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Wounspe Opahte
Ici Yamni
Eleventh Teaching
Outcome (i)
(i) Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
guttural, glottal
stop/explosive of
letter p.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p124125
Alphabet Poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
pronunciation to
learn to articulate
Lakota sounds pp.
124 & 125
Activities
Practice Lakota
sounds for P, P, P
P’
Oral Drill
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p124125
Alphabet Poster
35 min. 3 times
Appropriate
pronunciation learn
to articulate Lakota
sounds pp. 124 &
125
Oral drill Pages 124
& 125
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 124-125
Alphabet Poster
Garage band
25 min. x 5 times
Appropriate
pronunciation to
learn to articulate
Lakota sounds, 124
& 125
Pronounce p and
term with the p.
-create a garage
band
Evaluation
Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
guttural, glottal
stop/explosive of
letter p.
Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
guttural, glottal
stop/explosive of
letter p.
Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
guttural, glottal
stop/explosive of
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Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 124-125
Journal
Worksheets
90 min.
Appropriate
pronunciation to
learn to articulate
Lakota sounds , pp.
124 & 125
Reflections through
writing.
Outcome (ii)
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p127128, 131-132
Weather Graphic
Organizer
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times a
week
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p127128, 131-132
Weather Graphic
Organizer
35 min. 2 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
weather terms &
times.
Pages 127, 131, &
132
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Page 127
letter p.
Oral drills and
Know diacritics
worksheets
appropriately
(translate sentences including
or spelling
terminology and
competitions)
intonation of
Journaling on
guttural, glottal
cultural aspects of
stop/explosive of
the Lakota language letter p.
Activities
Practice weather
words and time
words
(orally and writing)
Evaluation
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Oral drill pages 127
& 128,
Homework page
128
Make own graphic
organizers
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
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Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Oral drills p. 125,
127, 128, 129, 130,
131, 132, 133, 134
Homework pp. 129,
130
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 127-128,
131-132
Lakota Star
Knowledge Book
25 min. two times a
week
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 127-128,
131-132
90 min. two times a
week
Outcome (iii)
Identify and
correctly use verb
with “blu” pronoun.
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 129-130
Alphabet Poster of
first, second third
person singular and
plural
Graphic Organizer
and music
(E. Bullhead)
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 129-130
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
pronunciation
Pages 129 & 130
Activities
Practice “blu” verb
conjugation
(singular)
Concept of
ownership does not
apply to “yuha”
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly use “blu”
pronoun.
35 min. 2 times a
week
Appropriate
pronunciation
Pages 129 & 130
Oral drill and
homework page
129
Identify and
correctly use “blu”
pronoun.
Grades 3-5
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Pages 127, 131, &
132
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
?
Dialogue
- students will
create a dialogue
-perform the
conversation
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Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Alphabet Poster of
first, second third
person singular and
plural
Graphic Organizer
and music
(E. Bullhead)
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 129-130
Graphic Organizer
and music
(E. Bullhead)
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 129-130
Graphic Organizer
and music
(E. Bullhead)
Practice “blu” verb
conjugation
Concept of
ownership does not
apply to “yuha”
25 min. 2 times
Pages 129 & 130
Demonstrate the
use of the “blu”
with verbs
-students will make
sentences using
“blu”.
Concept of
ownership does not
apply to “yuha”
Identify and
correctly use “blu”
pronoun.
90 min.
Pronoun “blu” page
129
Oral drills, &
homework p. 129
Concept of
ownership does not
apply to “yuha”
Identify and
correctly use “blu”
pronoun.
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Outcome (iv)
Know how to
conjugate verbs
using Lakota foods
as topic
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 133-136
Food poster
Appendix P
Leta’s video
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p133135
Food poster
Appendix P
Leta’s video
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p133135
Appendix P
Leta’s video
Length of unit
30 min. 5 times a
week
25 min. 2 times a
week
Pages 129 & 130
How Lakota used
food in their daily
lives.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p133135
Appendix P
Leta’s video
90 min. 2 times a
week
Food pages 133 &
134
How Lakota used
food in their daily
lives
35 min. 2 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
changeable verbs
(yatke) p. 133
How Lakota used
food in their daily
lives.
Pages 27 and 133
???
How Lakota used
food in their daily
lives.
Activities
Practice food
vocabulary (Level I
words)
Create a collage
Make books
Evaluation
Know how to
conjugate verbs
using Lakota foods.
Oral drill Pages 133
& 134
(Level I words)
* label foods at
Turtle Creek and
other projects in
the community
Conjugating verbs
with food for the
topic, fill in the
blanks
* create dialogue
using foods
Know how to
conjugate verbs
using Lakota foods.
Oral drills
And games using
foods
Paragraph on
knowledge of food
* Potluck
(immersion)
Know how to
conjugate verbs
using Lakota foods.
Know how to
conjugate verbs
using Lakota foods.
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Wounspe Opahte
Ici Yamni
Twelfth Teaching
Outcome (i)
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of glottal
stop/explosive of
letters S, S’, S, S’
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 137-138
Alphabet poster
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Articulate Lakota
Appropriate
pronunciation of S,
S’, S, S’
Pages 137 & 138
Activities
Practice the
intonation which
changes the word
meaning
Evaluation
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of glottal
stop/explosive of
letters S, S’, S, S’
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p137138
Alphabet poster
35 min. 2 times a
week
Pages 137 & 138
Pronunciation drill
and vocabulary
Pages 137 & 138
• Spelling Lakota S
words
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of glottal
stop/explosive of
letters S, S’, Í, Í’
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p137138, 211 & 214
(appendix Q)
Garage band
Alphabet Poster
25 min. 5 times
Pages 137 & 138
Pronouncing the
three S’s with
diacritical marks
spelling Lakota S
words
Centers using MP3
players
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of glottal
stop/explosive of
letters S, S’, S, S’
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Grades 9-12
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p137138, 211 & 214
(appendix Q)
Alphabet Poster
MP3 players
90 min. 2 times
Pages 137 & 138
Pronunciation and
vocabulary drills
Read Alouds p.137
& 138
Share & Discussion
Centers using MP3
players
Create sentences
using Lakota S
words p.137
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of glottal
stop/explosive of
letters S, S’, S, S’
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
relationship terms.
Practice respectful
behavior toward
relatives.
Pages 138 -142
Activities
Practice
relationship terms
Evaluation
Establish proper
relationship terms.
Oral drills on pages
139-142
Establish proper
relationship terms
for in-Laws.
Pages 138, 139, 140
& 141
Model proper inlaw term usage.
Create dialogue.
Students will use
Establish proper
relationship terms
for in-Laws.
Outcome (ii)
Establish proper
relationship terms
for in-Laws
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p138141
Length of unit
30 min. 5 times
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p138141
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 138-141
Iktomi Story p.139
35 min. 2 times
Grades 6-8
25 min. 2 times
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dialogue as oral
drill.
Create dialogue.
Students will use
dialogue as
oral drills
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 139-140
Iktomi Story p. 139
90 min. 2 times
Pages 138, 139, 140
& 141
Outcome (iii)
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 1- 100.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 101-1000.
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p144145
Number Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p144145
Number Poster
Video: Oceti
Sakowin
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 144-145
Story
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
methods to identify
numbers Page 144
Activities
Practice Lakota
numbers 1- 100
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 1-100.
35 min.
Pages 144 & 145
Oral drill on Pages
144 & 145
Worksheets &
games
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 101-1000.
25 min. 2 times
Stories, turning
point p. 145
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 101-1000.
Reading and
90 min. 2 times
Pages 144 & 145
Creating a number
chart from 1001000
Review
(base ten)
short dialogue base
ten
Oral drills
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Concept of 4 and 7
Establish proper
relationship terms
for in-Laws.
Identify and
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Writing the Lakota
Language, 144-145
Outcome (iv)
Differentiate
between traditional
and contemporary
clothing items.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Number Patterns
Review (base ten,
Translate)
Find opportunities
to use Lakota
numbers in context
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 101-1000.
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p146147
Appendix S pp 214
& 215
Paper Dolls
Stories
Clothing Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p146147
Stories
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate Lakota
clothing terms for
male and female
Page 146
Activities
Practice clothing
terms
Paper Dolls
Evaluation
Differentiate
between traditional
and contemporary
clothing items.
35 min. 2 times
Pages 17, 27, 146
-appropriate
clothing protocol
for specific events
and ceremonies
Differentiate
between traditional
and contemporary
clothing items.
Reading and
25 min. 4 times
Pages 146
Oral drill page 146
Focus Wokoyake for
male and female
And Winyan
Tahayapi
Community
speakers
Modeling the usage
of the clothing
terms
Modeling the usage
Differentiate
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Writing the Lakota
Language, p146147
Stories
appropriate
clothing protocol
for specific events
and ceremonies
of the clothing
terms, students will
create sentences to
describe their
clothing
Oral drills
Field trips to see
clothing.
Speakers
between traditional
and contemporary
clothing items.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p146147
Stories
90 min. 2 times
Clothing terms
pages 146 & 147
appropriate
clothing protocol
for specific events
and ceremonies
Differentiate
between traditional
and contemporary
clothing items.
Outcome (v)
Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla” and “blu”
pronoun
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p147150
Earl Bullhead song
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p147150
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate use of
verbs with “bla”
and “blu” pronouns
Pages 148 & 149
Activities
Practice using a
sentence with “bla”
and “blu”
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla”and “blu”
pronouns
35 min. 2 times
Pages 147-149
Oral drill page 147150
Homework page
148
Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla”and “blu”
pronouns
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p147150
Garage Band
25 min. 3 times
Pages 148 & 149
Conjugate “bla” and
“blu” as pronouns.
Worksheet on
writing the “bla”
and “blu” works
Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla” and “blu”
pronouns
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Earl Bullhead song
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p147150
Graphic Organizer
(E. Bullhead)
90 min.
“bla” and “blu”
verbs pages 147 150
correctly
Use garage band
Oral drills p.147-150 Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla” and “blu”
pronouns
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Wounspe Opahte
Ici Yamni
Thirteenth
Teaching
Outcome (i)
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral and glottal
stop/explosive of
letter T
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 153-154
Alphabet poster
Length of unit
30 min. 5 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Articulate Lakota
Appropriate
pronunciation of T
Pages 153 & 154
Activities
Practice the
intonation which
changes the word
meaning.
Evaluation
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral and glottal
stop/explosive of
letter T.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p153154
Alphabet poster
35 min. 3 times a
week
Articulate Lakota
Appropriate
pronunciation of T
Pages 153 & 154
Oral drill pages 153
& 154
Pronunciation drill
and vocabulary
Pages 137 & 138
• Spelling Lakota S
words
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral and glottal
stop/explosive of
letter T.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p153154
Alphabet poster
Garage band
25 min. 2 times a
week
Articulate Lakota
appropriate
pronunciation of T
Pages 153 & 154
Pronouncing the
terms with the 3 t’s
with diacritical
marks.
Record terms into
garage band
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral and glottal
stop/explosive of
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letter T.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p153154
Alphabet poster
90 min. 2 times a
week
Articulate Lakota
appropriate
pronunciation of T.
Pages 153 & 154
Oral drills
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral and glottal
stop/explosive of
letter T.
Outcome (ii)
Identify and the
significance of the
colors in Lakota.
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p154155
Color Terms Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p154155
Color Terms Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p154-
Length of unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate use of
“luta”
Page 154
Activities
Practice the names
for colors using in
context.
Color Chart (Level I)
Evaluation
Identify and know
the significance of
the colors in Lakota.
35 min. 3 times
Pages 154 & 155
Oral drill page 154
& 155
Homework page
155
Identify and know
the significance of
the colors in Lakota.
25 min. 3 times
Pages 154 & 155
Matching the colors
with terms and
direction of the
Identify and know
the significance of
the colors in Lakota.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
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Grades 9-12
155
Level II color terms
Color Terms Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p154155
Color Terms Poster
hocokan
90 min.
Colors pages 154 &
156
Oral drills p.155
Create sentences
Create a color
wheel using Lakota
colors
Identify and know
the significance of
the colors in Lakota.
Outcome (iii)
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p155156
Medicine Wheel
Poster
Directional Charts
Length of unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate use of
directions for
prayer
Page 156
Activities
Practice 4
directions/4 winds
Evaluation
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p155156
Medicine Wheel
Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p155156
35 minutes
Page 155
Oral drill
Page 156
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
25 min.
Pages 155 & 156
Sing the four
direction song as
the song addresses
which direction to
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
Grades 6-8
Teach seven
directions
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Grades 9-12
Outcome (iv)
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
Grades K-2
Medicine Wheel
Poster
Earl Bullhead Song
(4-Directions Song)
Lakota Ceremonial
Songs (John Around
Him, and Willard
Pipe Boy)
“Hocokan Paper”
Francis White Bird
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p155156
Medicine Wheel
Poster
“Hocokan Paper”
Francis White Bird
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p160162
face, reference the
hocokan to pick up
their schema
90 min. 2 times
Tatuye Topa pages
155 & 156
Oral drills
Spiritual
Significance of
colors
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
Length of time
30 min. 5 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
methods of using
“Iblukcan and
Woiyukcan” by
teacher
Pages 158-162
“Indian Giver”
philosophy p. 162
Activities
Critical Thinking
activities
Evaluation
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
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Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Outcome (v)
Know how to
conjugate and use
all forms of miye,
mis, and miseya.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p160162
Iktomi Stories
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p160162
Iktomi Stories
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p160162
Iktomi Stories
35 min.
90 min 2 times a
week
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp164166
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p164166
35 min. 3 times
25 min. 2 times a
week
Defining Iblukcan
and wolyukan .
Page 161
“Indian Giver”
philosophy p. 162
Pages 158-162
Oral drill Page 162
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
Sentences that
need to be
corrected to be
proper
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
“Blu” conjugation,
woiyukcan, review
complex sentences
Pages 158-162
“Indian Giver”
philosophy p. 162
Oral drills
“matching” quiz
develop sentences
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
pronunciation of
forms of “miye, mis,
and miseya” Pages
164 & 165
Pages 164 & 165
Activities
Practice dialogue
using miye, mis and
miseya
Evaluation
Know how to
conjugate and use
all forms of miye,
mis, and miseya.
Oral drill
Page 167
Know how to
conjugate and use
all forms of miye,
mis, and miseya.
“Indian Giver”
philosophy p. 162
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Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p164166
25 min. 2 times
Use in dialogue
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
90 min. 2 times
Pages 164 & 165
Worksheet
-model the use of
all forms and give
dialogue then
conjugate all forms
Oral drills
Develop sentences
Know how to
conjugate and use
all forms of miye,
mis, and miseya.
Know how to
conjugate and use
all forms of miye,
mis, and miseya.
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