Download - Sealaska Heritage Institute

Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 7
Kindergarten - Grade 3
Review the unit’s Sentence with the
students. Use the unit’s Sentence for
the following activities.
• Flashlight Find
Basic Listening
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the walls, chalkboard, win -
dows, etc. Have a student stand in the center of the classroom with
a flashlight. Say the Unit’s Sentence and one of the vocabulary
words; the student must find the illustration for the sentence you
said, using the light of the flashlight. This activity may also be conducted
in team form. In this case, have two flashlights available.
Have a player from each team stand in the center of the classroom.
When you say the Unit’s Sentence, each player must attempt to
find the correct illustra tion with the light of his/her flashlight. The
first player to correctly identify the il lustration for the sentence you
said wins the round. Repeat until all players have played.
• Wheel of Names
Basic Speaking
Before the activity begins, prepare a name card for each student.
Lay the name cards on your desk, in a large circle. Mount the
vocab ulary illus trations on the chalkboard. Place a bottle or other
appropriate spinner in the center of your desk. Spin the spinner.
When the spin ner stops, call the student’s name it is pointing at.
That student must then identify a vocabu lary illustration you point
to on the chalkboard and then say its name in the Unit’s Sentence.
When a student has done this correctly, re move his/her name card
from the desk. Continue in this way until no name cards are left on
the desk.
• Hand Tag
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. Repeat until many students have
responded.
• Switch
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Reading
Sight Recognition
Stand all of the sight word cards in the chalkboard ledge. For added
motivation you may wish to prepare extra sight word cards for this
ac tivity. Have the students look carefully at the sequence of sight
word cards (from left to right). Then, have the students close their
eyes. Switch the order of any two of the sight word cards. Have the
students open their eyes and call upon specific individuals to name
the sight words that were switched. You may wish to conduct this
activity in team form. In this case, the first player to correctly identify
the two switched sight words, wins the round. Re peat until all
play ers have participated.
• About - Face!
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the walls, chalkboard, door,
and windows of the classroom. Mount the sight word cards on the
chalkboard. Use a flashlight to shine on one of the sight word
cards. The students should then turn and face the illustra tion for the
sight word you point to. Repeat until all of the sight words have
been identified in this way.
• Cloudburst
Group the students close together in the center of the class room.
Run a masking tape line around the students, on the floor. Toss a
round, in flated balloon into the air, above the students. The object
of the ac tivity is for the students to avoid being touched by the balloon
as it lands. The students may not move outside of the masking
tape circle. When a student is touched by the falling balloon,
he/she must identify a sight word that you show. Repeat until many
students have re sponded.
• Activity Sheet
Select an activity sheet from the Student Support Materials.
Provide each student with a copy of the activity page.
313