Bringing Back the Buffalo
El regreso de los bisontes
Le retour du bison
Bringing Back the Buffalo
Bringing Back the Buffalo
Bringing Back the Buffalo
Bringing Back the Buffalo
Historical (fiction), 637 words, Level N (Grade 2), Lexile 680L
Buffalo are sacred to Native peoples of the Great Plains and are very important to their traditional way of life. Bringing Back the Buffalo tells the story of Tony, young member of the Ojibwe nation, who learns about the importance of buffalo to the Ojibwe during a trip to visit the new buffalo herd on his reservation. The book can also be used to teach students how to identify the main idea and details in a text and the proper use of conjunctions.
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Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Summarize to understand text
Comprehension
Main Idea and Details : Identify main idea and details
Phonics
Vowel Digraphs : Identify vowel digraph ea
Grammar and Mechanics
Conjunctions : Identify and use conjunctions and, but, for, not, or, so, yet
Word Work
Alphabetical Order : Place words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
