Māori Myths and Legends - How the Kiwi Lost its Wings

This is a fun activity for your students that you can use after reading the story: How the Kiwi Lost its Wings.

This activity is suitable for any retelling of the story.

Colour the kiwi, write/draw in the body templates and staple them together. Lift the flap to view.

Activities:
♦ Give the story a rating out of 5 (colour the stars) and give a reason.
♦ This story is about … (write on the lines).
♦ Facts about kiwis (write on the lines).
♦ Cinquain Poem (write on the lines, example included).
♦ Acrostic Poem (KIWI)
♦ Blank body template – make up your own activity.

You can use as many of the activities as you wish (this will determine the number of ‘flaps’). The only activity that is not optional is the story rating because that is on the kiwi’s body.

Two Options:
♦ Kiwi – cut the bird out and staple the flaps to it.
♦ Kiwi on page with border, tree branches and the story title. The kiwi is not cut out. Staple the flaps to it.

Alternative - Plain Kiwi Template:
This kiwi template is also available without the activities for the story (available for purchase in my store: 'New Zealand Kiwi Craft - Flip Flap')

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