Activity sheets for learners working on high frequency Māori words. This resource contains 100 different words. Tasks: ♦ write your name ♦ read the word ♦ cut the letter tiles out and throw away any you don’t need ♦ glue the letter tiles in the correct boxes ♦ trace the word ♦ write the word The lines for writing on are standard junior size (14mm with a 7mm dashed line). The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. There are two A5 size worksheets on each A4 size page. The same word is used on each sheet for your printing convenience. This resource has been created to support Māori medium education in Aotearoa. A helpful resource for full immersion and bilingual classes. The words in this resource (Set A) are the first 100 words in the list mentioned on TKI that contain 1-6 letters. Examples of words used: ki, ngā, mai, mahi, ahau, whare, kura, māori, haere, koutou, reo, whai, mua, anō, ia, kōrero. Set B is also available (this has the next 100 words). Available in my store. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of ‘Park the car’ activity sheets for 350 high frequency Māori words. A great hands-on literacy activity that will engage many of your students (particularly your boys). Drive a toy car and park it on the correct word. There are 35 carparks (A4 sheets) that list the words in frequency order. Included: ♦ Set 1 – white carparks ♦ Set 2 – grey carparks ♦ Blank templates included so you can custom design a car park for your students. ♦ Car pictures (these may be used as a temporary solution if you don’t have any toy cars) ♦ Teacher notes / suggestions for use. Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. • More than one car park can be lined up to make it more challenging. • The sheets are numbered from 1-35. • You can send a ‘car park’ home with your students as an alternative way of reinforcing high frequency word learning at home. • Reluctant readers may feel more encouraged to participate if they bring in a toy car from home to use. Perhaps link it to a writing activity as well. • It doesn’t have to be a toy car … it could be a truck, motorbike, horse etc. 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) ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

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) ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

350 worksheets for your students to practise reading, spelling and writing high frequency Māori words. • write your name. • colour the word. • trace the word (light grey font). • write the word independently. The size of the writing lines are standard for juniors (14mm with a 7mm dashed line). The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. A4 size paper. 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) ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A great hands-on activity to reinforce the reading of 350 Māori high frequency words. Make a fishing pole using a stick, string and magnet. Attach a paper clip (or split pin) to the fish and voilá! It’s time to go fishing. These fish could also be used as a classroom ‘word wall’ display or used for activities in a literacy centre. 6 fish per A4 page 3 fish swimming left / 3 fish swimming right Blank fish are also provided so you can add extra words if necessary. The 350 words have been divided into 7 groups of 50 words. Each group is a different colour (pink, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, turquoise). The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter 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) ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting copy cards with 350 high frequency Māori words. • 35 cards with 10 words on each card. • 4 cards on each A4 size page. • Cards are numbered from 1-35 in the top right corner. • Dashed middle line. • The words are listed in order of frequency. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter 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) ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of 350 cards with high frequency Māori words displayed on them. The words have been separated into groups of 50 and each group has a different border. Click on ‘Preview’ above for a closer look at the different border designs (woven texture theme). 4 cards on each A4 size page. Blank cards are also provided for you to add additional words if desired. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter 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) ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This resource contains black/white and coloured taniwha heads that can be used in a number of ways. For example: masks for drama, art projects and wall displays. A handy resource when studying Māori myths and legends. Included: ♦ black/white taniwha for students to colour and personalise. A variety of templates are included (same design but certain features are included/excluded). ♦ coloured taniwha heads x10 ♦ coloured taniwha heads and upper body x10 Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this literacy and craft resource. Read the article in the NZ School Journal, complete the follow-up comprehension activity and then make a paper lantern. The School Journal article is not provided in this resource. You will need access to: New Zealand School Journal – Part 1 – Number 3 – 2005 The article is about 2 children who find old kamokamo shells under their Gran’s hedge. They plant the seeds and wait for the new kamokamo to grown. They make lanterns out of the dried shells during Matariki. Reading Comprehension Activity: After reading the article in the school journal, students make a kamokamo flip book to show the order that events happened in the article. There are a total of 14 events plus a title page and a back page to colour. The kamokamo are on two A4 pages. There are 2 sets of activity sheets – one set has clues in the stalk of the picture to indicate ‘beginning, middle or end’ (B, M, E). This set is suitable for your students that require some extra support to complete the task. Answers are provided. Paper Lantern Activity: There are various templates that you can choose from to print and use. Please click on the ‘Look Inside’ button above to see examples of all templates. Some are for colouring only, and others require your students to add further decoration/patterns. A ‘handle’ template is also included however you may just wish to use scrap paper for this. Instructions are provided. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of number activity sheets for use during math lessons when working on numbers 1-20. The worksheets for numbers 1-10 are slightly different from the worksheets for numbers 11-20. Worksheets 1-10 ♦ Write your name. ♦ Colour the numeral. ♦ Colour the word. ♦ Trace the numeral; write the numeral independently. ♦ Trace the word; write the word independently. ♦ Show a group by circling and colouring the stars. ♦ Show the number on the tens frame (colour the circles). ♦ Colour the correct number of fingers. ♦ Write the number that comes before / after. Worksheets 11-20 ♦ Write your name. ♦ Colour the numeral. ♦ Colour the words. ♦ Trace the numerals and words. ♦ Write the numerals and words independently. ♦ Show a group by circling and colouring the stars. ♦ Show the number on the tens frames (colour the circles). ♦ Fill in the 6 missing numbers on the number line. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun, effective art activity for your students when celebrating Diwali (The Festival of Lights). Colour, cut and place a tealight candle in the centre. Laminate if desired. Included: ♦ 4 x templates with a design ♦ 1 x blank template (students design their own pattern) Size: Approximately 16.5cm in diameter. Provided in 2 paper sizes: ♦ A4 paper ♦ Letter paper ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A ‘Fun with a Ruler’ art project for your students to complete on St Patrick’s Day. There are 2 different templates to choose from. This project involves your students ruling straight lines between 2 dots on a template. When they have finished drawing all of the lines they can give their artwork some colour. There is space at the bottom of each template for a writing task that you may wish to set (eg ‘If I found a pot of gold I would …’). If you don’t want this, simply cut the artwork out when finished. Included: ♦ Shamrock with pot of gold. ♦ Shamrock without pot of gold. ♦ Shamrock – draw your own stem, without pot of gold. ♦ Practise template. ♦ Example of the completed design. ♦ Instructions. The templates are provided in both black and light grey dots. Level of Difficulty: Your students need to be able to use a ruler to draw straight lines between 2 points. The designs can look more complicated than they actually are. Concentration is required, but the actual process is not difficult. Instructions: Simple, clear, easy-to-follow instructions are provided. One instruction per page (image and a sentence). Display the instructions via a data projector if you have access to one. Otherwise print and enlarge them and/or demonstrate on an enlarged template. Practise Tempate: A practise template is included for your students to practise ruling the pattern before you give them the actual template. Equipment: You need a ruler and a pen (black or green works best for this project). Something to colour with (eg coloured pencils, watercolours, felt tip markers, chalk pastels, dye, etc) Keywords: string art, math, geometry, patterns, Ireland, Irish, luck. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Maori New Year with this art activity – colour the koru stars. Two different templates. A fun colouring activity for New Zealand students during Matariki. Designed on A4 size paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A Māori alphabet letter recognition activity for NZ junior students. Print and laminate the sheets and place them together to form a ‘road’. Your students drive a toy car along the road and park at the whare that is the answer to a question you give them. And just because you’ve stopped by and read this description, you get to see that this resource includes more than just the alphabet … Included in this resource: ♦ Alphabet – lower case – all vowels on one page ♦ Alphabet – lower case - jumbled ♦ Alphabet – upper case – all vowels on one page ♦ Alphabet – upper case - jumbled ♦ Numbers – numerals 1-20 - ordered ♦ Numbers – numerals 1-20 - jumbled ♦ Numbers – words 1-10 (tahi-tekau) - ordered ♦ Numbers – words 1-10 (tahi-tekau) - jumbled ♦ Blank template (black and white) for your students to make their own ‘Drive to the whare’ activity. There are 10 whares on each page. Because the alphabet only has 15 letters, I have included the vowels with macrons so that the resource is 2 complete A4 size pages. So what it means by ‘all vowels on one page’ is that there are the 5 vowels on one side and 5 vowels with macrons on the other side of the street. The toy cars are not included in this resource. You don’t have to use cars, you could use trucks, motorbikes, horses, etc. Your students could bring a toy car from home if you don’t have any. Examples of Activities: * Drive your car to a whare where the letter _______ lives. * Drive your car to a whare where the letter that makes the ____ sound lives. * Drive your car to a whare where the letter lives that is at the start of the word ____. * Drive your car to a whare where a vowel lives. * Drive your car to a whare that has a letter that is in your name. * Drive your car to a number that is one more than ‘rima’. * Drive your car to a number that is the answer to 5+3. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

500 high frequency Māori words. ♦ Written in order of frequency. ♦ 10 words per page. ♦ Grouped into sets of 50 - each set has a different coloured border. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. ** Please note that English translations are not included. These words are also available as word cards - 10 words on each card. These cards are also available in my TES store. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

High frequency Māori words. ♦ 500 words on 50 cards (10 words on each card). ♦ Each card is listed with a number. ♦ Words are written in order of frequency. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The initial list found on TKI is 1000 words but this resource only contains the first 500 words. These cards can be used in a multitude of ways in your classroom. For example: ♦ Spelling activities (eg alphabetical order, words in sentences). ♦ Word study (eg how many syllables, how many vowels). ♦ Handwriting (The font on the cards is ‘NZ basic script’). ♦ Writing – make up a sentence/story using the words. ♦ Oral language ♦ Maths (eg if a=$1, b=$2, c=$3 etc, what is the most expensive word on the card?). ♦ Reading – read the words to a buddy (Permission has been obtained for me to use the words in this resource). ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A comprehensive pack of cards for junior students to learn to write the Māori alphabet. Many options available …. simply print the ones you would like for your classroom. Designed to be laminated. Students ‘write and wipe’. Great for a literacy centre / daily 5 activity. The font: The font used is the 'New Zealand Basic Script'. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook - ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The font styles: ♦ regular ♦ outline ♦ dotty The font colours: ♦ black ♦ light grey The selection of cards: ♦ lower case alphabet ♦ upper case alphabet ♦ numbers 0-9 ♦ upper and lower case alphabet, vowel macrons, numbers ’Start here’ dots: You can select a card with or without a ‘start here’ dot on each letter/number. This is available on: lower case alphabet, upper case alphabet, and number strips. It is not available for the cards that have both upper/lower case and numbers on it. So much choice!: With all of the variations listed above, you can select the appropriate alphabet cards for your students. For example, you might decide to print …. A lower case alphabet card in grey outline font with ‘start here’ dots. Or perhaps you need …. A number strip in black regular font to assist a student in maths. Whatever you need, it should be here. All alphabet cards are A4 size and they have a coloured border. The numbers are ‘strips’ with 3 on each A4 page. Alphabet: a e i o u h k m n p r t w wh ng ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting cards for the Māori alphabet. a e i o u h k m n p r t w wh ng The font used is the 'New Zealand Basic Script'. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook - ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Laminate the cards. Students look at the card and copy one line of each letter/word into their exercise book. 30 cards in total - 2 cards for each letter. A5 size (2 cards per A4 size paper) I’m more than happy to make any adjustments to the words on these cards for you if necessary. I’m aware that different areas of NZ have different spellings for some words … just email me and I’ll tweak it to suit you! (Email address is supplied in the resource). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

‘Clip and Flip’ cards for Māori Numbers 1-20 A fun, hands-on activity for reinforcing the knowledge and recall of numbers 1-20. Instructions: Count how many ladybirds are on the front of the card. Read the words on the right. Match the Māori word with the number of ladybirds and place a clothes peg on that word. Flip the card over to see if you are correct. Take the peg off and try again with another card. Note: The cards do not come with the answer on the back so you will need to place a mark on the reverse side of the card. Just use something like a sticker or make a mark with a coloured pencil. Do this before you laminate the cards. Included: ♦ Cards for numbers 1-20 ♦ Cards for numbers 1-20 without any text (add your own). Words used: tahi, rua, toru, whā, rima, ono, whitu, waru, iwa, tekau, tekau mā tahi, tekau mā rua, tekau mā toru, tekau mā whā, tekau mā rima, tekau mā ono, tekau mā whitu, tekau mā waru, tekau mā iwa, rua tekau. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

‘Clip and Flip’ cards for 11 Māori colours. A fun, hands-on activity for reinforcing the knowledge and recall of the names of colours. Instructions: Look at the colour splodge on the front of the card. Read the words on the right. Decide which one of the Māori words is the correct one for that colour and place a clothes peg on that word. Flip the card over to see if you are correct. Take the peg off and try again with another card. Note: The cards do not come with the answer on the back so you will need to place a mark on the reverse side of the card. Just use something like a sticker or make a mark with a coloured pencil. Do this before you laminate the cards. Included: ♦ Cards for 11 colours ♦ Cards for 11 colours without any text (add your own). Words used: Red – whero White – mā Orange – karaka Purple – poroporo Brown – parauri Green – kākāriki Blue – kikorangi / kahurangi Black – pango / mangu Grey – kiwikiwi Pink – māwhero Yellow – kowhai If these are not the words you want then just write your own on the blank templates. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources