1
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Wounspe Opahte
Tokeyechi
First Teaching
Outcomes (i)
Identify and
pronounce the
letters of the
Lakota Alphabet
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp 1-13
-winter counts
-pictographs
-garage band
-tape recorder
-community
people
SGU DVD
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
History of the
Written Lakota
Language pp.
3-6
Activities
-Practice saying
the alphabet
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-13
-alphabet poster
-garage band
-tipi pattern and
winter count
SGU DVD
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-13
-alphabet poster
35 min. 4 times
History of written
language
Pages 3-6
Pronunciation drills
-syllables
-pattern of tipi
and/or winter count
using symbols of
history of written
language
Identify and
pronounce the
letters of the
Lakota Alphabet
25 min. 5 times
History of written
language.
-Pronunciation
drill
-syllables
-review
orthographies
Identify and
pronounce the
letters of the
Lakota Alphabet
-Listening for
correct
pronunciation
Evaluation
Identify and
pronounce the
letters of the
Lakota Alphabet
2
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 9-12
Outcomes (ii)
Identify and
pronounce the
vowels and
nasalized vowels
of the Lakota
alphabet
Grades K-2
-garage band
-Smithsonian
website
-winter count book
-community people
SGU DVD
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-13
-alphabet poster
-Smithsonian Book
-winter counts
-pictographs
-community people
SGU DVD
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-14
-alphabet poster
-winter counts
-pictographs
-garage band or
tape recorder
SGU DVD
Appendix A
-read pages 3-6
-winter count
activity
90 min. 2 times
History of written
language.
-Review pages 111
-cultural
explanations on
posters
-cultural
explanations on
posters
-pronunciation drills
-Syllables
-review pages 3-6
-winter count
activity
Identify and
pronounce the
letters of the
Lakota Alphabet
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
History of the
Written Lakota
Language
-pages 1-11
Activities
-practice saying
the vowels and
nasalized vowels
-listening to
correct
pronunciation of
vowels
Evaluation
Identify and
pronounce the
vowels and
nasalized vowels
of the Lakota
alphabet
3
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grade 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-14
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
Garage band
35 min. 4 times
History of the
written Lakota
Language
Page 6
-Pronunciation
Drill
-words divided by
syllables
- definitions/terms
(Appendix C)
Identify and
pronounce the
vowels and
nasalized vowels
of the Lakota
alphabet
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-14
-alphabet poster
-winter counts
-Garage Band
SGU dvd
25 min. 5 times
-History of the
written language
Pronunciation
-Drill words divided
by syllables
-definitions/terms-
Identify and
pronounce the
vowels and
nasalized vowels
of the Lakota
alphabet
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp1-14
-winter count
-pictographs
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
90 min. 2 times
-History of the
written language
(winter counts,
pictographs)
-Review pages 111
-cultural
explanations on
posters
Pronunciation
-Drill words
divided by
syllables
-definitions/terms
Identify and
pronounce the
vowels and
nasalized vowels
of the Lakota
alphabet
Outcomes (iii)
Resources
Length of Unit
Cultural Aspect
Activities
Evaluation
4
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Identify and
practice protocol
for Lakota
Greetings and
dialogue.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp14-20
CD
-relationship terms
poster
SGU dvd
30 min. 5 times
Lakota Greetings
and relative terms
Pages 14-19, 21
Practice orally
using correct
protocol and
appropriate Lakota
greetings
-oral drills
-one to one
dialoging
-role playing
Identify and
practice protocol
for Lakota
greetings and
dialogue.
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp14-19
CD
-garage band
-relationship terms
poster
SGU dvd
35 min. 4 times
Lakota Greetings
pages 14-19, 21
Practice Lakota
greetings and
dialogue protocol
Pages 16-19
-oral drills
-one to one
dialoging
-role playing
Identify and
practice protocol
for Lakota
greetings and
dialogue.
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language. pp14-19
CD
-Relationship poster
-Garage band
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
25 min. 2 times
Lakota Greetings
pages 14 & 19, 21
dialogue
-students will greet
each other using
relative terms.
-Role playing
Identify and
practice protocol
for Lakota
greetings and
dialogue
90 min. 2 times
Lakota Greetings
pp 14-19, 21
-Role playing
-oral drill
Identify and
practice protocol
Grades K-2
Grades 9-12
5
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Language, pp14-19
CD
-relationship terms
poster
-garage band
SGU dvd
-dialoging
for Lakota
greetings and
dialogue
Outcomes (iv)
Identify and use
appropriate
gender endings.
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp18-20
-visual organizer
-paper dolls or
other props
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Appropriate usage
of proper gender
endings pages 18-20
Activities
Role play using
props, practicing
using proper gender
endings
Evaluation
Identify and use
appropriate gender
endings
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp18-20,
27-29
-paper doll
-graphic organizer
35 min. 4 times
-Creation Story
-Cekiyapi, Tiospaye
Pages 20, 27- 29
Pronunciation drill
pages 22-25
Identify and use
appropriate
gender endings
6
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp18-20
Sacred Spirit (song
10) CD
-graphic organizer
SGU Creation story
25 min. 2 times
-Introduction to
gender endings page
20
-stories of protocol
of men and women
in society
-Matching
worksheets on
gender endings
-reading comprehension game
identifying the
speaker by gender
endings
Identify and use
appropriate
gender endings
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, pp18-20
-graphic organizer
90 min. 2 times
Gender endings
-sentence
development
-oral drills
Identify and use
appropriate
gender endings
7
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Wounspe Opahte
Tokeyehci
Second Teaching
Outcome (i)
Identify correct
conjugation forms
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
p32-34
-graphic organizer
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Introduction to
conjugation
Pages 32-34
Activities
Practice correct
conjugation (change
the pronoun the
subject changes)
Evaluation
Identify correct
conjugation forms
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p32-34
-graphic organizer
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p32-34
-graphic organizer
SGU dvd
35 min. 4 times
Introduction to
conjugation
pages 32-34
-conjugation
worksheet page 34
Identify correct
conjugation forms
25 min. 2 times
Proper and correct
conjugation
pages 32-34
Conjugation
worksheet page 34
Identify correct
conjugation forms
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p32-34
-graphic organizer
90 min. 2 times
Proper and correct
conjugation
pages 32-34
-oral drills
-graphic organizer
page 34
Identify correct
conjugation forms
8
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Outcome (ii)
Identify proper use
of the basic Lakota
sentence structure
and Lakota thought
pattern
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p35-39
-Lakota word order
poster p.36
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Speaking English in
Lakota p 35
Activities
-Introduction to
simple sentences
35-40
-modeling Lakota
thought by having
students listen to
stories.
Evaluation
Identify proper use
of the basic Lakota
sentence structure
and Lakota
thought pattern.
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p35-39
-Lakota word order
poster p36
35 min. 4 times
Speaking English in
Lakota p 35
-model Lakota
thought by reading
Lakota stories.
-Writing and oral
drill pages 36 & 37
Identify proper use
of the basic Lakota
sentence structure
and Lakota
thought pattern.
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p35-39
-Lakota word order
poster p36
25 min. 15 times
Speaking English in
Lakota p 35
-Worksheet to
conjugation forms,
page 34.
Translation
activity 37-38
Identify proper use
of the basic Lakota
sentence structure
and Lakota
thought pattern.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p35-39
-Lakota word order
poster p36
90 min. 2 times
Speaking English in
Lakota p 35
-Worksheets
-Read Lakota
material
Identify proper use
of the basic Lakota
sentence structure
and Lakota
thought pattern.
9
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Outcome (iii)
Demonstrate the
correct pronunciation of Lakota
vowels.
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
26-40, 52
-alphabet poster
SGU DVD
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p26-40,
52
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Appropriately using
nasal vowels.
Page 28
Activities
Practice saying the
Lakota vowels and
nasal vowels.
Focus on correct
pronunciation
Evaluation
Demonstrate the
correct
pronunciation of
Lakota vowels.
35 min. 4 times
Appropriately using
nasal vowels,
Page 26, 31-39
Vowels always
make the same
sound even if they
are clustered, p3139
Pronounce the
Lakota vowel
sounds and
pronunciation drill
on page 13
Demonstrate the
correct
pronunciation of
Lakota vowels.
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p26-40,
52
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
25 minutes 5 times
Vowels always
make the same
sound even if they
are clustered, p3139
Pronounce the
Lakota vowel
sounds and
pronunciation drill
on page 13
Demonstrate the
correct
pronunciation of
Lakota vowels.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p26-40,
52
90 min. 2 times
Vowels always
make the same
sound even if they
are clustered,
Pronounce the
Lakota vowel
sounds and
pronunciation drill
Demonstrate the
correct
pronunciation of
Lakota vowels.
Grades 3-5
10
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
pp31-39
on page 13
Activities
Practice using
appropriate Lakota
greeting terms
(Lakota protocol)
Outcome (iv)
Identify and greet
relatives
appropriately
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
p28-30
-relationship poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
-Importance of
relatives p 29
Appropriately using
correct greeting
terms for relatives.
Page 28
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p28-30
-relationship poster
-Garage band
SGU dvd
35 min. 4 times
Introduction drill
-You and I forms
page 30
-He and Hena
Dialogue exercise
-Importance of
relatives p 29
Appropriately using
correct greeting
terms for relatives
Pages 27, 28-29, 3233
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p28-30
-relationship poster
Garage band
SGU dvd
25 min 8 times
-Importance of
relatives p 29
Appropriately using
correct greeting
terms for relatives
Introduction drill,
p30
Introduce relatives
from the family
tree
Evaluation
Identify and greet
relatives
appropriately
Identify and greet
relatives
appropriately
Identify and greet
relatives
appropriately
11
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,p28-30
-relationship poster
SGU dvd
90 min. 2 times
-Importance of
relatives p 29
Appropriately using
correct greeting
terms for relatives.
Introduction drill,
p30
Identify and greet
relatives
appropriately
Outcome (v)
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers 110
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,p38
Paul Goble’s Her
Seven Brothers
manipulative
-number poster
Length of time
30 min. x 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Appropriately use
methods to
identify numbers
1-10. Identify a
number of objects
with the proper
Lakota term
Story 7 brothers.
Activities
Practice oral
counting using
manipulatives and
integrating with
other lessons
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers 110
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
Paul Goble’s Her
Seven Brothers
-medicine wheel
power point
-number poster
35 min. 4 times
Reading story of 7
Brothers
-Number 4
important in culture
Four Winds(tate
topa)
-Read pages 1
“Division within the
Sioux Na pages 155
-“4 winds” also 104
Homework activity
page 30
-use with kinship
lesson
Color Sheet on four
directions.
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers 110.
12
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
Paul Goble’s Seven
Brothers
Flash Cards
-number poster
25 min x 3 times
Reading stories of 7
brothers
Number 4; p104
Division within the
Sioux Nation p155
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
Manipulative
-number poster
90 min.
Numbers 1-10
page 30
Make flash cards,
pronounce numbers
with teacher,
identify numbers,
read aloud by
holding up
matching flash card
Incorporate Lakota
numbers into
sentence structure
-oral drills
-work sheets
-drill activity using
manipulative
-develop sentences
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers 110.
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers 110.
13
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Wounspe Opahte
Tokeyehci
Third Teaching
Outcome (i)
Identify and
pronounce
consonants and
consonant clusters
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,p41-43
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Cultural
explanation
p41-43
"Living Beings"p44
Activities
-oral drills practice
correct
pronunciation of
Lakota words using
consonants and
consonant clusters
Evaluation
Identify and
pronounce
consonants and
consonant clusters
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,p41-43
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
35 min. 4 times
-oral drills
Cultural
Vocabulary p.42
explanation, p42.
"Living Beings"p44 Role play with
clusters
Identify and
pronounce
consonants and
consonant clusters
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p41-43
-Garage Band
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
25 min. 4 times
Cultural
explanation, p42
"Living Beings"
p44
Vocabulary p42
-oral drills
-accented syllable
-dividing consonant
verbs by syllables
Identify and
pronounce
consonants and
consonant clusters
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p41-43
90 min. 2 times
Cultural
explanation, p42
“Living Beings”
Vocabulary p42
-oral drills
-worksheets
Identify and
pronounce
consonants and
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
page 44
-alphabet poster
SGU dvd
Outcome (ii)
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
11-20
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and Writing
the Lakota Language,
p44
Manipulative
-number poster
SGU dvd
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Grades 3-5
Reading and Writing 35 min. 4 times
the Lakota Language,
p44
-number poster
SGU dvd
Handout
(LWhirlwindSoldier)
consonant clusters
Cultural Aspect
Ake p 73
Activities
-Practice oral
counting using
manipulative
-Identify a number
of objects with the
proper Lakota
numbers
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly count of
Lakota numbers
11-20.
Ake p73
Homework activity
on page 45 counting
objects
-base ten pattern
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
11-20
15
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 6-8
Reading and Writing
the Lakota Language,
p44
-number poster
SGU dvd
25 min. 2 times
The use of “ake”
again, p73
Grades 9-12
Reading and Writing
the Lakota
Language, p44
-number poster
90 min.
Ake, p73
Outcome (iii)
Explain and give
examples of
Mitakuye Oyasin
and Wacekiyapi
Grades K-2
Resources
Length of time
Reading and Writing 30 min. 5 times
the Lakota Language,
p46-49
-Creation story
-Seventh Generation
Graphic Organizer
Grades 3-5
Reading and Writing
the Lakota
Language,p46-49
-Medicine Wheel
35 min. 4 times
Make flash cards,
pronounce numbers
with teacher,
identify numbers
read aloud by
holding up
matching flash card
-base ten pattern
Incorporate
numbers into
sentence structure
Oral drills
-review base ten
number system
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
11-20.
Cultural aspect
Appropriately using
Mitakuye Oyasin
and Wacekiyapi.
Pages 46 & 47
-Wicoicage
(generation)
Activities
-Practice the
Lakota Way of Life
and discuss Lakota
philosophy
-tell creation
stories
Evaluation
Explain and give
examples of
Mitakuye Oyasin
and wacekiyapi
Read & Practice on
pages 46-47
-Wicoicage
(generation)
-Medicine Wheel
Power point
-Relative terms
pages 54 & 55
Explain and give
examples of
Mitakuye Oyasin
and Wacekiyapi
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
11-20.
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
power point
-Seventh Generation
Graphic Organizer
Relationship Poster
Grades 6-8
Reading and Writing
the Lakota
Language,p46-49
-4 directions songs
-Francis White Bird's
Hocokan
-Seventh Generation
Graphic Organizer
25 min. 4 times
Pages 46 & 47
Mitakuye Oyasin
Wacekiyape
-Oral drill on page
47
- Worksheet
acknowledging
spouses, parents,
and children
Sing 4 directions
song.
Explain and give
examples of
mitakuye oyasin
and wacekiyapi.
-“Mitakuye
Oyasin” page 46
-“Wacekiyapi”
page 47
-Wicoicage
(generation)
-Read Alouds
book
-class discussions
Explain and give
examples of
mitakuye oyasin
and wacekiyapi.
Cultural Aspect
Individual
responsibility p.32
Activities
Practice saying the
“wa” in different
words
Evaluation
Conjugate "wa"
verbs
-Wicoicage
(generation)
Grades 9-12
Reading and Writing 90 min. 2 times
the Lakota
Language,p46-49
Walker's Lakota
Myth
Outcome (iv)
Conjugate “wa”
verbs
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p50
SGU dvd
Length of time
30 min. 5 times a
week
17
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,p50
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p50
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p50
Albert White Hat,
Sr.
SGU dvd
35 min. 4 times a
week
Review drill
-Oral drill page 51
Conjugate “wa”
verbs
25 min. 5 times a
week
Individual
responsibility
pages 32, 33, 50 &
173
Individual
responsibility p.32
-conjugate all
-review drill “wa”
verb terms
Conjugated form of
“wa” verbs
90 min. 2 times a
week
Individual
responsibility p.32
-oral drills
Conjugate form of
"wa" verbs
Outcome (v)
Resources
Length of Unit
Activities
Evaluation
Establish proper
relationships for
Spouses, Parents,
and Children
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p47-49
30 min. 5 times a
week
Practice saying
relationships
terms
Establish proper
relationships for
spouses, parents,
and children
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p47-49
35 min. 4 times a
week
-Oral drill
dialogue 142-144
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
25 min. 3 times a
week
Cultural Aspect to
emphasize
-Appropriately
using and
acknowledging
relationship term,
46, 48
Appropriately
using and
acknowledging
relationship terms,
46, 48
Appropriately
using and
Establish proper
relationship terms
for Spouses,
Parents, and
Children
Establish proper
relationship terms
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
-Read pages 48 &
49
18
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Language, p47-49
acknowledging
relationship terms,
46, 48
-Discussion after
each paragraph
dialogue
for spouses,
parents, and
children
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p47-49.
90 min 2 times a
week
Appropriately
using and
acknowledging
relationship terms,
46, 48
-create charts
depicting proper
relationships
Establish proper
relationship terms
for spouses,
parents and
children.
Outcomes (vi)
Interpret the root
word of “Hca” in
meaningful
situations
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p49-50
Social System dvd
Length of time
30 min. 5 times a
week
Activities
Practice saying the
hca in different
words
Evaluation
Interpret the root
word of “Hca” in
meaningful
situations
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p49-50.
Social System dvd
35 min 4 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Appropriately
using hca in
meaningful
situations.
Correct
pronunciation of
words using hca
Root word of hca
pages 49 & 50
Stages of Life
Introduce drill on
page 48
Interpret the root
word of “Hca” in
meaningful
situations
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p49-50.
Social System dvd
25 min. 3 times
Page 50 root word
of hca
Stages of Life
Read and have
class discussion
how “hca” applies
to students stages
of life.
-Oral drill
Interpret the root
word of “Hca” in
meaningful
situations
19
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 9-12
Wounspe Opahte
Icinupa
Sixth Teaching
Outcome (i)
Use diacritics
appropriately
including the
terminology.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p49-50.
90 min. 2 times a
week
Root word of "hca"
Pages 49-50
-Read Aloud
-Class discussion
Interpret the root
word of “Hca” in
meaningful
situations
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 66-68
Lakota Alphabet
Poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
-Introduction to
diacritics p 66
-Diacritics and letter
c's, 67 & 68
Activities
Practice
pronunciation drill
correctly
Evaluation
Use diacritics
appropriately
including the
terminology.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p66-68
Lakota Alphabet
Poster
35 min. 3 times
-Introduction to
diacritics p 66
-5 Orthographies,
Appendix B,182183
-Pronunciation drill
pages 70-72
-do homework
review page 80
-worksheets
Use diacritics on
consonants and
guttural letters.
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p66-68
Lakota Alphabet
Poster
25 min. 5 times
-Introduction to
diacritics p 66
-5 orthographies for
the Siouan dialects,
182-183 Appendix
B
Discussion of all the Use diacritics on
consonants and
consonants and
guttural letters
guttural letters.
-worksheets
Pronunciation drill
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language
Lakota Alphabet
Poster
90 min.
-Introduction to
diacritics , 66
-5 Orthographies,
Appendix B,182183
-visual comparisons
-Q&A
-vocabulary
-worksheets
Use diacritics on
consonants and
guttural letters.
Outcome (ii)
Establish proper
relationship terms
for siblings.
Grade K- 2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,66-72
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate social
codes and respect
for siblings.69- 71
Activities
Practice correct
dialogue
Evaluation
Establish proper
relationship terms
for siblings.
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,66-72
-graphic organizer
35 min. 3 times
Appropriate social
codes and respect
for siblings. 69-71
-Pronunciation drill Use proper
67-69
relationship terms
-Homework page 80 for siblings
-develop dialogue
using relationship
terms
21
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,66-72
Garage Band
-graphic organizer
25 min. 2 times
Appropriate social
codes and respect
for siblings, 69-71
Read Siblings page
69.
-introduction of
relatives 70-71
using graphic
organizer and
garage band
Use proper
relationship terms
for siblings.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 69-72
90 min. 2 times
Appropriate social
codes and respect
for siblings, 69-71
-develop dialogue
using relationship
terms
Use proper
relationship terms
for siblings.
Outcome (iii)
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
21 -30
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 72-73
Manipulative
-number poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Appropriate
methods to identify
numbers 21-30
72 -73
Activities
Practice pattern of
counting tens
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
21-30
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 72-73
-number poster
35 min. 2 times
Lakota Number
Patterns, 73
Oral drill page 72 &
73
Counting objects
Count Lakota
numbers 21-30
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 72-73
25 min. 3 times
Lakota Number
Patterns, 73
Make chart for
numbers 21-30
-oral drill p 73
Demonstrate
knowledge of
Lakota numbers
22
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
-number poster
Incorporate
numbers into
sentence structure
21-30
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 72-73
-number poster
90 min.
Lakota Number
Patterns, 73
-oral drills
-Apply Lakota
number patterns in
counting
-Demonstrate
knowledge of the
Lakota terms with
the correct
number
Outcome (iv)
Know and use the
pronouns le/lena,
he/hena, ka/kana
correctly
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 74-79
Props
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Terms Describing
Distance and using
pronouns, 77-78
Activities
Practice and
demonstrate the
components of
sentences
Evaluation
Know and use the
pronouns le/lena,
he/hena, ka/kana
correctly.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 74-79
Props
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 74-79
Garage band
MP3players
35 min. 4 times
Terms Describing
Distance and using
pronouns, 77-78
Pronunciation drill
page 78-79
Know and use
pronouns le/lena,
he/hena, ka/kana
correctly
25 min. 5 times
Terms Describing
Distance and using
pronouns 77-78
Know and use
pronouns le/lena,
he/hena, ka/kana
correctly.
Reading and
90 min. 2 times
Terms Describing
Oral drills 78
Placing object
based on the
distance from
them using
appropriate
pronoun
Demonstrate
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Know and use
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Writing the Lakota
Language, 74-79
Lakota Woonspe
Wowapi
MP3 players
Outcome (v)
Create complex
sentences.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 76-80
Props
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 76-80
Props
Garage band
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 76-80
Garage band
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 76-80
MP3 players
Distance and Using
pronouns, 77-78
Oral
correct sentence
structure.
pronouns le/lena,
he/hena, ka/kana
correctly.
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Appropriate
Lakota thought
pattern. 76-77
Activities
Practice changing
subject, object of a
sentence
Evaluation
Create complex
sentences.
35 min 3 times
Appropriate
Lakota thought
pattern, 76-77
Pronunciation drill
on pages 77-79
Practice changing
subject, object of a
sentence
Create complex
sentences.
25 min. 5 times
Appropriate
Lakota thought
pattern. 76-77
Placement of
Create complex
double verbs in the sentences.
sentence, 76
90 min. 2 times
Appropriate
Lakota thought
pattern. 76-77
Demonstrate
complex sentences
Create complex
sentences.
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Wounspe Opahte
Icinupa
Seventh Teaching
Outcome (i)
Proper use of
diacritics and
sounds
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g and
h
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 81-84
MP3 players
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Activities
Practice
vocabulary for
letters G, ˝, H,
Ó, H’
Oral Drill
Evaluation
Appropriate use of
diacritics and
sounds
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 81-84
35 min. 3 times
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Pronunciation drill
page 83
Worksheet 84
Appropriate use of
diacritics and
sounds
25
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Garage band
MP3 players
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 81-82
Garage band
MP3 players
25 min. 5 times
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Oral
Pronouncing terms
with the gutteral
and glottal
stop/explosive and
intonations
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 81-82
Lakota Woonspe
Wowapi
90 min. 1 time
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Oral
Pronouncing terms
with the gutteral
and glottal
stop/explosive and
intonations
-Pronunciation
drills
Outcome (ii)
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 87-88
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate use of
“ma” in the middle
of words (infix).
Activities
Practice using
“ma” in sentences
-Oral drill
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Appropriately use
of diacritics and
sounds
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Proper use of
diacritics and
sounds
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Evaluation
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Outcome (iii)
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
Grades k-2
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 87-88
MP3players
Garage band
Props
Ma Verb poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 87-88
Garage band
MP3 players
Ma Verb Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 87-88
Lakota Woonspe
Wowapi
MP3 players
Graphic organizer
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 86-88
Page 87-88
Appropriate use of
"ma" in the middle
of words (infix),
87-88
Writing in the infix
for the “ma” verbs
Oral drill on pages
87 & 88
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
25 min. 3 times
Appropriate use of
“ma” in the middle
of words (infix),
87-88
Writing in the infix
for the “ma” verbs
Oral Drill
87-88
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
90 min. 1 time
Appropriate use of
“ma” in the middle
of words (infix),
87-88
Writing in the infix
for “ma” verbs
-oral drill
87-88
Practice sheet with
“ma” verbs
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Cultural
explanation of
stative verb in
historical context,
87
Activities
Role Play
Evaluation
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
35 min. 3 times
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 3-5
Reading and
35 min. 3 times
Writing the Lakota
Language, 86-88
iMovie
props
garage band
Reading and
25 min. 3 times
Writing the Lakota
Language, 86-88
Garage band
Stative Verb Poster
Cultural
explanation of
stative verb in
historical context,
87-88
Oral drill Page 87
Role Play
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
Cultural
explanation of
stative verb in
historical context,
87-88
Identifying and
using stative verbs
in context.
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 86-88
Lakota Woonspe
Wowapi
90 minutes
Cultural
explanation of
stative verb in
historical context,
87-88
-worksheets
-oral drills
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
Outcome (iv)
Know and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Posters
Manipulatives
Games
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
methods to
identify numbers,
84-85
Oral
Activities
Practice Lakota
numbers 40-100
-oral drill
Evaluation
Know and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
Grades 6-8
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Outcome (v)
Know the external
parts of the body.
Grades K-2
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Poster
Number Stories
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Poster
Projector
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Poster
SGU dvd
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 90-91
Paper dolls
35 min. 3 times
Appropriate
methods to
identify numbers,
84-85
Oral
Practice Lakota
numbers 40-100
-oral drill
Base ten system
Know and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
25 min. 3 times
Appropriate
methods to
identify numbers,
84-85
Oral
Know and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
90 min. 1 time
Appropriate
methods to
identify numbers,
84-85
Oral
Practice Lakota
numbers 40-100
-oral drill
-create number
poster
-Horse race game
Practice Lakota
numbers 40-100
-oral drill
-create number
poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
of human
development, 90
Activities
Respect and
acknowledge our
human body
-Life size outline of
student
Evaluation
Know the external
parts of the body.
Know and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
29
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Outcome (vi)
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons, calendar)
Grades K-2
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,90-91
Props
Paper dolls
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 90-91
Body Chart
MP3 players
Felt board
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 90-91
TCSD Level 1& 2
developmental
levels
35 min. 2 times
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
of human
development, 90
-Label parts
-Life size outline of
student
-Label parts
Pages 90 -91
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
of human
development, 90
Using phrases to
identify body parts
-Oral presentation
with chart.
Know the external
parts of the body.
90 min. 2 times
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
of human
development, 90
Oral
-body outline map
-create sentences
on body parts
-Level 1 & 2
Know the internal
and external parts
of the body.
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 92-94
Props
Seasons Poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
understanding of
seasons as births,
93
Indian Time, 92
Evolution of time
concept (Lakota to
contemporary)
Activities
Oral drills
- 4 seasons
-days
Evaluation
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
Know the external
parts of the body
30
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 3 -5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 92-94
Medicine Wheel
ppt
Seasons poster
Computers
35 min. 2 times
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 92-94
Thirteen Moons on
a Turtle’s Back
25 min. 3 times
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 92-94
Level 2 TCSD
Developmental
levels
90 min. 2 times
Appropriate
understanding of
seasons as births,
93
Indian Time, 92
Evolution of time
concept (Lakota to
contemporary)
Oral
Appropriate
understanding of
seasons as births,
93
Indian Time, 92
Evolution of time
concept (Lakota to
contemporary)
Oral
Appropriate
understanding of
seasons as births,
93
Indian Time, 92
Evolution of time
concept (Lakota to
contemporary)
Oral
Oral drill
pages 94-95
Student created
mini posters
-Lakota phrases of
seasons, days,
weeks
Winter counts
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
-oral drill
-make a calendar
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
-worksheets
-oral drills
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Outcome (vii)
Identify and
illustrate Lakota
stages of life
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 88-89
SGU Stages of Life
Poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 88-89
SGU Stages of Life
Poster
computer
35 min. 2 times
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 88-89
SGU Stages of Life
poster
Hocoka,
F.WhiteBird
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 88-89
SGU Stages of Life
poster
Graphic organizer
Grades 9-12
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
understanding of
stages of growth.
Pages 88 & 89
Stages of Life, 1418, 72
Appropriate
understanding of
stages of growth,
88-89
Stages of Life, 1418, 72
Activities
Practice the
responsibility
-role play
Collages of
different age
groups
-Oral drill pages 88
-Do homework
review page 96
Evaluation
Identify and
illustrate Lakota
stages of life
25 min. 5 times
Appropriate
understanding of
stages of growth,
Pages 49, 88 & 89
Stages of Life, 1418, 72
Oral drill
Collages of family
members
Identify and
illustrate Lakota
stages of life
90 min. 2 times
Appropriate
understanding of
stages of growth,
88 & 89
Stages of Life, 1418, 72
Illustration on the
stages of life
-graphic organizer
-symbolism
Identify and
illustrate Lakota
stages of life
Identify and
illustrate Lakota
stages of life
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Wounspe Opahte
Icinupa
Eighth Teaching
Outcome (i)
Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 97-99
CD
MP3 players
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
intonation.
97-99
Activities
Practice the
gutteral, glottal
and explosive j& k-oral drill
Evaluation
Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k.
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 97-99
CD
MP3 players
Alphabet poster
35 min. 2 time
Appropriate
intonation, 97-99
Oral drill, 99
Know terminology
and intonation of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k
33
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 97-99
CD
Garage band
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 97-99
CD
MP3 players
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate
intonation, 97-99
90 min. 1 time
Appropriate
intonation, 97-99
Outcome (ii)
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 100-103
Kinship poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 100-103
Kinship poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 tiimes a
week
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 100-103
Kinship poster
Grades 9 -12
Oral drill
pronouncing the j
and k words and
recording them
into a garage band
music project
Oral drills
Know terminology
and intonation of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
relative terms,
100-103
Activities
Practive proper
greetings for boys
and girls
Evaluation
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye
35 min. 2 times a
week
Appropriate
relative terms,
100-103
Pages 15, 17, 18 ,
57, 69-71,
100,130-140, 133140, 143
Oral drill
99-103, 113
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate
relative terms,
102-103
Identify who’s
talking .
-Sentence type
worksheet
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye
Know terminology
and intonation of
of gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k
34
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 100-103
90 min. 2 times a
week
Appropriate
relative terms,
102-103
Cekiciyapi,
tunkasila, Tiospaye
Oral
Create a graphic
displaying relative
terms
(male/female)
-webbing
contemporary
behavioral roles
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye
Outcome (iii)
Express “time” in
Lakota concept
(past, present,
future also)
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 104-107
Time Chart
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate time
references, 104
Oral
Activities
Practice sunrise,
midday, sunset,
midnight
-role play
Evaluation
Express “time” in
Lakota concept
(past, present,
future also)
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 104-107
Time chart
35 min. 2 times
Appropriate time
references, 104
Pages 27, 37, 92,
93
Home work pages
106-107
0ral drill
Create student
Flash cards
Express “time” in
Lakota concept
(past, present,
future also)
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p104107
Time chart
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate time
references, 104
Express “time” in
Lakota concept
(past, present,
future also)
Grades 9-12
Reading and
90 min. 1 times a
Appropriate time
Using time
reference terms to
determine time,
identifying the
time
-illustrate time
references
Develop sentences
Express “time” in
35
TCSD Lakota Language K-12
Writing the Lakota
Language, 104-107
Time chart
week
references
Page 104-105
Oral
with time
references
Lakota concept
(past, present,
future also)
Outcome (iv)
Know how to ask a
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
Length of Unit
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Lakota philosophy
on questioning to
develop behavior.
20, 107
Evaluation
Know how to ask a
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
35 min. 2 times
Lakota philosophy
on questioning to
develop behavior
20, 107
Activities
Practice
questioning using
feminine and
masculine terms
-Oral drill
Oral drill
Pagies 108-110
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
25 min. 4 times
Lakota philosophy
on questioning to
develop behavior
20, 107
Know how to ask
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
90 min. 2 times
Lakota philosophy
on questioning to
develop behavior
20, 107
Worksheet
-questions match
up with correct
gender ending for
the speaker
Develop dialogue
Know how to ask a
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Know how to ask
question using
appropriate
gender endings
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TCSD Lakota Language K-12
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
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stop/explosive of
letter p.
Know diacritics
appropriately
including
terminology and
intonation of
guttural, glottal
stop/explosive of
letter p.
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.
Oral drills and
worksheets
(translate
sentences or
spelling
competitions)
Journaling on
cultural aspects of
the Lakota
language
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
Activities
Practice weather
words and time
words
(orally and
writing)
Evaluation
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p127128, 131-132
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
Oral drill pages
127 & 128,
Homework page
128
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
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Weather Graphic
Organizer
elements, 127
Page 127
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, 127128, 131-132
Lakota Star
Knowledge Book
25 min. two times
a week
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 127128, 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
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
Oral drill and
homework page
Identify and
correctly use “blu”
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
Make own graphic
organizers
?
Dialogue
- students will
create a dialogue
-perform the
conversation
Lakota Philosophy
of relationship
between human
beings and
elements, 127
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Grades 9-12
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
Graphic Organizer
and music
(E. Bullhead)
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 129-130
Graphic Organizer
and music
(E. Bullhead)
Pages 129 & 130
129
pronoun.
Practice “blu” verb
conjugation
Concept of
ownership does
not apply to “yuha”
25 min. 2 times
Pages 129 & 130
Demonstrate the
Identify and
use of the “blu”
correctly use “blu”
with verbs
pronoun.
-students will
make sentences
using “blu”.
Concept of
ownership does
not apply to “yuha”
90 min.
Pronoun “blu”
page 129
Oral drills, &
Identify and
homework p. 129
correctly use “blu”
Concept of
pronoun.
ownership does
not apply to “yuha”
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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)
25 min. 5 times
Pages 137 & 138
Pronouncing the
three S’s with
diacritical marks
spelling Lakota S
words
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
glottal
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Garage band
Alphabet Poster
MP3 players
Centers using MP3
players
stop/explosive of
letters S, S’,
S, S’
Grades 9-12
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’
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
Activities
Practice
relationship terms
Evaluation
Establish proper
relationship terms.
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p138141
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
35 min. 2 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
relationship terms.
Practice respectful
behavior toward
relatives.
Pages 138 -142
Oral drills on
pages 139-142
Establish proper
relationship terms
for in-Laws.
Pages 138, 139,
140 & 141
Model proper inlaw term usage.
Establish proper
relationship terms
Grades 6-8
25 min. 2 times
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Language, 138-141
Iktomi Story p.139
Create dialogue.
Students will use
dialogue as oral
drill.
Create dialogue.
Students will use
dialogue as
oral drills
for in-Laws.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
90 min. 2 times
Writing the Lakota
Language, 139-140
Iktomi Story p. 139
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.
Creating a number
chart from 1001000
Review
(base ten)
short dialogue
base ten
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 101-1000.
Grades 6-8
Concept of 4 and 7
25 min. 2 times
Stories, turning
point p. 145
Establish proper
relationship terms
for in-Laws.
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Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 144-145
90 min. 2 times
Pages 144 & 145
Oral drills
Number Patterns
Review (base ten,
Translate)
Find opportunities
to use Lakota
numbers in
context
Identify and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
from 101-1000.
Outcome (iv)
Differentiate
between
traditional and
contemporary
clothing items.
Grades K-2
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
Oral drill page 146
Focus Wokoyake
for male and
female
And Winyan
Tahayapi
Community
speakers
Modeling the
usage of the
Differentiate
between
traditional and
contemporary
clothing items.
Grades 3-5
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clothing terms
Modeling the
usage of the
clothing terms,
students will
create sentences to
describe their
clothing
Oral drills
Field trips to see
clothing.
Speakers
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p146147
Stories
25 min. 4 times
Pages 146
appropriate
clothing protocol
for specific events
and ceremonies
Differentiate
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
Outcome (v)
Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla” and
“blu” pronoun
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p147150
Earl Bullhead song
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
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p147150
35 min. 2 times
Pages 147-149
Oral drill page
147-150
Homework page
148
Identify and
correctly use verbs
with “bla”and “blu”
pronouns
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
25 min. 3 times
Pages 148 & 149
Conjugate “bla”
and “blu” as
Identify and
correctly use verbs
Differentiate
between
traditional and
contemporary
clothing items.
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Language, p147150
Garage Band
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
pronouns.
Worksheet on
writing the “bla”
and “blu” works
correctly
Use garage band
Oral drills p.147150
with “bla” and
“blu” pronouns
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
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
Know appropriate
diacritics including
terminology and
intonation of
gutteral and glottal
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Garage band
garage band
stop/explosive of
letter T.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p153154
Alphabet poster
90 min. 2 times a
week
Articulate Lakota
Oral drills
appropriate
pronunciation of T.
Pages 153 & 154
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
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
Identify and know
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
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Grades 9-12
Writing the Lakota
Language, p154155
Level II color
terms
Color Terms
Poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p154155
Color Terms
Poster
colors with terms
and direction of
the hocokan
90 min.
Colors pages 154 & Oral drills p.155
156
Create sentences
Create a color
wheel using Lakota
colors
the significance of
the colors in
Lakota.
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
Evaluation
Practice 4
Identify and know
directions/4 winds directionals in
Lakota.
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p155156
Medicine Wheel
Poster
35 minutes
Page 155
Oral drill
Page 156
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
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Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Outcome (iv)
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
Grades K-2
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p155156
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
25 min.
Pages 155 & 156
90 min. 2 times
Tatuye Topa pages Oral drills
155 & 156
Spiritual
Significance of
colors
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, p160162
Length of time
30 min. 5 times a
week
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
methods of using
“Iblukcan and
Woiyukcan” by
Evaluation
Review complex
sentences using
sentence structure.
Teach seven
directions
Sing the four
direction song as
the song addresses
which direction to
face, reference the
hocokan to pick up
their schema
Activities
Critical Thinking
activities
Identify and know
directionals in
Lakota.
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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
35 min. 3 times
25 min. 2 times a
week
teacher
Pages 158-162
“Indian Giver”
philosophy p. 162
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
“Indian Giver”
philosophy p. 162
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all forms of miye,
mis, and miseya.
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.