Literacy Themes: Native Americans
One of the big themes I teach about in 2nd grade is Native Americans. Here are some books I use to teach an integrated Literacy/Social Studies unit:
Little Runner of the Longhouse
Small Wolf
Little Hawk's New Name
Buffalo Before Breakfast
Dancing with the Indians
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
The Legend of the Bluebonnet
Very Last First Time
This is a book of plays - very nice!
Below great book with a lot of nice activities, but what I really like about it is that there is a three page reading passage about each tribe, written at the perfect level for my 2nd graders. They discuss several different Native American tribes, and include a wonderful chart for comparing/contrasting the tribes, as well as a map:
CLICK HERE to download a set of crossword puzzles I created to go with the reading passages in this book. More goodies to come soon!
Here is a photo of a Venn Diagram a colleague and I completed with our classes after reading Little Hawk's New Name and Meet Kaya:
Related 2nd Grade leveled books on Reading A to Z:
Here is a crossword puzzle to go with the book Buffalo Hunt, above.
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