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Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How Coyote Got His Name - A Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a Native American tale about how Coyote got his name. This is for 5 to 9 students. He features prominently in a lot of stories of the Navajo and in many other tribes. I first saw this one online but have heard it from our Navajo teacher since. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the first page but t
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3rd - 6th, Adult Education
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Indigenous Peoples Day: Things Native Americans Gave (Alt to Columbus Day)
This is an alternative to the Columbus Day Word Search. It focuses instead on the items introduced to the New World and the items brought back from the New World to the Old World. Horses, chickens, etc from Old World, Chocolate, corn...etc from the New World. Its the Columbus Day Word Search from Scorton Creek with a different title.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Creek and Cherokee Indians - Student Choice Board
Choice boards are a wonderful way to offer students a "choice" in their work, as well as to differentiate instruction. This choice board goes along with a unit study on the Creek and Cherokee Indians. The board is designed to have the children complete the center square and then any other squares to make three in a row. A variety of learning styles are taken into consideration when designing the board.
It includes: Book making, graphic organizers, comparisons, writing, and illustrating with
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2nd
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Clever Coyote - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Comanche legend about how clever coyote saved the buffalo. In the script, A long time ago a monster came and stole all the buffalo overnight. He took them and locked them up in his mountain cave. Coyote called all animals and people together to discuss what they should do. They came up with a plan to give a pet to the small boy who lived with the monster and, at the right time, the pet would set the buffalo free. They sent a mouse and then a bird
Native American Inuit Packet
This packet includes 2 different Native American Inuit Folklore/ Myths, and they are leveled. These passages will work great for integrating the teaching of Georgia Performance Standards Social Studies for the Native American Inuit Tribe, Georgia Performance Standards for space and constellations, and Common Core Standards for fourth grade for RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, and RL.4.4. The directions include underlining evidence in a specific color for each standard. I like using these for close rea
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4th - 7th
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Father Sky Mother Earth - A Navajo Tale Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for 4 - 8 students. It is a Navajo 'Just So' Story about nature and why Navajo's walk in beauty. It is the story of harmony. I combine the 8 parts into 4 speaking parts because 4 of them are very small. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the first page but the rest is black and w
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Coyote, Bobcat, and the Corn - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote is hungry and is a bad hunter. He convinces Bobcat to join him to go and get some ears of corn. Bobcat is slow and it is far away also, he does not trust Coyote. But Coyote talks Bobcat into going to the cornfield to get the corn. He says he knows a way to help Bobcat run fast and off they go. By the time they get there Bobcat is tired and sits down to rest while Coyote makes a pig of himself. Soon t
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4th - 12th
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How Crow Brought the Daylight – Small Group Reader’s Theater
This reader's theater was written for a group of 5 students but can be expanded to 7. It is based on the Inuit's legend of the Crow and how it brought daylight to them. In the script, When the Earth was young there was no daylight in the north and the Inuit people lived always in darkness. One day Old Crow begins to tell them of the daylight he has seen in his long travels and the people beg him to go and bring them some. At first he refuses because he is old now and doesn’t think he can make it
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Two Wolves - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 3 students. It is a Cherokee legend about two wolves. In the script, a grandson has come to visit his grandfather. He is invited to breakfast. When the grandfather asks him how he is doing - the grandson tells him that he has been fighting with his best friend. The grandson says his friend called him names and took his toy and won’t say sorry until he does. The grandson doesn’t think he should have to apologize. After thinking for a moment, the grandfather tells his
The Very First Thanksgiving Day Listening & Writing Activity
This is a worksheet to go with a listening activity for "The Very First Thanksgiving Day" by Rhonda Growler Greene. It includes multiple choice, short and long response answer questions.
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2nd - 6th
Owl & Woodpecker - A Navajo Tale Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for 7 students. It is a Navajo 'Just So' Story about why animals have the markings that they do. I usually make my stories smaller but this one needed seven. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the first page but the rest is black and white. The problem with many other reader's th
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Osceola Informational Passage (aligned with MCCRS)
This is a short passage with a Vocabulary activity & comprehension questions about Native American Hero Osceola. There is also a short writing activity using 'because, but, so' sentence stems as is used in The Writing Revolution.
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5th
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Coyote and The Rolling Stone - Small Group Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 3 students. It is based on a Goshute tale of how Coyote didn't listen to his brother. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the first page but the rest is black and white. The problem with many other reader's theaters is that students spend a lot of time waiting for their part. Wh
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3rd - 6th
Coyote and The Lizards Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a group of 7 students but can be condensed to 5. It is based on a Navajo tale about Coyote. In the script, Coyote meets up with the lizards and wants to play games with them. He won't listen to the lizards when they warn him about their game though which is typical of coyote. I found this story online but have since heard it from the Navajo Language teacher. I use reader's theater as a way to encourage my reluctant readers to raise their fluency. It motivat
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3rd - 8th
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Coyote, Buzzard, and Young Buffalo - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 - 7 students. Some parts are small so I usually use 4 students and have them double up. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote has grown old and Buzzard is waiting for him to die so he can eat him. Coyote goes to Buffalo to ask him to share his youth and power. Buffalo doesn’t like Coyote but feels sorry for him so he gives him some youth. He won’t give Coyote power though. Coyote is turned into a buffalo with a coyote tail. He is warned he has no
How Coyote Got Yellow Eyes - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote is hungry and is a bad hunter. He convinces Bobcat to join him to go and get some ears of corn. Bobcat is slow and it is far away also, he does not trust Coyote. But Coyote talks Bobcat into going to the cornfield to get the corn. He says he knows a way to help Bobcat run fast and off they go. By the time they get there Bobcat is tired and sits down to rest while Coyote makes a pig of himself. Soon t
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4th - 12th
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4th Grade Social Studies Choice Board
This choice board was created to use with my 3rd graders at the end of the year to give them a background on 4th grade Social Studies. It will allow them to research, using various resources, and work together to gain knowledge that will be important for their future.
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3rd - 6th
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Ms. Coyote and the Doe - A Navajo Tale - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for four students. It is one of my favorites and I have a lot of scripts. I've incorporated a Navajo tale. Ms. Coyote likes to imitate everyone and think she's better than anyone else. When she sees Does' fawns, she wants to find out her secret and make her cubs just as beautiful. Doe decides to teach her a lesson. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black
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3rd - 8th
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If You Lived in Colonial Times Reading Packet
This reading packet goes along with the story: If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern. There are over 100 questions with an answer key for this reading packet. To access the answer key, you will be directed to click on the hyperlink on the last page. It will bring you to a new document.
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3rd - 4th
Eagle Song Reading Comprehension Packet with Answer Key
This Eagle Song reading comprehension packet focuses on each of the eight chapters. There are two pages of questions focusing on vocabulary, main idea, characters, setting and events related to the chapter. There is also an extended response question after chapter eight. Each chapter has an answer key.
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3rd - 5th
LA Activity~Native American Proper Noun Play~Marzano & Common Core
This lesson is sure to help you teach your students the proper way to capitalize proper nouns. It's a very fun learning activity using a Native American myth and putting on a classroom play. The activity addresses Common Core standards and Marzano's domains, design questions and elements. It also includes links to how to make Native American tunics and headresses for your play :-) Thank you, Adam Stuart and the School of Athens ~ Mind Adventures program.
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PreK - 5th
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Lakota - American Indians
This is a set of question and answer cards that cover all of the VA SOL's for 2nd & 3rd grade. These cards can be used in many ways within the classroom and beyond. Students can use them independently, in a partnership, small groups, and even whole group. Independently a student could play memory match and they could also do the same thing with a partner or use them as flash cards. Small groups could create game boards to accompany these cards and whole group could utilize the cards with Q
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2nd - 3rd
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Lined Paper for Native American Essays
This lined paper is decorated with a long house, teepee and an adobe dwelling. It is ideal for having students publish essays on native Americans. It is ideal for VA grade 2 and 3, as is is tribe specific.
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1st - 3rd
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