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Compelling question
What makes each person unique?
Standards & practices
RLK.3
RL1.3
RL2.3
RL3.3
RL4.3
Staging the question
Read The Mixed Up Chameleon and listen to Grandmother’s Beads.
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What makes each person unique?
Formative performance task
Discuss identity and being oneself. Create a bead bracelet with meanings for each bead, then write or draw an important shared learning. Explore individuality through the snowflake video.
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K-4 Lesson Plan
Grandmother’s Beads and The Mixed Up Chameleon
Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings:
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OESU 1, Indicator 2 for K-2: Students are able to identify the
interrelationships of people, places and the environment.
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OSEU 2, Indicator 1 for K-2: Students will be able to explain the values learned through stories.
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OSEU 7, The essential philosophy of the Oceti Sakowin wicoun (way of life) is based on the values of the Oceti
Sakowin which has created resiliency of the Oyate. Tribal communities have put considerable efforts into
economic development ventures, Tribal universities, alternative education, wellness centers, cultural, traditions
and language revitalization.
Common Core State Standards:
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RLK.3, RL1.3, RL2.3, RL3.3, RL4.3: Characters, setting and major events in a story
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Speaking and Listening Standards 1-3 for K-4 Students
Introduction:
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Begin by reflecting on the things we have been learning about together. Have students share not only activities
that they remember, but the learning that happened with the activities.
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Share that today we are going to be working with both a story and a song. We will be talking about “Way of
Life” and the importance of bringing the best of who we are to each situation we have in life.
Lesson:
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Read the story, The Mixed Up Chameleon. You could also watch the story being told by using this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ch1277quZo
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Talk about the story. Retell the story first…what happened? Why did Chameleon change so much throughout
the story? What do you think Chameleon learned as a result of all of the things he went through in the story?
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Apply the story – What is the lesson we can learn from this story? Why is it so important for us to be our true
selves in the world?
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Talk about OSEU 7, “Way of Life.” We can use art and culture and language as ways to express our true selves.
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Share the Grandmother’s Beads video http://youtu.be/Dx2lPHKtCfM and discuss.
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Create bracelets with beads together with each bead representing something special about who we are.
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Have students write or draw the very best thing about our times together this year.
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Watch the snowflake formation video http://youtu.be/VizJB2JP_WM and talk about how beautiful and
individual each snowflake is.
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