L1 Māori exam turnout

Kia tae te wā whakamatautau mo ēnei tauira,  ngā mihinui, tauira mā, kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui tū tōnu ki te reo o tō tātou reo rangatira haumi e hui e taiki e.

Very pleased with the turnout for level 1 exams includes two yr 10 students sitting NCEA L1 today. Churr.

Communication with students a key

Communication with students even by email is so important. This is a strategy to keep students informed and connected with the teacher kaiako during study leave when preparing for exams.  This has certainly helped to avoid any major upsets for students. Be specific with times and dates.

Jumbled thoughts

Students thoughts are often a mind field there is a lot of thinking going on inside. You can often tell this by listening to them and observing their work. In this case i ask students to explain what it is they are trying to describe, identify or solve. I found being explicit about the action helped them organise or classify what their intended purpose was.

Student recalls a strategy they use while reading

Today i asked a student to explain to me a strategy she used when reading texts in māori, she responded confidently by explaining that she first looked at the vocab list (provided ) and went through the story marking words  that she did not know either underlining them or using a highlighter. 

Jumpstart yr 10's focus set up blogs & profiles

Jumpstart gives yr 11 students time to set up for 2018: students are setting up blogs & profiles. One of the specifications for blogging will be to develop tuhituhi skills in writing reflections... i tuhi rātou ngā tauira i roto i te reo māori i te nuinga o te wā, ahakoa he iti he taonga tuku iho.

Finland Teaching Approach

He aha ou whakaaro

https://lnkd.in/gYupPHC

Jump Start Whakatu Piki Mai Kake Mai

Jump start: Yr 11 me haere tātou ma runga tereina

https://sites.google.com/a/tamaki.ac.nz/te-reo-maori/

What do they say about IQ

One strategy i learnt as a result of this is to provide students with more problem solving strategies.

What do top students do differently? | Douglas Barton | TEDxYouth@Tallinn

 

TEDx Talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8m4GPqA30&list=PLhiaNMDCYcof6-uG_ha9FbI_4QGFkDHCG&index=1&t=21s

Storing and filing student Results (The Matryoska Russian System)

The system relieved some of my own anxieties about locating student works and important docs with ease. I liken this system to the  The MATRYOSKA RUSSIAN WHANAU SYSTEM but in my case the Māori equivalent. 

Problem Solving Strategies in Te Reo Māori Texts.

Pānui is one of the focuses for the external exam, through out the year one of the greatest strategies for empowering students to problem solve difficult pieces of texts has been to work with students to help them identify common familiar threads and themes in the texts and than leave them to work out the more complex pieces on their own.

I have found students more receptive to this style of learning as they like to work it out themselves and feel more empowered building self confidence and self esteem.  Part 2 has been to work on accuracy of their interpretations.

Te Haerenga ki te Marae

Some of the highlights for students is serving the community with the yearly visit of the local Kindergarten and Play Centres tamariki, whanau and kaiako.

Whakatauki

Year 10's choose a simple whakatauki to include in their mihimihi. Kapai koutou.

Ta Apirana Ngata

Year 10 option Māori wrote essays about Ta Apirana Ngata, focus on details and full sentence writing. Reading for meaning and interpretation two important aspects that students are trying to develop.