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Game
K-6
Inuktitut
Puzzles
Meet Atiittuq the mouse and his friends. Help them complete the puzzles.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Arts
Beading Artists
Discover beading artists from your community and across Nunavik by downloading their biographies.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Online Educational Resources
A collection of online links aligned to curricular subject areas.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Health and Wellbeing
Creativity
We invite you to engage in self-care by being creative!
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Health and Wellbeing
Centering and solitude
We invite you to engage in self-care by finding your inner peace!
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Assertiveness
We invite you to engage in self-care by being assertive!
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Culture and Land Survival, Inuktitut, Sciences
Sea and Seashore Creatures
An Inuktitut document to learn about sea and seashore creatures.
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2.1-2.3
English as a Second Language
Antidote
A step-by-step guide for configuring and setting up Antidote.
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5, 6, 1.0-2.3
Information and Communication Technologies
The Apps Available on your KI Computer
An overview of the applications installed on the KI teacher and student computer.
Inuktitut Grammar
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Basic Sounds of Inuktitut
Rule 1: Presentation of the Inuktitut vowels and consonants
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Sequences of Vowels
Rule 2: No more than two vowels can appear in a row.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Sequences of Consonants
Rule 3: No more than two consonants can appear in a row.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
First and Last Sound of a Word
Rule 4: With few exceptions, a word may only begin with one of the following…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Consonant Groups Within a Word
Rule 5: No group of two consonants can follow another group of two consonants in…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Standard Orthography
Rule 6: Introduction to alphabetic (qaliujaarpait) and syllabic (qaniujaarpait) orthography.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Teaching Literacy
Rule 7: We recommend that a synthetic method be used from the start.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Words
Rule 8: A word, any word, combines a number of basic sounds in order to…
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Inuktitut
Word Categories
Rule 9: Inuktitut words can be classified to their grammatical properties.
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Inuktitut
Shared Properties of Nouns and Verbs
Rule 10: What makes a noun a noun is that is contains a noun ending.…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Deep form of Chunks
Rule 11: When a chunk occurs in a given word, it has a concrete form…
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Inuktitut
Truncating and Additive Chunks
Rule 12: All chunks except bases are either truncating or additive.
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Inuktitut
Softenings
Rule 13: The initial p or t of some additive chunks softens into v or…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Assimilation Rules
Rule 14: Assimilation is the process by which two nearby sounds become more similar to…
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Inuktitut
Reduction of Vowel and Consonant Groups
Rule 15: Processes occurring when two vowels or two consonants appear in a row.
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Inuktitut
Special Deletion of a Consonant
Rule 16: What to do when an additive noun beginning with a consonant plus a…
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Inuktitut
Rule of Double Consonants
Rule 17: When building a word, after all other rules have applied, if a group…
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Inuktitut
Properties of Noun Endings
Rule 18: All noun endings express case and number. Noun endings can also express possessor.
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Inuktitut
Non-Possessive Endings
Rule 19: Table of non-possessive noun endings.
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Inuktitut
Properties of Verb Endings
Rule 21: All verb endings express mood and subject person. Verb endings can also express…
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Inuktitut
One-Person Verb Endings
Rule 22: A list of possible one-person verb endings.
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Two-Person Verb Endings
Rule 23: List of possible two-person verb endings
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Inuktitut
Internal Structure of Nouns and Verbs
Rule 24: Understanding the internal structure of nouns and verbs
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Grammatical Groups of Verb Bases
Rule 25: It is a fact that both types of endings cannot be freely added…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Grammatical Groups of Verb Makers
Rule 26: Verb makers and their grammatical groups.
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Inuktitut
Grammatical Groups of Verb Extenders
Rule 27: The majority of verb extenders are neutral with respect to the five groups…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Grammatical Groups of Noun Makers
Rule 28: Some noun makers are added to verb stems that can take a one-person…
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Branching Structures
Rule 29: Additional branching structures to help visualize grammatical relations.
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Inuktitut
Productive Versus Non-Productive Postbase
Rule 30: Distinction between productive and non-productive postbase
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Inuktitut
Common Productive Postbases in Nunavimmiutitut
Rule 31: A list of common productive postbases
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K-6, 1.0-2.3
Inuktitut
Exclamative Endings
Rule 33: There are two frequent exclamative endings in Nunavik Inuktitut. They are peculiar because…
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Inuktitut
Demonstrative Pronouns
Rule 34: Demonstrative pronouns serve to point out the persons or things spoken of. They…
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Inuktitut
Locative Pronouns
Rule 35: Locative pronouns refer to the location where the process expressed by the verb…
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Inuktitut
Interrogative Pronouns
Rule 37: Interrogative pronouns are not a homogeneous group. Only suna and kina can occur…
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Inuktitut
Indefinite Pronouns
Rule 38: There are two main kinds of indefinite pronouns in Inuktitut: ‘free-choice’ pronouns and…
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Inuktitut
Reflexive Pronouns
Rule 39: Only three forms of one reflexive pronoun are used nowadays in Nunavik.
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Inuktitut
Particles
Rule 40: Particles are usually small words. They express neither a case nor a mood.
Books
Book
1-3
Inuktitut
Showing You Care
Tuka likes to help his friends, but he does not always like hugs. Natti loves…
Book
K-3
Inuktitut
What We Need for Our Trip
We have a lot to pack for our trip! This book features a family getting…
Book
K-4
Inuktitut
All About Ama
Meet Ama! This book introduces readers to simple vocabulary for parts of the body, such…
Book
K-4
Inuktitut
People in My Family
Who is in your family? This book introduces children to the names of people in…
Book
K-3
Inuktitut
Making Pancakes
This wordless sequence book features a girl preparing pancakes. Colorful illustrations keep readers turning the…
Book
K-4
Inuktitut
Harry Okpik, Determined Musher
Meet a real-life Inuit hero! This book introduces the biography genre while teaching children about…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Frog does Stuff
What does Frog do? Read the book to find out more about what Frog does.
Book
1, 2
Inuktitut
How Many?
How we say words depends on noticing how many there are. Our language is beautiful…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Little Painters
Sarah and Johnny are helpful, they would like to help paint their house
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Riddles 2
I have eyes but I cannot see and I prick people. What am I? Get…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Seasons
Different activities performed by Inuit and the weather changes occur during different seasons. Let’s look…
Book
K
Inuktitut
I Can Dress Myself!
A little girl’s mum is sleeping, so she decides to dress herself.
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Riddles 1
I have eyes but I cannot see and I prick people. What am I? Get…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Stella and the Smelly Monster
An animal keeps following Stella. Let’s also follow Stella and have fun!
Book
1, 2
Arts, Inuktitut
How to Draw a Dog
Do you like to draw? This book shows you how to draw a cool dog.…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Samwillie’s Christmas Present
Samwillie wants his Christmas present now! But it is hidden in a secret place. Would…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Colours and Shapes
You know your colours and the shapes. But do you know what they become when…
Book
1, 2
Inuktitut
Where Are You Going?
Where are you going? Have you ever asked this? Let’s visit some of the places…
Book
K, 1
Inuktitut
Umiujaq
Have you ever visited Umiujaq? It is a beautiful community on the Hudson coast. Let’s…
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Red Raincoat
Do you get excited to get new stuff? Johnny too. He is very happy he…
Book
K, 1
Inuktitut
What is the Weather?
Weather determines what we can do everyday. Let’s look at different weather forecasts.
Book
K, 1
Inuktitut
Young Animals
We don’t often see young animals on the land. Here is your chance to see…
Book
K, 1
Inuktitut
Toys
Let’s look at some toys and the real objects that they pretending to be.
Book
K, 1
Inuktitut
What is it?
In this book, you have to guess what animal’s body part is shown through binoculars.
Book
1, 2
Inuktitut
I Am Going Berry Picking
In the summer, Ryan is going berry picking. Black berries, blue berries and red berries…
Book
1, 2
Inuktitut
I’m Going Ice Fishing!
In the winter, Ryan is going fishing. He loves to fish. I wonder if he…
Book
1-3
Inuktitut
The Teeny Tiny Woman
A haunting bone to be returned which the tiny girl took.
Book
2, 3
Inuktitut
Paulusie’s Birthday Surprise
Paulusie’s birthday is coming soon. His mother tells him he will be getting a big…
Book
1
Inuktitut
Can you Spot?
Are you good at spotting animals on the land? Here is a chance to do…
Websites
Website
K-6, 1.0-2.3
Sciences
Canadian Space Agency
Fun experiments, quizzes, and podcasts from space!
Multimedia, Website
K-6, 1.0-1.2
Sciences
Science Please!
A Canadian National Film Board collection of science videos
Website
Information and Communication Technologies, Mathematics, Sciences
Secondary Math & Science Applications
Our favourite applications available to you that cover your science and mathematics needs!
Website
K-6, 1.0-2.3
Arts
Iningat Ilagiit Virtual Museum
Cape Dorset and Baffin Island artwork collection
