Vowels and consonants - get them right!

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Vowel sounds come in two forms - long and short.  Try them out with this song.  

Try the vowel sounds out with the rest of the alphabet with the following song.

Tricky Māori place names

How do you pronounce those tricky Māori place names like:

Ōtautahi - Christchurch
Motukarara 
Koukourarata - Port Levy
Te Waihora - Lake Ellesmere
Papanui
Aranui
Ōtākaro - Avon River
Waimakariri River

Listen to this short movie that shows us how to break place names into vowel groups.

• Try making your own movie to teach others how to day our local place names?
• I challenge you to use this learning to help say the longest Māori place name:

"Taumata whakatangi hanga kōauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pōkai whenua kitanatahu"

This name translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, played his flute to his loved one." Locals simply call it Taumata Hill.

Break into pieces of a consonant and vowel or two vowels together like this:

"Tau ma ta wha ka ta ngi ha nga ko au au o ta ma tea tu ri pu 

ka ka pi ki mau nga ho ro nu ku po kai whe nua ki ta na ta hu"

He aha te ingoa o te island? What is the name for island?

WALT: Identify the meaning behind Māori place names.

Task:

1. Use the Māori Online Dictionary to help you find our the meanings fo these words. 

2. Draw an image to represent each land feature to help you remember.

3. Ask your friend the name of the feature and see if they can give the answer in Māori.

Nō hea koe: Where are you from?

WALT:
Recall the names of local places in Te Reo.
Pronounce the local names in Te Reo correctly.
Use the consonant + vowel or vowel+vowel approach to help our pronunciation.
Asn and answer - 'Where are you from' in Te Reo.

Here is your challenge.  Test each other on 'Nō hea koe'.  Can you answer with a different place and guess where your friend is from?

Click on this link to visit the talking map.  Can you use the names of places from all around New Zealand?

Introduce someone else…

Kia ora.  Hello.

Nō Sougthbridge ia.  He/she is from Southbridge.

Ko Bev tōna ingoa.  Bev is her name.

Kei te pai ia.  He/she is good.

Ko te aha tōu rā whanau? When is your birthday?

My birthday is Monday 4th March 

Ko te Rāhina te tuawha o ngā rā o Poutū-te-rangi tōku rā whanau.

Kāore e taea e koe te aha? What can't you do?

Kupu Mahi (work words or adverbs)

kai keke - eat cake

kia tau - be still

peke - climb

mahi - work

waiho - leave it

takahia - stomp

huri - turn

ako - teach / kearn

inu wai - drink water

tuhi - write

tunu keke - cook cake

pānui pukapuka - read book

How many the things? E hia ngā ………..?

 Kupu Ingoa: (nouns)

pene - pen

tūru - table

kau - cow

hēke - egg

whare - building

tuna - eel

kūaha - door

paoro - ball

Challenge:  Can you ask and answer for these things?

100 cows, 50 eels, 25 chairs, 32 pens, 1 egg, 2 doors, 6241 balls...

Waiata - Months of the year

Check out the waiata that will help us learn the Te Reo months of the year.

Click on the link to bring up the video.  Calendar Song

Ka taea e koe te aha? What can you do?

We are learning how to ask and answer this question in class. 

Check out our sheet below.  Can you ask this question in class today?

kai = eat

moe = sleep

kanikani = dance

pakipaki = clap

oma = run

waiata = sing

korero = talk

hikoi = walk

inu = drink

whakarongo = listen

titiro = look

pānui = read

Ka taea e korua te aha?  What can you two fellas do?

Ka taea e māua te kanikani. We two can dance.

Ka taea e ia te aha?  What can he/she do?

Ka taea e ia te pānui.  He/she can read.

Māori Alphabet

This is the video from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa - as seen on our course DVD.    

Days of the Week - with kids

Thanks for the resource from Weedons School.  I know you can use and adapt this for your own learning or for use in your classroom.

Nō hea koe?