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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 6
Kindergarten - Grade 3
Review the unit’s sentence with the
students. Use the unit’s sentence for
the following activities.
•Let's Move
Basic Listening
Identify an appropriate body movement for each vocabulary word.
This may involve movements of hands, arms, legs, etc. Practice the
body move ments with the students. When the students are able to
perform the body movements well, say the unit’s sentence that contains
a vocabulary word. The students should respond with the
appropriate body movement. Rather than using body move ments
or, in ad dition to the body movements, you may wish to use "sound
effects" for the sentences. The students should perform the appropriate
body movements/sound effects for the sentences you say.
• Right or Wrong
Basic Speaking
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the chalkboard. Point to one
of the illustra tions and say its vocabulary word in the unit’s sentence.
The students should repeat the vocabu lary word for that
illustration. However, when you point to an illustration and say an
incorrect sentence for it, the students should remain silent. Repeat
this process until the stu dents have re sponded a number of times
to the dif ferent vocabulary illustrations.
• Fanball
Tape the vocabulary illustrations to the floor and group the students
around them. Give a "hand fan" and an inflated balloon to two students.
Say one of the vocabulary words, using the unit’s sentence.
The two students should then use their fans to move the balloons
to the illustration for the vocabulary word you said. Repeat.
• Back Match
Prepare a photocopy of each of the vocabulary illustrations. Cut the
photocopied illustrations in half. Group the students in a circle.
Walk around the outside of the circle, attaching the illus tration
halves to the stu dents' backs. The students should not see which
il lustration halves have been attached to their backs. When each
stu dent has an il lustration half on his/her back, say "Go." The students
should then attempt to match themselves to gether ac cording
to the illustration halves. The students can tell one another what is
on their backs. When two students have cor rectly matched their
illustration halves, they should then orally identify the vocab ulary
word represented by the illustration, using the unit’s sentence.
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Reading
Sight Recognition
Introduce the sight words to the students.
Match the sight words with
their vocabulary illustrations. When
all of the sight words have been
introduced in this way, begin the
Sight Recognition activities. Use
the unit’s sentence with the sight
words.
• Twenty Boxes
Before the activity begins, prepare a page that contains 20 (or
more) boxes. Number each of the boxes on the page. Pro vide each
student with a copy of the boxes. Each student should then use a
pencil to shade-in half of the boxes. If the stencil contains 20 boxes,
each student should shade in ten boxes. When the stu dents have
completed this process, call a student's name and a num ber from
one of the boxes on the form. If the student has that box shadedin,
he/she may "pass". However, if that box is not shaded in, the
student must identify a sight word you show. Repeat this process a
number of times until many students have responded. The stu dents
may exchange forms periodically during the activity.
• Face
Mount the sight words on the walls, chalkboard, windows, etc.,
around the classroom. Group the students into two teams. Give the
first player in each team a flashlight. Darken the class room, if
possi ble. Say one of the sight words. When you say "Go," the students
should turn their flashlights on and attempt to locate the sight
word you said. The first player to do this cor rectly wins the round.
Repeat until all players in each team have participated.
• Clothesline
Mount a clothesline across the classroom using string or yarn. Tie
the ends of the clothesline firmly at opposite ends of the classroom.
Lay two piles of sight words on the floor under the clothesline.
Place a pile of wooden clothespins on the floor be tween the sight
word piles. Group the students into two teams. Say one of the sight
words. When you say "Go," the first player in each team should
rush to the pile of sight word cards. Each player must find the word
card for the sight word you said. He/she must then use one of the
clothespins to attach the sight word to the clothesline. The first
player to do this successfully wins the round. Repeat until all players
in each team have participated. The activity may also be
reversed, having the students remove the sight words from the
clothesline.
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