Maori lessons from Whaea Paddy

Maori lessons from Whaea Paddy
In term 3 we have started Maori language lessons from Whaea Paddy.  The chidlren loved working with her and certainly learned alot.
Session 1:
The first lesson she worked on Maori greetings, feelings, numbers, the Maori alphabet and colours.

Sesson 2:

Whaea Paddy revised feelings - Kei te pehea koe?  The children responded Kei te ________ hou.

She went over the 15 letter sounds of the Maori alphabet and counting up to ten in Maori.

Then the children learned some words in Maori that related to what we have in our classroom.

Enjoy looking at the photos:

Session 3

We revised our feelings

Kei te poeha koe?

Kei te _________ ahau

We went over the alphabet in Maori

Counted to ten in Maori

Focus on names of items in our classroom and said them in Maori

We leaned about directions - up, down inside and outside and used rakau sticks to show the correct direction

We learned about other items in the classroom and said them in Maori

Session 4

We learned a new waiata called E Hara.

We reviewed our feelings in Maori

We said Kia Ora to our friends which means hello or thank you

We went over the Maori alphabet

We learned about Te (one)  and Nga (more than one)

We listened to the sound from a shell - a putatara - it sounded like the beach

We watched a video of a Maori group that Whaea Paddy is in