Whā - T3
Ko wai ō mātua? - Who are your parents?
Learning Objectives for this term:
Unit plan: https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Teacher-tools/Te-reo-Maori-lesson-plans/Curriculum-level-2/Ko-wai-o-matua-Who-are-your-parents
Please refer to the lesson planning
Printable Resources
Achievement objective
I can communicate about relationships between people.
Learning intentions
I can communicate aspects of my genealogy (whakapapa)
I can understand, and use, the possessives taku, tō, and ō.
I know a range of family pronouns: For example: mother, father, brother, sister, grandad, nana etc.
I can ask: Who is your _________?
Teaching Ideas
Students could be learning through:
discussing and/or labelling photographs of their whānau
talking about whakapapa, creating a family tree
asking questions about relationships indicated in classmates’ family trees
Completing information-gap activities.
Work done on whakapapa (geneology) can be paired with work done on pepeha to create a mihi: Example of student pepeha + mihi:
He Reo Tupu, He Reo Ora Site Unit:
All about me: Family and Relationships
(This has flashcards,, dialogues, activities (for vocabulary development) and animations (for listening development).
Key Vocabulary and Phrases:
māmā Mum
whaea Mum
pāpā Dad
matua Dad
kuia Nana/Grandma
koro Grandad
koroua Grandad
mātua Parents
kaumātua Grandparents
hoa Friend
Ko wai tō __________? (singular 1)
Who is your________________?
Ko wai ō __________? (plural 2+)
Who are your________________?
For a girl:
teina little sister
tuakana big sister
tungāne brother
I know:
Singular (one): my friend = taku hoa
Plural (2+): my friends = aku hoa
Ko wai tō māmā ? Ko Maria taku māmā .
Who is your mum? Maria is my mum.
Ko wai ō kaumātua? Ko John raua ko Marama aku kaumātua.
Who are your grandparents? John and Marama are my grandparents.
For a boy:
teina little brother
tuakana big brother
tuahine brother
I can say:
Ko ………. taku _______. (singular 1)
Ko ………. aku _______. (plural 2+)
…………. is my __________..
e.g.
Ko Wini taku hoa.
Wini is my friend.
Ko Wini raua ko Hone aku hoa.
Wini and Hone are my friends.
WAIATA: Basic Pronouns: ahau, koe, ia - I, You, He/she
ahau - I, me
koe - you
ia - he/she
Ko au, ko au tēnei - This is me
Ko koe, ko koe tēnā - That is you
Ko ia, ko ia tērā - That is (him/her) over there
Kei te mahi ngā mahi - all busy working. (Lit: They are doing the work).
WAIATA: Taku Whānau - My family songs
Taku Whānau - My family
Taku Whānau - My family Video.
All the basic family words are included. An investigation into some of the words for extended family could be done.
Original video with transcript can be found here: https://hereoora.tki.org.nz/Unit-plans/Unit-1-Ko-au/Reomations/Taku-whanau-My-family
FLASHCARDS: Taku Whānau
These flashcards support the learning of family vocabulary, as well as an investigation into wider family pronouns.
Investigate your family tree
This story introduces the concept of a family tree.
This is a worksheet for students to complete their family tree if you don't want them to draw their own. Sections (like the tupuna sections) could be cut off. Siblings could be added to the bottom.
This could be assigned as homework to be done with whanau at home and then brought back.
WAIATA: Pop Song 'Whānau'
POP Song: Whānau by Puawai me Rongomai Taiapa
For exposure to modern te reo.