2nd Grade Native Americans Resources

The Editable Orange Shirt Day Truth and Reconciliation Workbook - Every Child Matters is a must-have resource for teachers looking to educate their students about the history of residential schools and the significance of Orange Shirt Day. This fully editable workbook provides a comprehensive, age-appropriate exploration of truth and reconciliation, and empowers students to reflect on the "Every Child Matters" message through engaging activities and thoughtful reflection.

Why Teachers Should Buy It:

1. Differentiated for Various Reading Levels: With two differentiated versions (Primary and Junior), this resource is perfect for classes with students at different reading levels. Whether you're working with younger students or those who need more challenging material, both versions allow for an inclusive and engaging learning experience for all.
2. Editable for Personalization: The fully editable PowerPoint format allows you to customize the content to meet your classroom's unique needs. Add local context, adjust the reading passages, or simplify the activities to suit your students’ abilities.
3. Supports Meaningful Conversations: This workbook offers a structured and respectful way to introduce the difficult topics of residential schools and reconciliation. The activities, which include reading comprehension, reflection questions, and creative tasks, foster empathy and understanding in your students.
4. Engaging Content: Students will learn about Phyllis Webstad’s personal story, the origins of Orange Shirt Day, and the broader history of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The workbook includes beautiful, easy-to-follow visuals and worksheets designed to captivate and educate.
5. Promotes Critical Thinking and Reflection: Encourage students to critically reflect on the impact of residential schools through thoughtful questions, journaling activities, and art-based projects such as designing their own "Orange Shirt" to symbolize the “Every Child Matters” movement.
6. Complete Resource for Educators: Whether you're new to teaching Orange Shirt Day or an experienced educator, this resource provides everything you need to facilitate these vital conversations in your classroom. It's easy to use, visually appealing, and ready to print or edit.

Included:

• Two differentiated versions (Primary & Junior) for various reading levels
• Reading passages on Phyllis Webstad’s story and the history of residential schools
• Indigenous culture vocabulary and illustrations
• Reflection and comprehension worksheets
• Creative activities (e.g., designing an Orange Shirt)

Ensure that your Orange Shirt Day lesson is impactful and informative with the Editable Orange Shirt Day Truth and Reconciliation Workbook - Every Child Matters. Help your students understand the importance of reconciliation and foster a culture of respect and inclusivity in your classroom.

❤️Looking for culturally appropriate activities to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about The Seven Grandfather Teachings (The 7 Sacred Teachings) with engaging reading passages, mini readers, coloring pages, posters, worksheets, and more!

⭐️What are The Seven Grandfather Teachings?

It is believed that this wisdom came from the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) people, but has been adapted and used by many Indigenous cultures. Each teaching is a special lesson that helps us be better to ourselves, others, and the world around us. (Note: The animals and teachings can vary based on location or Indigenous group.)

⭐️ Learn about:

love (eagle), respect (buffalo), courage (bear), honesty (sabe/sasquatch), wisdom (beaver), humility (wolf), and truth (turtle).

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✏️Use the cultural guide and reading passages to teach about The Seven Sacred Teachings.

✏️Use the coloring pages to create an individual or class booklet to read or take home to share with family!

✏️Or mount onto colored paper to display as posters on your bulletin board, hallway or door!

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⭐️ Great for any elementary grade!

⭐️ Use for Native American Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Aboriginal education, Canadian First Peoples education, First Nations education, character education, social-emotional learning (SEL), social studies centers, small groups, morning work, partner work, indoor recess, early finishers, art centers, rewards, coloring book gifts, sub tub, intervention programs and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

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✅ What You Get: (50 pages)

✏️Teaching Materials: (9 pages)

☑ Cultural information guide (2 pages)

☑ Information on each teaching (7 pages)

✏️Student Activities: (41 pages)

☑ Mini booklet (1 page)

☑ Writing prompt worksheets (7 pages)

☑ Seven Teachings worksheet (1 page)

☑ Seven Teachings word search (1 page)

☑ Cover pages (2 pages)

☑ Coloring pages (29 pages)

✅ Bonus: (62 pages)

☑ Table of contents (2 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Color set to use as posters (50 pages)

☑ Answer key (9 pages)

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These mixed media Native American Dreamcatcher projects will inspire your students to use different materials to create unique artwork with a cross-curricular lesson that celebrates Native American Heritage Month.  This project is designed for 2nd-5th grade students but can be easily adapted for middle school students.  

This lesson is highly engaging, multi-disciplinary, and contains 4 different projects. Components of the projects can be mixed & matched to provide a huge variety of projects. Set up stations, let your students choose a project, or let students use these projects to spark their creativity & design their own dreamcatcher. 

This is a great project for Native American Heritage Month (November), but can be used in conjunction with a unit on symbols, or anytime of the year.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 60 pages. It includes: 

• Cross-curricular lesson with step-by-step instructions & photos for 4 projects
• Project & material variations
• 35 templates (reproducible) 
• Native American Heritage Month facts
• Cross-curricular & literacy connections
• Dreamcatcher facts
• Guide to using templates for activities
• National Core Arts Standards & TEKS (Texas) for 2nd-5th grades

Choose a different project for grade levels and hang the artwork together for a stunning display, let students choose their own project, or use templates for a sub activity.  With 4 projects to choose from, differentiation for your students is easy!  

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If you want to explore non-fiction book report writing while strengthening reading comprehension skills, this "What Was The Wild West?" book study and report project digital product for 3rd and 4th-grade students is perfect. It's designed to enhance non-fiction reading comprehension and book report writing skills!

This resource includes:

• Comprehensive Google Slides digital lesson for reading comprehension and book report writing support
• 9-page printable PDF book report flip book template

Please see the product preview for more visual details.

NOTE: You need a (free) Google account to access the digital lesson, and you will need access to the book "What Was the Wild West?" to complete the digital and printable activities.

Students will dive into the historical context of Westward Expansion, Manifest Destiny, and the Wild West, gaining a deeper understanding of this significant event in American history. The digital lesson guides students through key facts, timelines, and the impact of these events.

How to use this resource:

• Have students read the book, "What Was The Wild West?"
• Print the book report flip book template
• Open and present the Google Slides digital lesson
• Follow the intuitive prompts, which will take you through each step of the book report. For example, if it's time to work on the "facts" page, there is a series of multiple-choice questions on specific facts detailed in the text that will help refresh the students' memories and comprehension. Then students can fill in the facts they found most interesting.
• Have fun guessing the mystery puzzle between each section of the book report!

The printable PDF book report flip book template provides creative book report ideas, such as summarizing the events, using critical thinking skills, and creating a timeline. It can be used with any non-fiction book. Students will also use a book review template to evaluate the Wild West's significance. Overall, this project offers an engaging way for students to explore non-fiction text structures while learning about a crucial event in history.

The non-fiction book report flip book pages include:

   ✏book title info

   ✏rating & review

   ✏vocabulary

   ✏facts

   ✏text ideas

   ✏series of events

   ✏making life connections

   ✏what I learned

   ✏questions I have

   ✏setting & subject

   ✏interesting event

   ✏important event

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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Read Aloud Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Literacy Unit

A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book by Tomie dePaola (book not included).

This 52-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below :

52 Pages Total Include:

1. Table of Contents

2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 

3. continued

4. 10 Multiple Choice Questions 

5. continued

6. *** answer sheet (corresponds with both sets)

7. Story Sequencing : 12 written scenes from the story to place in order

8. *** Sequencing answers

9. ** Sequencing : Blank paste sheet

10. Character Traits : Cut out the 10 traits & paste them with the correct character (NEW 2023)

11. * * * Character Traits : Paste sheet

12. Story Elements : Who, What, When, Where, Main Idea, Problem Solving

13. Reflection : Connection, Text-to-Self, Steps You Would Give to ….

14. Story Map: Setting, Characters, Problem, Solution

15. Key Questions : Who, What, When, Where, How, Why (With Graphics)

16. Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last

17. Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last : with shaped-illustrated writing areas

18. Title Page: Author, Illustrator, add your own illustration 

19. Cause & Effect  : Fill in the Cause & Effect blanks

20. Writing Prompt : with shaped lined paper ...

21. Compare & Contrast Venn Diagram: Little Gopher Vs. Warriors

22. Book Report : Who is the author? Fiction or Non Fiction? Characters? Favorite part? Rate this book! 

23. Opinion Journal: What did you think? What would you change?

24. Interactive Journal Entry : 3 topics of discussion from the book, to fit inside your Comp Book

25. Read & Respond : Main Idea, Supporting Details, Author’s Purpose, My New Vocabulary

26. Vocabulary : 10 words from the book with match-up definition

27. *** Vocabulary Answer Sheet

28. Vocabulary Words : Fill-in-the-blank using the 10-Word Box (NEW 2023)

29. *** Vocabulary Words in Use Answer Sheet

30. 20-Word Search page

31. 10 Word Scramble page

32. Spelling Words : 10 words plus 1 Bonus, from the book, on lined paper

33. *** Spelling Test : blank, lined paper

34. ABC Order : 20 words from the book

35. *** ABC Order : Answer Sheet

36. Syllables : Divide the 20 words into syllables

37. * * * Syllables : Answer Sheet

38. Rhyme Time :15 words from the book, to match up to 15 homophone rhyming words

39. Design & Detail illustrating page

40. Contractions : 9 contractions to combine, or separate (NEW 2023)

41. Follow the instructions : coloring, multiplication/division using photos (NEW 2023)

42. Follow the instructions : counting pictures , left/right (NEW 2023)

43. Follow the instructions : First/Second/Third/Fourth ; Counting photos graph (NEW 2023)

44. Acrostic Poem : LEGEND

45. Word Maker : How Many Words Can You Make From PAINTBRUSH (NEW 2023)

46. * * * Word Maker Answer Sheet

47. Math : 12 simple addition problems (NEW 2023)

48. * * * Math : answer sheet

49. Math : 12 simple multiplication problems (NEW 2023)

50. * * * Math : answer sheet

51. Label a FLOWER : 4 simple labels with fill-in-the-blank & word box included.

52. Senses : Feels, Smells, Looks, Tastes & Sounds Like

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Remember Unity Day and Orange Shirt Day with this engaging and educational foldable craft activity designed for 2nd to 5th-grade students. This resource promotes awareness of the importance of unity, kindness, and the message "Every Child Matters." It features four unique shirt designs, two characters (a boy and a girl), and two (groups of friends) reflecting unity to encourage creativity and personal expression. With 12+ thought-provoking questions about unity day, Orange Shirt Day, students can reflect on the historical and cultural significance of this day while creating their own foldable crafts.

(Orange Shirt Day is a day of remembrance that originated in Canada to honor the survivors and victims of the residential school system. It is observed annually on September 30th. The day aims to raise awareness about the history and long-lasting effects of residential schools, which were institutions where the government forcibly sent Indigenous children in an attempt to assimilate them into Euro-Canadian culture. Many of these children experienced abuse, neglect, and loss of their cultural identities.)

What's Included:

• 4 shirt templates in different styles
• 2 character options (boy and girl)
• Groups of friends (2 slides)
• 12+ Orange Shirt Day-themed questions
• 8 different layout pages with various question formats to suit your students' needs

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⭐Introduce young students to Native American Heritage Month with this engaging mini book!

⭐Featuring tracing, coloring, and matching activities, this high-demand, low-competition resource is perfect for building respect, understanding, and cultural awareness in K-2 learners.

Key Features:

1. Includes age-appropriate definitions and facts about Native American Heritage Month.
2. Interactive tracing, coloring, and matching activities to reinforce learning.
3. Introduces important Native American symbols like the eagle and bear paw.
4. Engages students with fun illustrations of Native American homes, clothing, and food.
5. Encourages reflection and respect with a pledge activity.
6. Designed to build cultural awareness in young students through hands-on learning.

Perfect For:

1. Kindergarten to 2nd Grade students learning about Native American heritage.
2. Social studies and cultural appreciation lessons during November.
3. Teachers seeking low-prep, interactive activities for Heritage Month.
4. Classroom discussions on diversity and respect.
5. Fine motor skills practice through tracing, coloring, and cutting.
6. Early reading and vocabulary development within a cultural context.

Why Choose This Product:

1. Provides a simple and respectful introduction to Native American culture.
2. Interactive and engaging format for young learners.
3. Easy-to-use and no-prep mini book that’s perfect for busy teachers.
4. Aligns with social-emotional learning goals, promoting respect and empathy.
5. Encourages students to connect personally with their learning through drawing and writing activities.
6. Ideal for Native American Heritage Month and as a supplemental resource for diversity education.

What is Included:

1. Cover page with title and space for student’s name.
2. Introductory page about Native American Heritage Month with coloring activity.
3. Detailed illustrations of Native American homes and clothing for coloring.
4. Pledge and reflection activity to show respect for Native American heritage.
5. Matching and tracing activities to reinforce vocabulary and symbols.

Skills Practiced:

1. Vocabulary Development related to Native American culture.
2. Fine Motor Skills (tracing, coloring, and cutting).
3. Cultural Awareness and Social-Emotional Learning (respect and empathy).

Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will understand the significance of Native American Heritage Month.
2. Students will identify symbols and traditions important to Native American culture.
3. Students will demonstrate respect and appreciation for cultural diversity.

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• 1 Print-Ready Main PDF File.
• Terms Of Use Text.
• Terms Of Use and Credits PDF File.
• 2 Preview PDF Files.

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Fun Cutting And Pasting | Scissor Skills Activity Pages For Kids And Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice by cutting and Gluening skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun and educational gift!

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Dive into the rich heritage and traditions of the Shoshone people with our comprehensive two-page nonfiction reading passage. This resource provides in-depth insights into various aspects of Native American life, perfect for research or close reading activities. Perfect for Indigenous People's Day!

***Need a report template?? Look for our research booklet in the bundle***

Key Features:

• Land: Explore where the Shoshone people lived.
• Homes: Learn about the types of homes built by the Shoshone people, showcasing their ingenuity and adaptation to different environments.
• Clothing: Discover the unique clothing styles and materials used by the Shoshone people.
• Children: Gain insights into the lives of Shoshone children, including their roles within the tribe.
• Influential Shoshone – Sacagawea: Delve into the life and achievements of Sacagawea, the remarkable Native American woman who played a crucial role as a guide and interpreter during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Two Differentiated Levels:

• Elementary Level: Simplified language and engaging visuals to captivate young learners and foster a deeper understanding of Shoshone culture.
• Middle/High School Level: More detailed and complex information tailored for older students, encouraging critical thinking and deeper analysis.

Why Choose This Product?

• Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom instruction, homework assignments, or independent study.
• Educational Value: Provides a thorough and respectful portrayal of Shoshone heritage, promoting cultural awareness and appreciation.

Enhance your students' knowledge and appreciation of Shoshone history and culture with our expertly crafted information packet. Order now and enrich your curriculum with this essential educational tool!

Explore the wisdom of the Sacred Indigenous teachings with this special lesson about Wolf and humbleness. Dive into the Indigenous tale "Story of Two Wolves" and learn about being humble. Then, try the "Humble Like Wolf" activity included. It's part of a bigger set called the 7 Sacred Indigenous Teachings package. After discovering how wise Wolf is, you'll want to find out about the other six teachings too. Start your learning adventure now!

Page 1: Introduction to the 7 Sacred Teachings (handout)
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Page 3: Humble Like Wolf: student activity

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Students will be able to use this resource to compare and contrast Dakota and Ojibwe Native Americans. Categories include homes, clothing, transportation, language, and games. This product meets the MN state standards for social studies for second grade!

What's Included:

Compare and Contrast Dakota and Ojibwe Native Americans Worksheet

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Explore the remarkable life of Dahteste, a courageous Apache leader, with this reading comprehension and puzzle activity. Learn about her role in advocating for her people's rights and traditions.

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This comprehensive GOOGLE DRIVE research project is everything you need in order for students to complete independent research on Native Americans!! It is the PERFECT to assign students so they can complete this at home or independently or in a paperless classroom! It includes over 21 pages of graphic organizers (with an example!), vocabulary terms, and quizzes. It is easy to use and an awesome research project that your students will love! You will be provided with a Google folder that includes 8 resources. The first is How-To-Use Guide that gives a layout of every single thing you will be assigning to your students. It also includes various types of graphic organizers for student modifications.

What is included?

- Access to a Google Drive folder containing 9 resources:

1. How-To-Use Teacher Guide- Shares main ideas, student outcomes, materials, standards/curriculum connections, and assessment/grading. You also get to see an overview of all the documents that are shared with the students.

2. Native American Research List - This list includes all Native People available for research from the National Geographic website.

3. National Geographic Kids Website Guide- This document provides students with a detailed description on how to use the National Geographic Kids website, including pictures and steps.

4. Vocabulary Terms- 8 vocabulary terms and definitions related to this project: Native Americans, descendants, tribe, culture, ceremonial, harvest, ancestors, treaty.

5. Vocabulary Quiz- This 8 question vocabulary quiz (format: Google Survey) is taken right from the vocabulary terms document.

6. Research Graphic Organizer - Graphic organizer for students to record their individual Native American research. Includes an example!

7. Student Checklist and Project Reflection- This is this the final part of this research project. Students are asked (format: Google Survey) to fill out a checklist marking if they completed all aspects of the research project. They then reflect on what they did well on, what they can improve on, what they learned, and if they enjoyed the research project.

8. Terms of Use Page

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Enhance your students' understanding of the Lakota Native Americans with this comprehensive mini unit! Designed to complement your Native American studies, this ready-to-go resource includes a variety of engaging materials. Students will enjoy exploring the Lakota culture through a mini book, anchor chart, KWL chart, graphic organizer, word search, ABC order activity, writing paper, and a quiz with an answer key. With this complete package, teaching about the Lakota has never been easier or more enjoyable!

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Teach your students about Native American tribes and shelters with this fun and interactive STEAM Lesson. Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, complete a planning page, paragraph writing, and reflection sheet, go on a virtual field trip to the Native Voices Museum, and finish by building a Native American Shelter. Rubric Included

You will need:

1. Construction Paper
2. Paper Bags
3. Twigs, Sticks, and leaves
4. Cloth pieces
5. Popsicle sticks
6. Cardboard
7. Glue and tape
8. Crayons and Markers 
9. Scissors and a Ruler

❤️Looking for a fun and creative way to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about teepee dwellings and how they were used in Native American culture, while making beautiful 3D writing craft projects! (3 crafts included)

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✏️Use the cultural guide, symbols guide, vocabulary definitions, and discussion questions to teach about the history of tipis and how they were used in Native American tribes.

✏️3 teepee crafts included! Use the templates as a stencil to create your craft on colored paper, or decorate directly on craft worksheets!

✏️Students can choose from 25 symbols, called pictographs, to create their personalized tepee art project.

✏️Students can use the symbols to tell stories (real or fictional), create scenes, or simply choose ones that represent their qualities or the traits of family members.

✏️Crafts are differentiated! Students can color, draw, or decorate their teepee, choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing sheet options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)

✏️Use the arts and craft writing projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

⭐️Create a writing bulletin board, door, or hallway by displaying craftivities!

⭐️Check out the preview and video for a more detailed look at what's inside!

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✅ Includes: (61 pages)

Informational guides: (6 pages)

☑ Teepee information (1 page)

☑ Pictograph symbols guide (2 pages)

☑ Vocabulary guide (3 pages)

Craft components: (29 pages)

☑ Craft directions (4 pages)

☑ Craft templates (3 pages)

☑ Craft worksheets (6 pages)

☑ Black & white symbols (3 pages)

☑ Color symbols (13 pages)

Writing projects (optional): (26 pages)

☑ Writing prompts, research ideas, or discussion questions (1 page)

☑ Brainstorming sheets - informative, narrative, personal narrative, persuasive (4 pages)

☑ Writing sheets - tracing symbol names (5 pages)

☑ Writing sheets - blank, mini blocks, dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ Writing sheets - blank, mini blocks, solid lines (2 pages)

☑ Writing sheets - sequencing (first, next, then, etc.) - blank dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ Writing sheets - sequencing (first, next, then, etc.) - blank solid lines (2 pages)

☑ Writing sheets - "All About Teepees" - full page, dotted lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - "All About Teepees" - full page, solid lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - "All About Pictographs" - full page, dotted lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - "All About Pictographs" - full page, solid lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - "My Teepee Story" - full page, dotted lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - "My Teepee Story" - full page, solid lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - blank (additional sheet) - full page, dotted lines (1 page)

☑ Writing sheets - blank (additional sheet) - full page, solid lines (1 page)

✅ Bonus: (65 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (3 pages)

☑ Black and white set (61 pages)

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✅ Pictograph symbols included: (25)

☑ badger tracks (summer)

☑ bear (strength)

☑ bear paw (good omen)

☑ buffalo eye (alertness)

☑ big mountain (abundance)

☑ bird (carefree)

☑ brothers (loyalty)

☑ buffalo horns (success)

☑ butterfly (renewal)

☑ cactus (desert)

☑ coyote tracks (trickster)

☑ deer tracks (safety)

☑ drying rack (plenty of meat)

☑ eagle (freedom)

☑ eagle feather (chief)

☑ hogan (permanent home)

☑ horse (journey)

☑ lightning (power)

☑ Medicine Man's eye (wisdom)

☑ mountain range (destination)

☑ spider (good luck)

☑ sun (happiness)

☑ tipi (temporary home)

☑ turtle (protection)

☑ wolf paw (courage)

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This resource contains 11 different Native American Feather art projects that let students explore a variety of media while learning about Native American culture.  Perfect for Native American Heritage Month (November), this resource is designed for 2nd-5th grades but may be adapted for middle school or even younger students. 

Looking to engage your students? This resource is highly engaging and cross-curricular.   With 11 feather projects, there is something for every student. Facts about feathers and their significance in Native American culture are included.  

Need to assess student knowledge or skills? Many of the projects are short, one-day projects ideal for experimenting with new media or assessing skills.  Ideas for assessment are included. 

What about differentiating for my students?  With a variety of projects using many different media, you have many project choices to allow you to differentiate the project and/or the process of creating the project.  

Can I use it with centers? This resource may be used with or without centers. Using centers allows students to work at different rates while all students are still working and creating but projects may easily be done without centers.   

What about art content? National Arts Standards and TEKS (standards for Texas) are included for 2nd - 5th grades. Each project also includes relevant art vocabulary to use with the lesson. 

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS SAID

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “We did some of these projects during Native American Heritage Month. Students loved creating different feathers with different art materials. They turned out beautifully!”

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 24 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 11 projects - 10 feather art projects & 1 student-created feather stencil
• Suggestions for project variations
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Ideas for assessment
• Feather facts and the information on the importance of feathers in Native American culture
• 2 coloring pages with 2 feathers each (total of 4 feathers)
• Student practice sheet with rachis already drawn
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd-5th grades
• Group project ideas

Get yours to create an amazing display for Native American Heritage Month. This resource is also part of 2 Native American Art Project bundles listed here and here.

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Save 20% on 15 books from the What Is? and What Was? book series. Each one includes a book report flipbook template and a comprehensive reading comprehension digital lesson (with a built-in reward system).

The books in the series include:

1. What Was the Age of Exploration?
2. What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?
3. What Was the Wild West?
4. What Was the Donner Party?
5. What Was the Ice Age?
6. What Was the Boston Tea Party?
7. What Was Ellis Island?
8. What Was the Great Depression?
9. What Was the Plague?
10. What Was the Titanic
11. What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
12. What is Climate Change?
13. What is the Constitution?
14. What is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19?
15. What is the Women's Rights Movement?

This product is easy to use:

1. Print the template (same template for every book in this series), cut along the dotted line on each page, then staple the top to create the flipbooks (students can do this on their own).
2. Read the book (independently or as a class/group)
3. Click through the Google reading comprehension digital lesson (no-prep required!)
4. Students fill out the template independently/homework or as a class or group. In my class, we work on the book report template together through each section of the lesson.

The sections of the reading comprehension digital lesson and 9-page book report template include (along with the built-in reward system):

• book title info
• rating & review
• vocabulary
• facts
• text ideas
• series of events
• making life connections
• what I learned
• questions I have
• setting/subject
• interesting event
• important event

The Mud Pony : A Reading Rainbow Book Study Companion Read Aloud Comprehension Packet with activities including quiz, sequencing, vocabulary, writing, and more, based on the book by Caron Lee Cohen (book not included).

This 46-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice:

46 Pages Total Include:

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 

3. * * continued

4. 10 Multiple Choice Questions 

5. * * continued

6. * * * answer sheet (corresponds with both sets)

7. Sequencing : 12 written scenes from the story to place in order

8. * * * Sequencing : Blank paste sheet

9. * * * Sequencing answer sheet

10. Story Elements : Who, What, When, Where, Main Idea, Problem Solving

11. Reflection : Connection, Text-to-Self, Steps You Would Give to …………

12. Story Map: Setting, Characters, Problem, Solution

13. Key Questions : Who, What, When, Where, How, Why (With Graphics)

14. Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last

15. Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last : with shaped-illustrated writing areas

16. Title Page: Author, Illustrator, add your own illustration 

17. Cause & Effect  : Fill in the remaining Cause & Effect blanks

18. Writing Prompt : with Leaf- shaped lined paper :…..

19. Compare & Contrast Venn Diagram: The Boy Vs The Pony

20. Book Report : Who is the author? Fiction or Non Fiction? Characters? Favorite part? Rate this book! 

21. Opinion Journal: What did you think? What would you change?

22. Read & Respond : Main Idea, Supporting Details, Author’s Purpose, My New Vocabulary

23. Vocabulary : 10 words from the book with match-up definitions

24. * * * Vocabulary Answer Sheet

25. Vocabulary Fill-In-The-Blank: choose the correct word to complete each of 10 sentences.

26. * * * Vocabulary Words in Use Answer Sheet

27. Word Search page (20 words)

28. Word Scramble page (10 words)

29. Spelling Words : 10 words plus 1 Bonus, from the book, on lined paper

30. * * * Spelling Test : blank, lined paper

31. ABC Order : 20 words from the book

32. * * * ABC Order : Answer sheet

33. Syllables : Divide the 20 words into syllables

34. * * * Syllables : Answer Sheet

35. Rhyme Time :15 homophone words from the book, to match up to 15 rhyming words

36. Design & Detail illustrating page …..

37. Contractions : 9 contractions to combine, or separate

38. Follow the instructions : coloring, addition/subtraction using photos

39. Follow the instructions : counting pictures , left/right

40. Follow the instructions : First/Second/Third/Fourth ; Counting photos graph

41. Acrostic Poem : DREAM

42. Math : 12 simple addition problems

43. * * * Math : answer sheet

44. Math : 12 simple multiplication problems

45. * * * Math : answer sheet

46. Senses : Feels, Smells, Looks, Tastes & Sounds Like

UPDATE 2019 : 15 additional pages added!
UPDATE 2022: 5 more pages added & all pages updated!
UPDATE 2023: MATH & SENSES added.

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