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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimpshian As a Second Language
Lesson 10
Kindergarten - Grade 3
Extension Activities
Administer the Assessment for this unit.
• Divide a length of mural paper into sections -
one section for each weather form introduced
in this unit. Provide the students with old magazines,
scissors and glue. The students should
find pictures of the weather forms. The students
should glue the pictures that they find in
the correct sections on the mural paper. Label
each section of the mural paper with an illustration
of a weather form.
• Prepare a life-sized cut out of a person, from
mural paper. Lay the cut out on the floor and
tape it in place. Place the clothing samples
beside the cut out. Have the students take
turns dressing the cut out for the different
weather forms.
• Before the lesson begins, prepare simple
weather symbols for the weather forms introduced
in this unit. Photocopy the symbols and
cut them out. Mix all of the symbols together.
Place the symbols on the floor and group the
students around them. Have pairs of students
take turns sorting and classifying the symbols
by their types.
• Introduce the dialog from this unit to the students.
Practice the dialog with the students in
choral, group and individual forms.
Prepare a sheet of small vocabulary illustrations,
based on the key vocabulary
words for this unit. Make a copy of the page
for each student. The students should take
the illustrations page home so that they can
say the Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian vocabulary
words to the members of their families.
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Extension Activities
Administer the Assessment for this unit.
• Divide a length of mural paper into sections -
one section for each weather form introduced
in this unit. Provide the students with old magazines,
scissors and glue. The students should
find pictures of the weather forms. The students
should glue the pictures that they find in
the correct sections on the mural paper. Label
each section of the mural paper with a sight
word from this unit.
• Prepare a life-sized cut out of a person, from
mural paper. Lay the cut out on the floor and
tape it in place. Place the clothing samples
beside the cut out. Have the students take
turns dressing the cut out for the different
weather forms.
• Before the lesson begins, prepare simple
weather symbols for the weather forms introduced
in this unit. Photocopy the symbols and
cut them out. Mix all of the symbols together.
Place the symbols on the floor and group the
students around them. Have pairs of students
take turns sorting and classifying the symbols
by their types.
• Introduce the dialog from this unit to the students.
Practice the dialog with the students in choral, group and
individual forms. • Use the Dialog Activity Page from the
Student Support Materials to review the dialog.
• Give each student a sight word card from any unit covered
thus far in the Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian language program.
Encourage each student to say a sentence of his/her
own using the sight word.
Prepare a list of the sight words from this unit.
Make a copy for each student. The students
should take the list home so that they can practice
reading the words with their families.
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