Pedagogical Mind Shifts

 

While working with one of my students on their piece of writing it dawned on me (kua taka te kapa) how far my pedagogical beliefs had changed. Expectations are often clouded by past events that may have worked well at that time however new learning new strategies can often bring about positive outcomes if you are open to it. My pedagogical shift means that i am able to incorporate new strategies and learning without feeling hemmed in by my past beliefs in teaching.  

Te kai a te tauira he kete, he kete, he kete

Student Voice

At intervals during the term student voice is a good way to get feedback from the students.

Their thoughts.

Reflecting on Goals

At the beginning of the year students set some goals for themselves. Term 3 week 5 we pulled them out to measure what progress the students had made. To their surprise the students found they had made some remarkable progress and were very happy about what they had accomplished.  Ka mau te wehi.

Writing in the first person

Today my senior Te Reo Maaori students are learning to write in the first person, so we took a piece of writing that they were working on and discussed what this might look like if they could imagine themselves as being part of the picture, story or event.  This was good practice for the students.

It was an interesting exercise for students.

Strategy: imagination..

Strategy teaching Pro-nouns

What did we do, in this activity students were taught pro-nouns in māori, once they were using the words confidently we used formations of groups to strengthen students understanding of each of the main pro-nouns being used at this level.

Example of pro-nouns used: au, koe, ia, māua, rāua, kōrua, rātou, mātou, koutou, tātou

Strategy: mix it up a bit, learn and actions work really well

Interactive with year 10 Māori Option Class

Observing the interaction between students was a good ice breaker activity where students asked questions and had to relay the response to another student. The more the students got to interact and practice the less inhibited they became.  This was a good confidence builder for students who are shy and less inclined to put themselves out there. It was good to see students having a go looking to one another for hints, support tautoko and assurance.

The 3 Musketeers

Today the 3 musketeers where busy brainstorming their ideas about their written level 3 topic kaupapa , translating māori phrases and words into manageable chunks and using building block statergies to connect sentences using particles past and future tense markers in māori.   Translating phrases and sentences with a lot of laughter and confidence as they eagerly voiced their responses back and forth in the classroom.

During this time the two putiputi (girls) over in the corner where happily working together on their very own level 1 kaupapa "Kei Whea Tōku Reo".

Awesome day to spend with these young rangathi working on their tuhituhi projects. Ka mau te wehi.
Happy class, happy work.

L3 Written topic: Synthetic Drugs Te Taru Kino o Te Matuu Horihori

After much discussion and brainstorming we decided on a written topic inspired by what was going on in the latest news items. Synthetic Drugs. We watch the news items over and over again discussing the main points ideas and sharing our thoughts on the outcomes for these rangatahi and pakeke. Good soul searching stuff.

We put together a list of main ideas that the students felt they should target and cover in their writing piece but the biggest item of all was the vocab list. Students need something to build their language and knowledge on especially in an area they may not usually write about. CHALLENGE. We than set about putting together a list of vocab that they felt was an essential list to help develop craft and draft their piece of L3 Tuhituhi on.

Ka mau te wehi there was no stopping them after that.

Strategy: spend a little bit of time at the beginning opening up discussion (they know a lot) help them set up their resources and let them go for it. Ka mau te wehi.

News Hub

Our main resources for the L3 Tuhituhi (Written piece)

Students watched a news item on synthetic drugs  News Hub item: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/health/2017/07/why-synthetic-cannabis-is-such-a-killer.html


great discussion and feedback from the group... some interesting kupu Maori, just a few listed.

spike	Kuta
Disturbing behaviour	Komingomingo	Ko tōna ahua komingomingo - his behaviour is disturbing
seisure	Hukeke	Ko te hukeke ai te tamaiti  - the boy has seisures
Blackouts	tuauriuri	He tino tuauriuri te tama nei
Heart stops	Manawa (Heart)	Kua kati tona manawa - his/ her heart stops
chemicals	Puumatuu	Kia kai ai te puumatuu
Chemical reaction	Tauhohe Maatu	Ko te kiri tauhohe maatu you get a chemical reaction on your skin
hallucinations	Pohewa Kehua	Kia pohewa kehua te tangata (he sees ghosts, he has hallucinations)
vomiting	Ruaki	Kia ruaki te tangata, he is vommtting
paranoid	Manatunatu	I etahi wa i manatunatu ia - sometimes he/she is paranoid
Body turns blue	Kikorangi te tinana	He huri tona tinana ki te tae kahurangi - he turns blue
Hit / bullet	Hamoamoa	I hoko ia he hamoamoa - he’s / she’s buys a hit
Homemade labs	Taiwhanaga Puutaiao	kei te kainga tetahi taiwhanaga puutaiao some are made at home in the labs
Manslaughter	Whakamate ohonoa

New Student

A new student has been enrolled into our class today, a year 13 student who has very little (nil) language ability in Te Reo but this student is keen to give it a go.  This will be very interesting. Lets see how it goes?

Started drafting today Thursday 10