Dakota 10, 20, 30 | Saskatchewan Curriculum

(a)	Use the Dakota language for personal communication and to interact with teachers and classmates.
(b)	Apply, with some guidance, a variety of before, during and after strategies to communicate meaning when writing and speaking.
(c)	Use technological applications to practice enunciating Dakota sounds and vocabulary.
(d)	Practise signing words (i.e., American Sign Language) to communicate meaning when learning to speak Dakota.
(e)	Employ tools (e.g., charts, vocabulary lists and technological applications) and consult resources (e.g., peers, family, elders, knowledge keepers, grammar reference books and online resources) to support the production of oral and written texts.
(f)	Apply, with some guidance, oral communication and mediation strategies such as: taking risks; applying prior knowledge for personal expression in Dakota; using physical (e.g., gestures and facial expressions) and auditory (e.g., laughter, tone and volume) cues to convey meaning; and, repeating the main points of simple messages to clarify intent.
(g)	Apply, with some guidance, language learning strategies to support the production of written text, such as: taking risks; using prior knowledge for personal expression in Dakota; sound out words verbally prior to spelling; referring to the Dakota alphabet chart; and, spelling more complex words using phonics and the Dakota alphabet.
(h)	Evaluate personal written or oral productions and provide suggestions for improvement.
(i)	Maintain a journal to gain awareness of which language production strategies are most effective.
(j)	Discuss possible strategies to address challenges (e.g., tolerance of ambiguity and maintaining a positive attitude) of learning to communicate in an additional language.
(k)	Reflect, with some guidance, on personal writing or speaking process.

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