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Unit 15 - Types of Insects - 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
Grades 1 - 3
Key Vocabulary
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
Grades 7 - 12
geek (house fly)
‘dsashkw (louse)
gga’bilaash (mosquito
larvae)
Unit’s Dialog
geek (house fly)
‘dsashkw (louse)
gga’bilaash (mosquito
larvae)
giladse’eds (dragon
fly)
geek (mosquito)
a. Ahl needsnee gwee (Do you see that
thing)
b. Oa, needsu. (Yes I see)
a. Du, goayu gwee (Good grief, what is
that
b. ______ gwee. (That’s a ______.)
geek (house fly)
‘dsashkw (louse)
gga’bilaash (mosquito
larvae)
giladse’eds (dragon
fly)
geek (mosquito)
adabeesh (butterfly)
gats’goldsack (ant)
wackwock (moth)
Unit’s Sentence
geek (house fly)
‘dsashkw (louse)
gga’bilaash (mosquito
larvae)
giladse’eds (dragon
fly)
geek (mosquito)
adabeesh (butterfly)
gats’goldsack (ant)
wackwock (moth)
ab ( bee)
adashged
(crawling insect/spider)
‘dimuu
(blood sucker/leech)
______gwee. (That’s a _______.)