Native Americans

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In so many ways we are alike yet different.

Their lives were affected by their location and the climate.

This resource is filled with informational text that will engage students in learning about three areas of settlement and three specific tribes.  

The one you see here is the Woodland/Iroquois group.

There is also:  Plains/Sioux   Southwest/Pueblo

Slide One:  Shares location and students compare where they live in the USA.

Slide Two:  Shares the types of homes the Iroquois lived in and have students compare to the type of home they live in.

Slide Three:  Shares how they survived hunting and fishing and then has the students add details to the graphic organizer about hunting and their homes.

Slide Four:  Shares the clothing of this group.  Students label the names for the articles of clothing.

Slide Five:  Shares information about how they traveled and students then use a graphic organizer to review information about this group.

Each interactive slide show is similar yet designed to individually introduce the students to the three tribes  using a variety of interactive activities.

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This packet covers three groups of Native Americans from three parts of the United States...the Woodland, the Plains, and the Southwest.

Each group has a mini book filled with informational text and highlighted vocabulary. 

They are ideal for guided reading with your class.

The books are followed by:

Draw and Write Facts

Collecting Details from Text...Graphic Organizer

Decision Making...Native Americans, Me, Both

Writing about a Specific Group...Pre Write and Final Copy

Word Search

Word of the Day

Match...Item to Group 

Telling Tales using Pictographs

Native American Clothing

12 colorful Vocabulary Cards for posting

Students will enjoy learning about different groups of Native Americans and how the land influenced the way they lived. 

This information will be followed with writing and vocabulary building activities.

Added this year is a favorite literature story to accompany each area of Natives followed with comprehension activities.

Woodlands...The First Strawberries

Story Elements...Roll,write, draw

Data Collection...favorite berries

Senses related to story...Man/Woman

Plains...The Legend of Indian Paintbrush

Picto writing

Parts of the Story

Saw...hear...touched

Southwest...How the Stars Fell Into the Sky

Text to Self....School rules

Details from story

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We paired up the Interactive Google Slides and the Paper Pencil Resource for the ideal classroom TEAM!

They definitely compliment one another.

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Native Americans...Informational Text, Activities and Crafts

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This packet includes three groups of Native Americans.

Woodland, Plains, Southwest

Each group includes information on a tribe from the area.

Woodland: Iroquois

Plains: Sioux

Southwest: Pueblo

Students will enjoy learning about different groups of Native Americans and how the land and wildlife influenced the way they lived. 

 The packet includes vocabulary cards for posting as well as an ABC Order and a Word Search.

 

And look at these cuties.

They will be perfect to decorate you classroom.

Each group has a mini book filled with informational text.

These are ideal for guided reading.

Students can highlight key vocabulary and facts.

The text is followed by information gathering.

This information can be used for reporting.

There are final write pages included.

They are differentiated to support leveled writers.

Each group is followed by a literature story with comprehension activities.

Woodland:  The First Strawberry

Plains:  Indian Paintbrush

Southwest:  How the Stars Fell Into the Sky

Finally there are activities to support the study.

Native Americans/Me/Both

Definition of Tribe

Writing Using Pictures

How We Dress

Match

The First Thanksgiving

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The perfect November packet filled with informational text for guided reading, comprehension activities, graphic organizers for gathering key facts, writing and word work.

Ideal for embedding your curriculum into a current theme.

Check out this cute page toppers, or they could be used as a craft, for showcasing your student writing. Simple and patterns are included.

There are so many wonderful literature pieces for read aloud time.

There is a mini book and two print, fold and read booklets for gathering facts.

I love these materials for guided reading.

Students can highlight key facts, highlight vocabulary as well as read and reread the story.

These texts are followed by True/False Reading for Detail.  I love using this for assessment as well as encouraging students to go back through the text to find the correct answers.

There is a time line and two activities for making connections.

Above you will see more graphic organizers used to collect information for writing.

Again I encourage students to use their text.

With students needing more support we complete one together using the text.

Directly below you will find the final write pages differentiated for leveled writers.

Also included in the packet are activities for Compare and  Contrast.

Native American life to Colonial American life as well as our own life.

How are we alike yet different?

There is also a data collection page for would you rather have lived as a Native American or a Colonial American.

Word work is plentiful to encourage vocabulary building.

Word Search, ABC Order, Making Words and Parts of Speech

The colorful vocabulary cards are ideal for posting.

The First Thanksgiving...An educational packet for the primary child.

This packet is designed specifically to help educate the primary child about the First Thanksgiving.

Book suggestions are ideal for getting a realistic look at the life of the two groups of Americans in our early country.

The packet has informational text about the First Thanksgiving.

There is a True/False page for assessment and a sequence page that could be used for assessment as well.

After reading and gathering facts students will make connections between THEIR life and the lives of the Americans long ago.

There is an informational text book comparing and contrasting the Colonial Americans with the Native Americans.  Think of it as how we are ALIKE yet DIFFERENT.

Students will create posters about a Colonial American child and a Native American child.

Students will use graphic organizers to recall facts about the First Thanksgiving.

Students will use graphic organizers to recall facts about what they are THANKFUL FOR.

Using the ideas they gathered they will prepare final writes.

There are class cover books for creating a class book.

Word work is also included.

Finally there are vocabulary words for posting and a data collection activity for your class.

Students can also make these adorable page topers to display their writing.

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Check out the First Thanksgiving Reader's Theater

Native Americans

This unit offers a number of activities to teach the primary child about life with the Native Americans and how they depended on the land and the climate where they lived to survive.

Each group has informational text sharing with students about where in the USA the group lived, what their houses were like, what they ate, and how they dressed.

They also have graphic organizers for collecting information and true/false for assessment.

There is also a class book cover for writing pages for each student.

I also have included a piece of literature that shares about the culture of each group.

Indian Paintbrush

The First Strawberries

Why the Stars Fell From the Sky

There is word work in the form of word search, ABC Order, Singular and Plural as well as parts of speech.

The packet ends with activities such as the definition of tribe and comparing it to todays neighborhood, picture writing, matching objects to the group and dress.

The craft includes two adorable Native Americans.

Colorful vocabulary is also included.

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The First Thanksgiving

This packet is ideal to informing your class about the history behind the "First Thanksgiving" and information about the Colonial and Native Americans.

There is a mini book filled with informational text.

The sequence page helps the students understand the sequencing of events.

Reading for Detail is a good form of assessment..

The Native and Colonial Americans are compared and contrasted in the mini book filled with informational text.

There are then pages for your class to compare themselves to each of the groups.

It is followed by a data collection on which group the children would rather belong to.

There is plenty of word work for building vocabulary.

There is a class book for students to write along with a graphic organizer for them to put their thoughts together.

This on is on the First Thanksgiving.  There is another on I am thankful for with a different graphic organizer.

The students will have an opportunity to write and gather their thoughts about the children of each group.

There are four page toppers for a writing page, literature suggestions, and vocabulary.

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