Paiute Curriculum Mapping

The first six weeks:
1. Students will be introduced to the Wycliff Writing System.
2. Students will become familiar with the sounds of the consonants, vowels, blends, and dipthongs.
3. Students will know the various Paiute Bands of the Great Basin area.
4. Students will use short phrases for introductions, greetings, and leave-takings.
5. Students will name the month, days, and numbers 1-31.
6. Students will name 2 seasons: summer and fall.
7. Students will name 6 plants: Indian Tea, chokecherry, buck berry, pine nuts, elderberry, rabbit brush.
8. Students will name 5 colors: green, brown, yellow, orange, and blue.
9. Students will name 5 animals: deer, horde, cow, eagle, and fish.
10. Students will name 6 body parts: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head, and hair.
11. Students will be introduced to the 6 directions.
12. Students will name 4 weather types: windy, rainy, sunshine, and snow.
13. Students will name 10 family members: mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, sister (older, younger), and brother (older, younger).
14. Students will know 2 persons: young man and young woman.
15. Students will learn 1 Paiute song and translate.

The second six weeks:
1. Students will write 50% correctly using the Wycliff Writing System.
2. Students will use with 95% accuracy the sounds of the Paiute language.
3. Students will name the Paiute Bands their family is connected with.
4. Students will name 9 family members: 2 aunts, 2 uncles, great-grandparents, son, daughter, husband, wife.
5. Students will count 32-50.
6. Students will name 3 seasons: winter, summer, and fall.
7. Students will name 3 plants: sagebrush, balsom root, and 5 from 1st six weeks.
8. Students will name 8 animals: coyote, wolf, raccoon, skunk, bear, frog, mouse, black bird, and 5 from 1st six weeks.
9. Students will learn 3 Paiute legends.
10. Students will name 4 colors: white, red, gray, black and 5 from the 1st six weeks.
11. Students will name 5 body parts: shoulder, arms, elbow, wrist, and hands.
12. Students will be introduced to 6 clothing items: coat, shoes, dress, shirt, hat, and pants.
13. Students will be introduced to 2 Indian games.
14. Students will be introduced to the time: morning, noon, evening, and night.
15. Students will use short phrases “what is this”, “what is that”, “I don’t know”, “help me”, “I forgot”, and “my dress is red”.
16. Students will learn 2 Paiute songs and will translate.
17. Students will be introduced to the suffixes, prefix’s, and noun to pronoun.

The third six weeks:
1. Students will write 95% correctly using the Wycliff Writing System.
2. Students will write and count to 100.
3. Students will name seasons: winter, fall, spring, summer.
4. Plants: cottonwood, tumbleweed, juniper and 8 plants from first and second six weeks.
5. Students will learn and translate 3 Paiute legends-from Paiute to English.
6. Students will name and write all 9 colors from the first and second six weeks.
7. Students will learn 5 body parts: thigh, leg, knee, ankle, and foot.
8. Students will be introduced to the clothing items: socks, belt, pocket, tennis shoe, shawl and 6 clothing items from the second six weeks.
9. Students will play 2 Indian games independently.
10. Students will respond in English when asked about time: morning, noon, evening, and night.
11. Students will use 3-5 word sentences, using correct suffixes, prefixes, nouns and pronouns.

The fourth six weeks:
1. Students will read and write using the Wycliff Writing System.
2. Students will use sentences with numbers.
3. Students will describe in short sentences about the weather.
4. Students will have a discussion regarding the Pyramid Lake War.
5. Students will be introduced to seasonal plants: wild onions (water and desert), water cress, etc.
6. Students will be introduced to the importance of the Kooyooe spawning learning fishing terms.
7. Students will use sentences describing colors of items.
8. Students will name body parts: chest, waist, hip, inner parts, heart, liver, and kidney.
9. Students will be able to converse with one another in short sentences.
10. Students will be able to tell short story in the language.