O’odham Plants and Animals – Part 2 ELA
The ELA portion of the O’odham plants and animals lesson contains highly engaging nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions, an exploratory virtual library, differentiated reading practice, and sequencing activities. This real-world lesson addresses compare and contrast, sequencing, and cause-and-effect text reading structures. There is also an O’odham plants and animals research writing project and recipes that will provide students with authentic learning opportunities bringing this lesson to life.
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Special Thanks to Our Contributors
Amerind would like to thank Angelica Salcido, Angelina Saraficio, and Amy Spotted Wolf for reviewing this lesson. Their comments, advice, and guidance improved these educational materials significantly. We are truly grateful for Angelica Salcido, Angelina Saraficio, and Amy Spotted Wolf’s help. Any errors or oversights in these materials are solely the responsibility of Amerind.
Course Structure
This course is delivered in 4 parts.
- History – Includes all links and activities in the Orange column below.
- ELA Reading and Writing – Includes all links and activities in the Yellow and Green columns with the title ELA.
- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) – Includes all links and activities in the blue column with the title S.T.E.A.M.
- Resources – This is a simple page with links for extended learning and study. These are found in the purple column labeled Resources.
The image below gives a quick view of the lessons and links that are found in each of the lessons. You can access this document here.

Accessing the Course Content
This course is designed and presented with the goal that the material can be easily used by anyone. As a result, each lesson will present content in multiple ways to accommodate many different teaching styles and technology needs. For each lesson you will have the following options:
- Website Content – The lessons/worksheets/videos will be available to view inside of the website. You can read and use the lesson from this site.
- External Link – You will also have a link that directly links you to the resource (ie. Google Doc, Google Slide, YouTube Video)
* IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR GOOGLE DOCS AND SLIDES
If you go directly to a link to save a google document or slide, you must make a copy of the document and save it to your own account.