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Children will develop awareness of a Native American celebration.

Vocabulary: powwow, culture, vendors, shawl, regalia

Social Studies Focus: Native American Heritage Month, traditions

  1. Watch a Video:

    Let's Go to a Powwow!

     

  2. Read the Issue:

    Let's Go to a Powwow

     

  3. Play a Game:

    Let's Go to a Powwow Game Show

    Skill: key details

     

  4. Complete Skill Sheets 

    Reading Checkpoint

    Skill: reading comprehension

     

    Text Feature Hunt

    Skill: nonfiction text features

     

    Powwow Punctuation

    Skill: punctuation

     

  5. Lesson Boosters 

  • Paired Text Suggestion: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

  • Recipe: Make Strawberry Juice

     

  • Hands-on Activity: Watch and Write

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RL.1.1 key details; RI.1.5 text features; RI.1.10 read fi rst-grade texts; RF.1.1 punctuation; SL.1.2 ask and answer questions

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text Suggestion: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

  • What is fry bread? Food, shape, history, nation and so much more! This book is a beautiful modern celebration of a Native American tradition.

Recipe: Make Strawberry Juice!

  • Make a strawberry juice just like the traditional drink served at powwows.
  • You will need 2 pints of fresh strawberries, 2 tablespoons of sugar, a fork or potato masher, and a 1 gallon pitcher.
  • Remove the leaves from the strawberries and slice them lengthwise.
  • Mash them up! Use the potato masher or fork to mash the strawberries.
  • Mix the sugar with the mashed strawberries and put the mixture in a pitcher. Fill the rest of the pitcher with water. Stir and enjoy!

Hands-on Activity: Watch and Write

Skills: video comprehension, writing

Materials: Watch a Video skill sheets, clip boards, pencils, screen for students to watch

  • Students analyze and reflect on a video about powwows.
  • Provide each student with the Watch a Video skill sheet and a clipboard. Review each question and prompt on the sheet. Students can begin to share predictions or ask questions if they need clarification.
  • Have students sit around the screen to watch the video. Turn on the video "Let’s Go to a Powwow!" from the issue's website.
  • Play the video once before having students return to their seats and begin filling out the skill sheet. Play the video a second time for students to reference as they work. Pause the video as needed to review new vocabulary words, allow time for students to write, or have a class discussion.