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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 9
Kindergarten - Grade 3
Review the unit’s Sentence with the
students. Use the unit’s Sentence for
the following activities.
• Hop The Line
Basic Listening
Make a masking tape line on the floor. Have the students stand on
the line - their toes touching the masking tape line. Have the stu -
dents listen for a spe cific sentence (i.e., the unit’s Sentence with a
vocabulary word). Say a number of other sentences - eventually
repeating the sentence you said at the beginning of the round.
When the students hear that sentence, they must hop to the other
side of the line. When the students hop to the other side of the line,
they should then turn around and place their toes on the line once
again. Repeat this pro cess using the Unit’s Sentence with all of the
vocabulary words.
• 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 its key word and the unit’s Sentence from this unit.
Repeat until many students have responded.
• Flashlight Spin
Group the students in a circle. Sit in the center of the circle with a
flashlight. Turn the flashlight on and spin the flashlight on the floor.
When the flash light stops, the student at whom the flash light is
point ing must then identify a vocabulary illustration you show, using
its vocabulary word and the unit’s Sentence from this unit. Repeat
until many stu dents have responded.
• Back Writing
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Writing
Group the students into two teams. Have the first player from each
team stand in front of the chalkboard. Use the index finger of your
writing hand to "write" the first letter of a sight word on the two players'
backs. When you have done this, say "Go." Each of the play -
ers should then write a sight word on the chalkboard that begins
with that letter. Repeat with other pairs of players until all players in
each team have played and until all sight words have been written
a number of times.
• Word Completion
Before the activity begins, prepare clozure cards for the sight
words; omit letters and syllables. Provide each student with a
clozure card. Call upon the students to complete their words on the
clozure cards by writing-in the missing parts. Afterwards, re view the
students' responses.
• Mirror Writing
Group the students into two teams. Have the first player from each
team stand in front of the chalkboard. Give each of the two players
a small, unbreakable mirror. Stand some distance behind the two
play ers with illustrations for the sight words. Hold up one of the
illustra tions. When you say "Go," the players with the mirrors must
look over their shoulders to see the illustration you are holding.
When a player sees the illustration, he/she must write the sight
word for that illustration on the chalkboard. The first player to do
this correctly wins the round. Repeat this pro cess until all players in
each team have ha an opportunity to re spond.
• Meshy Words
Write a "meshword" on the chalkboard. To create a meshword, use
two word halves (from different words) together. Provide each stu -
dent with writing paper and a pen. The students should look at the
meshword you have written and attempt to identify the words from
which the halves were chosen. Each student should then write
those two sight words on his/her sheet of paper. Repeat this
process with other meshwords.
This activity may be conducted in team form by writing a mesh word
on the chalkboard and having players from different teams attempting
to write the sight words used to create the mesh word. Repeat
until all players in each team have had an opportu nity to participate.
• Activity Sheet(s)
Refer to the students’ activity sheets for Basic Writing activities.
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