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Unit 6
Kindergarten - Grade 3
During this unit, the students will:
Types of Birds - Tlingit
Grade 4 - Grade 12
During this unit, the students will:
1. demonstrate an understanding of the
unit’s theme;
2. recognize the key vocabulary words
when they hear them - with and without
the unit’s sentence;
3. say the key vocabulary words and the
Unit’s sentence.
Kindergarten
yéil (raven)
ch´áak´ (eagle)
xík (puffin)
Unit’s Dialog
a. Daa sá wéix yaa ndakín (What is flying
over there)
b. _____ áwé wéix yaa ndakín (____is flying
over there.)
a. Héen kináak yaa ndakín. (It is flying over
the water.)
b. Aaá _______xaatéen. (Yes, I see ______.)
Key Vocabulary
Grades 1 - 3
yéil (raven)
ch´áak´ (eagle)
xík (puffin)
gáaxw (duck)
dóol (sandhill crane)
1. demonstrate an understanding of the
unit’s theme;
2. recognize the key vocabulary words
when they hear them - with and without
the unit’s sentence;
3. say the key vocabulary words and the
Unit’s sentence;
4. recognize the printed forms of the key
vocabulary words;
5. decode & encode the key vocabulary
words by word halves, syllables and/or
letters;
6. write the key vocabulary words.
Grades 4 - 6
yéil (raven)
ch´áak´ (eagle)
xík (puffin)
gáaxw (duck)
dóol (sandhill crane)
kindachooneit (mallard)
t´aawák (goose)
x´éishx´w (blue jay)
Unit’s Sentence
Grades 7 - 12
yéil (raven)
ch´áak´ (eagle)
xík (puffin)
gáaxw (duck)
dóol (sandhill crane)
kindachooneit (mallard)
t´aawák (goose)
x´éishx´w (blue jay)
ts´axweitl (crow)
kéidladi (seagull)
dzísk´w/tsísk´w (owl
with ear tufts)
k´ákw (owl without
ear tufts)
_____ áwé wéix yaa ndakín (____is flying over there.)