Māori High Frequency Words – Basketball Game

‘Slam Dunk’ is a super-fun basketball themed game that will help your students practise reading high frequency Māori words.

There are 10 different game boards that contain the first 360 words of a list on TKI called ‘1000 frequency words of Māori – in frequency order’.

Included:
♦ 10 x coloured game boards
♦ 10 x black/white game boards
♦ Instructions

The words are written in frequency order and the games are numbered 1-10 in the top right corner.

How to Play:
Equipment Needed: one dice, 6 counters and one game board per player.
Players take alternate turns.

1. Place one counter on each of the 6 basketballs.
2. Roll the dice.
3. Find that number underneath the basketball and move that counter to the first word. Read the word out loud before placing your counter on top of it. The other player(s) checks you have read it correctly.
4. Continue in this way, moving a counter up one more space each time.

♦ Who is the first person to score a slam dunk? (when a counter reaches the basketball net at the top of the gameboard).
♦ Who is the first person to score all 6 slam dunks?

This resource has been created to support Māori medium education in Aotearoa. A helpful resource for full immersion and bilingual classes.

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