks?

Front of a book project. Top view of Desktop Kiosk

WHAT DO WE GET TO DO? GAME BOARD

Materials:• one game board to project with ELMO on SMARTBOARD for a class to respond

together as one group or game boards to share with small groups • one di with 1 – 6 for each game board• one sheet 8.5 x 10.5 paper for the number 2

Rules: • When a number has been used, keep rolling the di until all numbers have been rolled.

Variations: • Use a di with more numbers and create enough activities to match the total

number on di• Stop the game to finish at a later time while trying to roll unused numbers.• Have a time limit on how long the game can be played.

See game board next!If this Make & Take Multiage file is Smartboard - Ready,

everyone can do what the di says at the same time without making the game board!

Be prepared for laughter!

SUPERHEROES: PAST AND PRESENT How many Superheroes can you make for the Vore Buffalo Jump? Who are all the people or groups of people associated with the Vore Buffalo Jump? Who were the early users of the sinkhole trap? Why are they Superheroes?

Design and color their outfit, equipment, and the color of their eyes, hair, etc. On the back list the skills and super powers they possess.  Pick one today and design their super hero outfit, the equipment they need, and their biography for the back. Pick another one tomorrow.

Make and Trade them all with your friends! There are all sorts of Super Heroes at the VBJ: individual members of the Vore family, WYDOT employees, archaeologists, builders, welders, staff, volunteers. Start making your Super Heroes today with their individual outfits and bios (biographies) on the back.

Do you want to make them as trading cards or cutouts----or both?

Here’s the Hole in the VBJ Wall Super Hero B. J. Bison made at the Gatorade website for Jennifer who rescued the kittens in the wall of the sinkhole in the summer of 2015. Go here to use the Gatorade Site. http://www.gatorade.com/leagueofcaptains/creator/

Jennifer is Pure Titanium, Swift, and Determined! Her shoes were designed by the VBJ Foundation and are an experimental prototype. Near her at all times are her VBJ hooded sweatshirt, binoculars, hat, and water bottle filled with VBJ Super Water for instant recharging! (Maybe you would like to design a label to put around an unopened disposable water bottle for FUN or for your next trip to the Vore Buffalo Jump!) Consider submitting your designs for a superhero or water bottle label to the Vore Buffalo Jump facebook page.

Here are some other sites to experiment with designing Superheroes. http://marvel.com/games/play/31/create_your_own_superhero

http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/style-hero 

http://cpbherofactory.com/

MONTANA SKIES CROW ASTRONOMY Montana Office of Public Instruction

http://opi.mt.gov/PDF/IndianEd/Search/Social%20Studies/G3_6Star_stories_crow.pdf

• Cultural and Science Connection p. 2• Essential Understandings and Montana Content Standards p. 3• Listening to the Crow Stories p. 4• Planetarium Possibilities p. 5

Crow Stories and Science Stories• Sun and Moon p. 7• Moon Rotation and Moon Phasing• Activities – Jump to the Moon and Grandmother Moon• The Seven Stars: The Story of the Seven Bulls p. 18• Constellations / Star Maps• Activities – Earth Maps and Star Maps• The Twins and the Hand Star p. 28• Constellations / Mapping• Activities – Constellation Creation & Creative Writing• Say It In Crow p. 38

Perhaps some of these could become a 2 or 3 station activity that starts in one station and continues to the next. Which ones would you select?

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (A.I.A.) LESSON PLANS AND PROJECTS

Check out their Shoebox Archaeology Digs Grades 3- 6 and Transparent Shoebox Grades K-2plus many more.

https://www.archaeological.org/education/lessonplans

INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY: THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER

The Archaeological Institute of America sponsors International Archaeology Day on the third Saturday of October along with over 250 collaborating organizations across the United States, Canada, and overseas. Download a free International Archaeology Day logo or poster here:

https://www.archaeological.org/archaeologyday/about

The Wyoming Archaeological Society is a collaborating sponsor! View their webpage:

www.wyomingarchaeology.org What are you going to do to honor International Archaeology Day?How are you going to share your ideas?

ALPHABET BOOK FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP

Use crazy fonts or design your own for each letter of the alphabet. Then draw and label at least one VBJ object or idea for each letter. See B. J. Bison’s Writers’ Kit for examples of alphabet books. (Explain why the apostrophes are located where they are in the title.)

DICTIONARY FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP

Use this format to create a dictionary of words for the Vore Buffalo Jump:

Word: pronunciation, n. v. adj. adv (type of word n, v. adj, adv,noun, pron etc/) word divided into syllables, numbered definitions, illustration.

How many words can you think of for each letter of the alphabet?

B.J. Bison Suggestion: Make your own dictionary or submit words for a class dictionary that can be duplicated for each of your classmates.

ARCHAEOLOGIST TO ZOOLOGIST: THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP BOOK OF CAREERS

Make an alphabet book of careers. How many careers have been needed for the Vore Buffalo Jump to exist? B. J. Bison has a list of 83. How many can you name? Which careers interest you? What skills and education are needed for each career? Include illustrations, labels, and captions. How are you going to share what you created?

B. J. BISON’S BIOGRAPHY, STAT SHEET, BIRTHDAY PARTY PLAN

It’s been said that B. J. Bison was born on a beautiful spring morning near Sun Watching Dance in what is now known as the Black Hills of Wyoming.  B. J. is a nickname. What do you think the initials B. J. represent? Hmmm...what would a stat sheet look like? You know - statistics, details, information!

• Write down what you think on the B. J. Bison Stat Sheet or see pages 76-81 of Land of Nakoda: the story of the Assiniboine Indians From the tales of the Old Ones told to First Boy (James L. Long) With drawings by Fire Bear (William Standing) Federal Writers’ Project, Western History Classics Montana Historical Society, Riverbend Publishing P.O. Box 5833, Helena, MT 59604 www.riverbendpublishing.com

• Consider writing more of B. J. Bison’s life story or biography.

• Why not plan a birthday party for B. J. Bison? What would you include in the plan? When would it be held? Where would it be held? How could EVERYONE participate -

even people on continents all around the world?

B. J. Bison’s stat sheet is next. Click on it, check settings, copy, paste and print.

Let’s check out what everyone has made! Cousin Hank’s grandma says to mind your manners and enjoy all of the many different and varied items your classmates have made. SUGGESTIONS FOR SHARING PROJECTS

• Praise by emphasizing people’s effort in thinking, questioning, answering, drawing, writing, sharing. Wow, you really worked hard on this.

• Consider submitting a photo of your project to the Vore Buffalo Jump’s Facebook page. Remember to ask your parents for permission first!

Thank you for going on an adventure with me!This has been waaaaay more fun than a pishkun! (Ask your teacher what pishkun means.)

Pssst! Pishkun or “deep blood kettle is a Blackfoot word for a buffalo jump. Ouch, I’m glad I’m a cartoon.