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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 8
Kindergarten - Grade 3
Review the unit’s sentence with the
students. Use the unit’s sentence for
the following activities.
• Clozure
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Reading
Decoding/Encoding
• Nod and Clap
Basic Listening
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the chalkboard. Point to one
of the illustra tions and say its name, using the unit’s sentence. The
students should nod their heads to indicate that you said the correct
sentence for the illustration. However, when you point to an
illustration and say an incorrect sentence for it, the students should
clap their hands ONCE. Repeat this process until all of the vocabulary
illustrations have been used a number of times in this way.
• Hand Tag
Basic Speaking
Group the students in a circle on the floor. The students should
place their hands inside the circle - palms down, flat on the floor.
Stand in the center of the circle with a flashlight. Then, use the light
of the flashlight to attempt to tag a student's hand or hands. The
stu dents may pull their hands out of the circle whenever they think
they are going to be tagged. When a student's hand or hands are
tagged, he/she must then iden tify a vocabulary illustration you
show, using the unit’s sentence for this unit. Repeat until many students
have responded.
• Road Maze
Outline a series of "roads" on the floor using masking tape or chalk.
All of the roads should begin at the same place and end in the
same general area. Place the vocabulary illustrations at the ends of
the roads. Give two students toy cars. The students should place
their cars at the START of the roads. When you say "Go," they
should drive through the road system as quickly as they can to the
vocabulary illustrations. The first player to park his/her car on one
of the illustrations and to name it, using the unit’s unit’s sentence,
wins the round. Re peat with other pairs of players until all of the
students have partici pated.
Prepare clozure cards using the key vocabulary words - print only
the first and last letters of the words on the cards. Write the main
part of each word on flashcards that fit into the clozure cards.
Mount all of the clozure cards on the chalkboard. Lay the other
flashcards on the floor in front of the chalkboard. Group the stu -
dents into two teams. When you say "Go," the first player in each
team must rush to the cards on the floor. Each player should select
one of the cards and center it in its correct clozure card on the
chalkboard. The first player to do this successfully wins the round.
Repeat until all players in each team have partici pated. This activity
can also be conducted as an activity sheet with the students.
• Find The Other Half
Group the students into two teams. Give the first player in each
team a flashlight. Cut each of the sight words in half. Mix the word
halves together and attach them to the chalkboard in a scattered
form. Stand between the two teams with a flashlight. Shine the light
of your flashlight on a word half. When you say "Go," the first player
in each team must turn on his/her flashlight and find the other
half of the word for the word half your light is shining on. The first
student to do this correctly wins the round. Repeat until all players
in each team have played.
• The Lost Syllable
Say a syllable from one of the sight words. Call upon the students
to identify the sight word (or words) that contain that syllable.
Depending upon the syllable you say, more than one sight word
may be the correct answer. This activity may also be done in team
form. In this case, lay the sight word cards on the floor. Group the
students into two teams. Say a syllable from one of the sight words.
When you say "Go," the first player in each team must rush to the
sight word cards and find the sight word that contains the sylla ble
you said.
• Spell By Numbers
Cut each of the sight words into its individual letters/syllables.
Mount all of the cut out letters/syllables on the chalkboard, in a
scattered form. Provide each student with writing paper and pen.
Number each of the letter/syllables on the chalkboard. Say one of
the sight words. Then, each student should write the numbers of
the let ters/syllables that make up the sight word you said. Repeat
until all sight words have been "encoded" in this way. Afterwards,
review the students' responses.
• Activity Sheet
Provide the students with an activity sheet from the Student
Support Materials.
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