students focus on written pieces for tuhituhi using scaffolding techniques ...
Identify strategies for raising the proficiency of learning Te Reo Māori in Kura Auraki Mainstream.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Year 9 Marae Study
Year 9 Māori are currently working on their Marae study referring to their workspace info to guide their progress. Click on the link to go to workspace.
workspace
workspace
Narrowing the focus
At the beginning of term one our class focus was to choose one major item that we (my students & I ) would focus on, perfect, learn, digest, repeat day in and day out until my students could feel confident enough to move on. Our major focus was to learn grammar structures the way my students could understand it. Reflecting back on this now i can see it was a very positive move for all the right reasons especially that my students were able to take hold of this one strategy apply it and build on it giving them the freedom to start expressing themselves through writing about their personal experiences in Te Reo Māori with some accuracy and comprehension of basic structures in which they are now self correcting for themselves giving them more ownership over their work only looking to the kaiako for reassurance. Setting small targets and milestones were key ingredients.
Examples:
A small target could be to write two accurate sentences using the AVPAN structure about a topic. A typical topic could be to write about an event you participated in recently.
Students learnt a set of common articles in Te Reo Māori, leaning the meaning of these implementing and using the same ones until they felt confident and went onto add new ones.
This may seem like a slow process however the slower the better as the students needed that time to practice and once they understood it they were now independently writing without my help.
Consistency and repetition has paid off for these students as they are now onto their second topic producing drafts, crafting and perfecting their written pieces. Mauri Ora tauira mā.
Examples:
A small target could be to write two accurate sentences using the AVPAN structure about a topic. A typical topic could be to write about an event you participated in recently.
Students learnt a set of common articles in Te Reo Māori, leaning the meaning of these implementing and using the same ones until they felt confident and went onto add new ones.
This may seem like a slow process however the slower the better as the students needed that time to practice and once they understood it they were now independently writing without my help.
Consistency and repetition has paid off for these students as they are now onto their second topic producing drafts, crafting and perfecting their written pieces. Mauri Ora tauira mā.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Rich conversations makes for meaningful learning
Today students spent the majority of the lesson constructing sentences in Māori, it was interesting listening as they reasoned with each other about their choices for using particular words, articles, verbs and nouns to form parts of texts. The interesting outcome was the ability for students to come to a consensus amongst themselves by double checking through meaning, sound and look. They used a number of other tools such as the online dictionary, Rangatahi books, sounding out the sentence and writing it out. The discussion was so rich and meaningful that students forgot all about the time and were so caught up in what they were doing they forgot about the bell, māuri ora tauira mā.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Judges comments prove very inspiring at Manu Kōrero
It's always good to get feedback from judges, versed in Te Reo Māori and English senior Korimako.
Some very good constructive advise to improve on and to move forward, the most important thing for students today is to get that feedback often it can be very inspiring for them to learn about the things they did really well and area's they can improve on, mauri ora ngā kaiwhakawa.
Some very good constructive advise to improve on and to move forward, the most important thing for students today is to get that feedback often it can be very inspiring for them to learn about the things they did really well and area's they can improve on, mauri ora ngā kaiwhakawa.
Manu Kōrero
Mikayla proudly displays her certificate of participation at this years Manu Kōrero, ngā mihi kotiro.
A great opportunity for Mikayla to develop her talents and skills, although competitive it is a great forum for learning to face public agenda's and stand proudly with the rest of her cohorts.
Collaborative learning
This morning students were working together on paragraphs constructing sentences in Te Reo Māori about their personal experiences, using articles, i, ki, e...ana, kei te... It was great listening to the dialogue around the table from these students. The dialogue was so rich and uplifting as the students discussed their ideas about structures they could use and looking to each other for feedback, feedforward. This year we have learnt to focus on a set of articles and learn them inside out. Therefore giving students more time to develop their understanding of the language and apply their learning to topics or kaupapa of interests. Each student choose their own topic today and focused on an experience they had the week before. The students engaged in Te Reo sharing their sentences and self correcting themselves as they went. Mauri ora.
Stringing those sentences together
Reinforce those structures to enable students to transfer their knowledge and skills in both English and Māori
The basics of learning Te Reo Māori
Our focus is to look at the construction of sentences using articles in Te Reo Māori. Students found this quite interesting and using basic words began constructing simple accurate sentences in Māori.
Breaking down the structure meant students were using their thinking skills to transfer between English and Māori language. Foundations for learning Te Reo Māori
Breaking down the structure meant students were using their thinking skills to transfer between English and Māori language. Foundations for learning Te Reo Māori
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Garage Band helps students get on with it
Using garage band to record whakarongo kōrero. It was good to let the student listen to it on her own she managed to finish an assessment in her double period. Ka mau te wehi.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Number 1 goal
Our number 1 goal this year is to increase the vocabulary of students learning Te Reo Māori by practically bombarding our classroom with kupu hou, words, lots of words. For each kaupapa we have identified and collated essential lists today we acted out each word by playing charades. Total hysterics, lots of laughter and banter. Ka mau te wehi.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
using e to instruct
the action being performed by this person - to instruct
e Rewi, turituri ( Rewi, keep quiet)
e Tama, e noho (Tama, sit down)
e Marana, e waiata (Marama, sing)
e Rewi, turituri ( Rewi, keep quiet)
e Tama, e noho (Tama, sit down)
e Marana, e waiata (Marama, sing)
using e before a verb
using e before work / mahi or a (verb) = used to show an action
e kai
e haere
e noho
e tu
e waiata
e kai
e haere
e noho
e tu
e waiata
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Building language proficiency
Increasing vocabulary for learning Te Reo Māori starts with kupu hou, vocabulary, gaining the proficiency of both familiar and unfamiliar texts. Department goal 1: to increase the vocabulary of student reading ability and word recognition at each sustained level by 50%.
See the guide to texts and Work books. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dU4NYCLumCIa5ujsfFMN6GssFFxkTyxVPEeDcLoo6ww/edit#
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
How to teach ko and a
teaching students when and where to use the ko and a
Ko Rewi
Ko + persons name + pronoun
Ko Rewi ia
Ko+Rewi +verb
Ko Rewi te kaiwaiata
a Rewi
Te pukapuka a Rewi possessional who's book? Rewi's book
Ko matua Wally te kaikōrero
Ko te Poho o Tamaki te turangawaewae a matua Wally .
Ko Rewi
Ko + persons name + pronoun
Ko Rewi ia
Ko+Rewi +verb
Ko Rewi te kaiwaiata
a Rewi
Te pukapuka a Rewi possessional who's book? Rewi's book
Ko te Poho o Tamaki te turangawaewae a matua Wally .
Monday, March 26, 2018
Practice at Te Oro
What an awesome opportunity to have a practice at Te Oro just a good change and plenty of room to spread out without being cramped. We made the most of it... thanks Te Oro.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Kapahaka Update go to link
Click for kapahaka updates: Polyfest 2018 start March 14th
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100113067275671087971
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100113067275671087971
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Featured Posts
Popular Posts
-
Introduction to our kaupapa today. Focused on four kupu, Paetae (achieved), Kaiaka (Merit), Kairangi (Excellence) and Aromatawai (Assessm...
-
An important feature for students is taking the time to read the front page of their exam, often they skip the fine print. At the moment stu...
-
Gleitman says the biggest clue to the accelerated learning is the fact that it occurs when the child starts making sentences. "When t...
-
I just thought i'd take the opportunity to congratulate two year 10 students who sat NCEA level 1 Māori exam this year. Ka mau te wehi k...