Indigenous Peoples of North America Word Sudoku Logic Game

by English with Imagination

Price: 250 points or $2.5 USD

Subjects: games,ela,elaLanguage,englishSecondLanguage,eslVocab,indigenousPeoplesDay

Grades: 4,5,6

Description: Challenge and engage your students with these sudoku word puzzles that celebrate the Native American cultures of North America. By exploring and solving these illustrated, audio-enriched word puzzles, your students will develop critical thinking skills and expand their awareness of Indigenous cultures in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The following words are included: Aztecs, basket, canoes, dreams, forest, frozen, hogans, island, jungle, lights, meadow, plunge, Pueblo, ridges, and towers. Audio recordings provide background information, model pronunciation, and support vocabulary development. Each recording uses the target word in a sentence describing the picture and clarifies its relationship to Indigenous People's Day. Vibrant photography contextualizes the vocabulary for English learners and brings the words to life. Each puzzle contains six letters - perfect for kids in upper elementary. The puzzles are presented in random order so that students have a different experience each time they play. Although Sudoku is traditionally played individually, I like to use these word sudokus for pair work with my English learners. I see a ton of benefits! They are motivated to speak in English, they review the alphabet, they develop cooperative learning skills, and they are able to shine regardless of language level since the ability to spot patterns isn't language-dependent.