Tawhirimatea 2019 - Mrs Hall

Readworks.org - class code 2G64C4

Matariki – Should it be a holiday

Make a copy of this document and read it.

Answer the questions at the bottom.

Discuss with a partner.

Make a slide in your literacy folder called Matariki to put your answers in.

Here is a Moteatea that Papa Pura wrote for our class a couple of years ago. See if we can learn it to say together!

Make a copy of this google drawing and put it in your literacy folder.

Answer the questions

Make it look colourful.

Put it on your blog.

What is your opinion? Do you think this will happen in NZ?

How can we avoid it?

Here is an excerpt from a play called "The Survivor". I wonder what the Survivor could be... What do you think?

Practice the Play and perform it for the class.

hb Excerpt from Survivor.docx

hb information

The Huia Bird... Why we no longer have them.

Here is the folder of our videos of what Hilda found out and why she never wore the brooch.

The Huia Brooch background facts.docx

Sailing the pacific

Return of the Moa SJ 2015

Read the story and answer the questions on each slide.

Make a copy first and put it in your literacy folder.

Publish your answers and the story onto your blog.