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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.
• Airplane Land
Basic Listening
Lay the vocabulary illustrations on the floor in a scattered form.
Have the students sit in a large circle around the illustrations.
Prepare two paper airplanes. Give the airplanes to the students.
Say one of the vocabulary words and the students should toss their
airplanes, attempting to land them on the illustration for the vocabulary
word you said. Repeat until all students have participated.
• 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. Repeat until many students have
responded.
• Number Draw
Provide each student with a blank flashcard. Say a number to each
stu dent (between one and, depending upon the number of stu dents
in your class). Each student should write his/her number on his/her
number card. Prepare a matching set of number cards and place
the cards in a con tainer. Reach into the container and remove one
of the number cards. Call the number showing on it. The stu dent
who has that number must identify a vocabulary illustration on the
chalkboard, using the Unit’s Sentence. Repeat this process until all
students have responded.
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Reading
Decoding/Encoding
• Something's Missing
Before the activity begins, prepare "clozure" word cards - sight
word cards that have letters/syllables missing. Show one of the
clozure word cards to the students and call upon them to iden tify
the sight word it represents. This activity may also be done in team
form. In this case, group the students into two teams. Lay the
clozure word cards on the floor, at the other end of the classroom.
Say one of the sight words (or say a different sight word to the first
player in each team). When you say "Go," the first player from each
team must rush to the clozure word cards and find the clozure word
card for the sight word you said. Re peat until all players have
played.
• Find The Parts
Before the activity begins, prepare a page that contains the sight
words. Provide each student with a copy of the page. Each student
should then cut out the syllables of the sight words. When a student
has cut out all of the syllables, he/she should lay them on his/her
desk, in a scattered form. Say one of the sight words. The students
should then find the necessary syllables to create the sight word
you said. Continue until all of the sight words have been developed
in this way. Later, the students can glue their encoded sight words
on blank sheets of paper.
• Pipe Cleaner Letters
Give each student a pipe cleaner. Say one of the vocabulary words.
Each student must then use his/her pipe cleaner to make ONE letter
found in the word you said (any letter). When the students have
completed their letters, review their responses. Then, collect the
necessary letters from the students to spell the word on the floor. If
some of the letters are missing, call upon the students to tell you
which letters they are. Repeat this process using other key vocabulary
words.
• Activity Sheet
Select an activity sheet from the Student Support Materials.
Provide each student with a copy of the activity page.
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