Name: Native American Heritage Totem Pole Crafts & Indigenous Writing Activities
Brand: Kimberly's Classroom
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Native American Heritage Totem Pole Crafts & Indigenous Writing Activities

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Grades

Kindergarten - 6th

Mostly used with K

Subjects

Writing, Native Americans, U.S. History

Description

❤️Looking for fun and creative ways to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about totem poles and how they were used in Native American cultures, while making beautiful writing craft projects and worksheets!

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✏️Use the cultural guide and symbols guide to teach (social studies & history) about totem poles and how they were used in Native American cultures.

✏️Students can choose from 13 animals to create their personalized totem pole based on traits that they or their family members have. Works great as a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity!

✏️Crafts are differentiated! Students can color or decorate their craft, choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing sheet options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)

✏️Dive deeper with reading comprehension, true or false, vocabulary, and sentence-fixing worksheets!

✏️Use the arts and craft writing projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs, and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

⭐️Create a writing bulletin board, door, or hallway by displaying craftivities!

⭐️Check out the preview and video for more details!

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✅ Includes: (35 pages)

Teaching Materials: (5 pages)

☑ Totem pole information (2 pages)

☑ Animal symbols guide (3 pages)

Craft Project: (5 pages)

☑ Craft directions (1 page)

☑ Craft example (1 page)

☑ Craft pieces (3 pages)

Writing Projects: (13 pages)

☑ Animal name tracing - dotted lines (3 pages)

☑ Animal name / trait - blank dotted lines (1 page)

☑ Animal name / trait - blank solid lines (1 page)

☑ Sequencing (first, next, then, etc.) - blank dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ Sequencing (first, next, then, etc.) - blank solid lines (2 pages)

☑ "My Totem Pole" - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "All About Totem Poles" - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "My Totem Pole" - solid lines (1 page)

☑ "All About Totem Poles" - solid lines (1 page)

Worksheets: (12 pages)

☑ Reading comprehension (3 pages)

☑ True or False (3 pages)

☑ Vocabulary words (3 pages)

☑ Fix the sentences (3 pages)

✅ Bonus: (39 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (3 pages)

☑ Black and white set (35 pages)

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✏️Writing prompt ideas:

☑ animal symbol names

☑ animal symbol traits

☑ all about totem poles in Native American cultures

☑ all about the students' personalized totem pole

✅ Animal symbols included: (13 animals)

☑ badger

☑ bear

☑ beaver

☑ deer

☑ fox

☑ frog

☑ moose

☑ otter

☑ owl

☑ rabbit

☑ squirrel

☑ thunderbird

☑ wolf

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SAVE BIG with bundles!

⭐️Looking for more Native American activities?

Native American Bundle

⭐️Looking for more Native American crafts?

Native American Writing Crafts Bundle

⭐️Looking for more writing crafts?

Writing Craft Bundle

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Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Wishing you a wonderful school year!

❤️Kimberly

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“Thank you for this resource! My students are going to have a blast making these.”

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May 5, 2026

We used this for rotations on Native American Heritage Day. The kids loved creating their totem poles.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Caitlyn! Thank you for sharing your experience with this resource! I'm so glad that your students enjoyed the activity. That means a lot to me. I hope you and your kiddos have a great rest of the school year! :)

Caitlyn F.

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
April 25, 2026

This is a great resource to help understand Totem Poles.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Chelsea! Thank you so much for the kind feedback! It means a lot to me that this resource was helpful for your 4th graders. I hope you and your kiddos have a great rest of the school year! :)

Chelsea K.

Grades taught: 4th
April 17, 2026

I purchased this to use for my students as part of our social studies monthly theme. I absolutely loved it and more importantly so did my students!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi there! You are so incredibly kind! It means the world to me that this activity was helpful in your classroom and that your students enjoyed it. I really appreciate the feedback and hope you have a wonderful rest of the school year! :)

The T.

Grades taught: 4th, PreK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th
April 16, 2026

this was al ot of fun for my kiddos. I wish the terminology used to address the Indigeous people was correct for Canadian content

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi there! I really appreciate your kind and honest feedback! I'm so glad that your students enjoyed this activity and love the idea of offering a version of this activity with Canadian terminology. I will look into this option further! :)

lakhwinder G.

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
January 27, 2026

Students loved using this activity to tell stories about their own families!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Karina! I love how you used this activity to have your students tell stories about their families! It means a lot to me that they enjoyed creating their totem poles. Thank you for taking time to leave kind feedback! I hope you and your 4th graders are all having a wonderful year so far! :)

karina C.

Grades taught: 4th
November 23, 2025

A lot of my students struggle with reading in English. This way a great way to get them to learn while reading something they can comprehend.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Andrea! Thank you for your very kind feedback! I'm so glad that the reading component of this project was a good fit for your students. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season! :)

Andrea A.

Grades taught: 4th
November 4, 2025

This resource was a great craft to add to the end of my Native Americans unit.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi there! I'm so glad that this craft was a helpful addition to your 4th grade classroom! It means a lot to me that you took the time to share your positive experience, thank you. I hope you are having a great school year so far! :)

TeachingForSecond

Grades taught: 4th
September 5, 2025

My students absolutely LOVED creating their own totem poles! This was so fun to incorporate in our studies of Indigenous people!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Kelly! Thank you for the very kind feedback! I'm thrilled that your 4th graders enjoyed creating their own totem poles and hope you and your students are having a wonderul start to the new school year! :)

Kelly L.

Grades taught: 4th
April 10, 2025

Thank you for creating a great product. My students enjoyed working with it.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Techa! I really appreciate the kind words! Thank YOU for choosing to use this resource with your 4th graders and for all you do to help support their learning journey. It means the world to me that they enjoyed this activity and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the school year. :)

Techa W.

Grades taught: 4th
April 9, 2025

All my students loved this we will forsue be doing it again.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Sheila! I'm so glad your students enjoyed this activity! Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to share your positive experience. It means a lot! I hope you and your students have a great rest of the school year! :)

Sheila A.

Grades taught: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
October 13, 2024

My students and I enjoyed this it was engaging. Thank you

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Rachel! Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to leave a kind review. It means a lot to me that your 4th graders enjoyed these activities and I hope you are all having a great start to the school year! :)

Rachel K.

Grades taught: 4th
October 25, 2023

I like this resource. It was easy to use with my class.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Melanie! Thank you for your kind review of this resource! I'm so glad that you found it useful for your 4th graders and I hope you all have an amazing school year! :)

Melanie T.

Grades taught: 4th
January 1, 2023

My students loved this task and understanding what each animal represented? it was easy enough for them to do independently and they showed great enjoyment in doing the task.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hello! Happy New Year! I'm so glad your 4th graders enjoyed this activity. Thank you for taking time to leave valuable feedback. I really appreciate it! I hope you and your students have a wonderful 2023! :)

Smart S.

Grades taught: 4th
December 7, 2022

My students loved this project. They enjoyed making their own personal totem pole to take home and writing about why they chose the animals they put on their totem pole.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Melissa! I'm so glad your students enjoyed these activities! Thank you for sharing your experience and for taking time to leave a kind review! I hope you and your kiddos have a wonderful holiday season! :)

Melissa B.

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th

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