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Unit 7 - Weather Forms - Tsimshian
Kindergarten - Grade 3
During this unit, the students will:
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
lacka (weather)
gyamg (hot)
‘kwila shuunt
(unseasonably hot)
Unit’s Dialog
a. Nda wila waal lacka (How is the weather)
Key Vocabulary
Grades 1 - 3
lacka (weather)
gyamg (hot)
‘kwila shuunt
(unseasonably hot)
aam lacka (nice
out)
gwatg (cold)
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
lacka (weather)
gyamg (hot)
‘kwila shuunt
(unseasonably hot)
aam lacka (nice
out)
gwatg (cold)
‘dsuu baashg
(breezy/windy)
‘dsuu lacka
(stormy)
yain(foggy)
Grades 7 - 12
lacka (weather)
gyamg (hot)
‘kwila shuunt
(unseasonably hot)
aam lacka (nice
out)
gwatg (cold)
‘dsuu baashg
(breezy/windy)
‘dsuu lacka
(stormy)
yain(foggy)
huk dsen(cloudy)
waash (rainy)
shaga gyamg
(sunny)
dm yaa waash. (It
will rain)
b. _______ lacka. (The weather is _______.)
a. Oa, ‘doyckshn. (Yes, thank you.)
Unit’s Sentence
_________ wila waal lacka. (The weather is
_________.)