Māori High Frequency Words – Flip the whitebait fritters

A fun hands-on activity that will help your learners to read a wide range of high frequency Māori words.

Print and laminate the whitebait fritters. Students use a kitchen spatula to flip the word over.

Ideas:
• Read the word out loud and flip it over with a kitchen spatula.
• Read the word out loud and use a kitchen spatula to place the fritter in/out of a frying pan. (Use a real frying pan or use the one included).
• Be the first person to flip the fritter over with your kitchen spatula when the teacher calls the word (small group activity).
• Have a selection of fritters and arrange them like a BINGO card. Flip the fritter over when the teacher calls a word that you have. The first person to have all of their fritters turned over is the winner.
• Use them as a wall display.
• Print out 2 sets and play a memory game (matching pairs) with them. Turn the fritters face down. Take turns at flipping 2 fritters over. If they match you keep the fritters, if not it’s the next person’s turn.
• Read the word on the fritter. Write it down and then flip it.

Included:
♦ 350 whitebait fritters
♦ Blank template (for additional words if necessary)
♦ Teacher notes
♦ Fry pan

6 whitebait fritters on each A4 size page.

The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’.

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

Examples of words used: ngā, tētahi, mahi, reira, waka, whenua, pikitia, rua, tuatahi, rongo, karanga, āwhina, waho, kau, hua, tamaiti, ngahere, ako, paku, māna, whakahaere.

For a full list of the words used in this resource please go to the tki website listed above. They are the first 350 words in frequency order (te to oho)

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