1 TCSD K12 Lakota Language
Wounspe Opahte
Icinupa
Sixth Teaching
Outcome (i)
Use diacritics
appropriately
including the
terminology.
Grades K-2
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.
Grades 3-5
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.
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
90 min.
-Introduction to
-visual comparisons
Use diacritics on
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Writing the Lakota
Language
Lakota Alphabet
Poster
diacritics , 66
-5 Orthographies,
Appendix B,182183
-Q&A
-vocabulary
-worksheets
consonants and
guttural letters.
Evaluation
Establish proper
relationship terms
for siblings.
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
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
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
90 min. 2 times
Appropriate social
-develop dialogue
Use proper
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3 TCSD K12 Lakota Language
Writing the Lakota
Language, 69-72
codes and respect
for siblings, 69-71
using relationship
terms
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
-number poster
25 min. 3 times
Lakota Number
Patterns, 73
Make chart for
numbers 21-30
-oral drill p 73
Incorporate
numbers into
sentence structure
Demonstrate
knowledge of
Lakota numbers
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
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4 TCSD K12 Lakota Language
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.
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 74-79
Lakota Woonspe
Wowapi
MP3 players
90 min. 2 times
Terms Describing
Distance and Using
pronouns, 77-78
Oral
Oral drills 78
Placing object
based on the
distance from
them using
appropriate
pronoun
Demonstrate
correct sentence
structure.
Outcome (v)
Create complex
Resources
Reading and
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural Aspect
Appropriate
Activities
Practice changing
Evaluation
Create complex
Grades 6-8
Know and use
pronouns le/lena,
he/hena, ka/kana
correctly.
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sentences.
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
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
Lakota thought
pattern. 76-77
subject, object of a
sentence
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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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
Grades 6-8
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
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 81-84
Garage band
MP3 players
35 min. 3 times
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Pronunciation drill
page 83
Worksheet 84
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
25 min. 5 times
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Evaluation
Appropriate use of
diacritics and
sounds
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Appropriate use of
diacritics and
sounds
appropriately
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Pronouncing terms Appropriately use
with the gutteral
of diacritics and
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Language, 81-82
Garage band
MP3 players
Oral
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 81-82
Lakota Woonspe
Wowapi
90 min. 1 time
Articulate Lakota
sounds, 82
Oral
Outcome (ii)
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 87-88
MP3 players
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 87-88
MP3players
Garage band
Props
Ma Verb poster
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate use of
“ma” in the middle
of words (infix).
Page 87-88
Appropriate use of
"ma" in the middle
of words (infix),
87-88
35 min. 3 times
and glottal
sounds
stop/explosive and appropriately
intonations
including the
terminology of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Pronouncing terms Proper use of
with the gutteral
diacritics and
and glottal
sounds
stop/explosive and appropriately
intonations
including the
-Pronunciation
terminology of
drills
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive and
intonation of g & h
Activities
Practice using
“ma” in sentences
-Oral drill
Evaluation
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
Writing in the infix
for the “ma” verbs
Oral drill on pages
87 & 88
Conjugation of
“ma” verbs using
relative terms
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Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
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
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
Outcome (iii)
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
Grades k-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 86-88
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
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 86-88
iMovie
props
garage band
35 min. 3 times
Cultural
explanation of
stative verb in
historical context,
87-88
Oral drill Page 87
Role Play
Identify and
correctly use
stative verbs and
pronouns
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Grades 6-8
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
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
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Poster
Number Stories
SGU dvd
Reading and
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
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
Practice Lakota
Know and
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
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Grades 9-12
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Poster
Projector
SGU dvd
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 84-85
Number Poster
SGU dvd
methods to
identify numbers,
84-85
Oral
90 min. 1 time
Appropriate
methods to
identify numbers,
84-85
Oral
numbers 40-100
-oral drill
-create number
poster
-Horse race game
Practice Lakota
numbers 40-100
-oral drill
-create number
poster
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
Evaluation
Know the external
parts of the body.
Know the external
parts of the body.
Outcome (v)
Know the external
parts of the body.
Grades K-2
Resources
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 90-91
Paper dolls
Length of time
30 min. 5 times
Cultural aspect
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
of human
development, 90
Grades 3-5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language,90-91
Props
Paper dolls
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
35 min. 2 times
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
of human
development, 90
Activities
Respect and
acknowledge our
human body
-Life size outline of
student
-Label parts
-Life size outline of
student
-Label parts
Pages 90 -91
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate &
spiritual tradition
Using phrases to
identify body parts
Grades 6-8
Know and
correctly count
Lakota numbers
40-100
Know the external
parts of the body
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Grades 9-12
Language, 90-91
Body Chart
MP3 players
Felt board
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 90-91
TCSD Level 1& 2
developmental
levels
of human
development, 90
-Oral presentation
with chart.
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.
Outcome (vi)
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons, calendar)
Grades K-2
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).
Grades 3 -5
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 92-94
Medicine Wheel
ppt
Seasons poster
Computers
35 min. 2 times
Appropriate
understanding of
seasons as births,
93
Indian Time, 92
Evolution of time
concept (Lakota to
Oral drill
pages 94-95
Student created
mini posters
-Lakota phrases of
seasons, days,
weeks
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
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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
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
35 min. 2 times
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
Winter counts
Cultural aspect
Appropriate
understanding of
stages of growth.
Pages 88 & 89
Stages of Life, 1418, 72
Appropriate
-oral drill
-make a calendar
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
-worksheets
-oral drills
Know Lakota
concept of time
(seasons,
calendar).
Activities
Practice the
responsibility
-role play
Collages of
different age
groups
-Oral drill pages 88
Evaluation
Identify and
illustrate Lakota
stages of life
Identify and
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Writing the Lakota
Language, 88-89
SGU Stages of Life
Poster
computer
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
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
understanding of
stages of growth,
88-89
Stages of Life, 1418, 72
-Do homework
review page 96
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
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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
Grades 6-8
Grades 9 -12
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
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 97-99
CD
Garage band
MP3 players
Reading and
35 min. 2 time
Appropriate
intonation, 97-99
Oral drill, 99
Know terminology
and intonation of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate
intonation, 97-99
Know terminology
and intonation of
gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k
90 min. 1 time
Appropriate
Oral drill
pronouncing the j
and k words and
recording them
into a garage band
music project
Oral drills
Know terminology
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Writing the Lakota
Language, 97-99
CD
MP3 players
intonation, 97-99
and intonation of
of gutteral, glottal
stop/explosive of j
and k
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
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
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 100-103
Kinship poster
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 100-103
25 min. 4 times
Appropriate
relative terms,
102-103
Grades 9-12
90 min. 2 times a
week
Identify who’s
talking .
-Sentence type
worksheet
Appropriate
Create a graphic
relative terms,
displaying relative
102-103
terms
Cekiciyapi,
(male/female)
tunkasila, Tiospaye -webbing
Oral
contemporary
behavioral roles
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye
Establish proper
relationship terms
for wotakuye
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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
Writing the Lakota
Language, 104-107
Time chart
90 min. 1 times a
week
Appropriate time
references
Page 104-105
Oral
Using time
reference terms to
determine time,
identifying the
time
-illustrate time
references
Develop sentences
with time
references
Express “time” in
Lakota concept
(past, present,
future also)
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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
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
35 min. 2 times
Lakota philosophy
on questioning to
develop behavior
20, 107
Grades 6-8
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
25 min. 4 times
Lakota philosophy
on questioning to
develop behavior
20, 107
Grades 9-12
Reading and
Writing the Lakota
Language, 107-110
90 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
Evaluation
Know how to ask a
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Worksheet
-questions match
up with correct
gender ending for
the speaker
Develop dialogue
Know how to ask
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Know how to ask a
question using
appropriate
gender endings
Know how to ask
question using
appropriate
gender endings
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