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Te Ara o ngā Kūoro

Te Reo Māori • 20 • 20 students • Created with AI following Aligned with New Zealand Curriculum

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Te Reo Māori
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20 students
12 August 2026

Teaching Instructions

I want the plan to focus on teaching students ara pū māori, basic te reo māori, kūoro, and the resources need to be re-usable. the resources need to be re-usable. Create a reusable ara pū Māori sound pathway with cards for each kūoro, then practise saying, matching, and recording simple te reo Māori words that begin with those sounds. Finish by having learners use the pathway to teach a partner one word and its meaning, strengthening whakarongo, kōrero, and tuakiri Māori.

Overview

Ka ako ngā ākonga ki te whakarongo, ki te tautohu, ki te whakahua hoki i ngā kūoro tīmatanga o ngā kupu Māori. Mā tētahi ara pū Māori ka whakarite, ka whakataurite, ka tuhi hoki rātou i ngā kupu māmā, kātahi ka whakaako i tētahi hoa i tētahi kupu me tōna tikanga.

Learning intentions

  • WALT te whakarongo me te tautohu i ngā kūoro tīmatanga.
  • WALT te whakahua tika i ngā oro me ngā kupu Māori māmā.
  • WALT te whakarite i ngā kāri kūoro ki runga i te ara pū.
  • WALT te kōrero ki tētahi hoa mō tētahi kupu me tōna tikanga.

Success criteria

  • Ka taea e au te kī i te kūoro tīmatanga o tētahi kupu.
  • Ka taea e au te whakauru i tētahi kupu ki raro i te kāri kūoro tika.
  • Ka taea e au te tuhi, te tā pikitia rānei mō tētahi kupu.
  • Ka taea e au te whakaako i taku hoa i tētahi kupu me tōna tikanga.

Curriculum links

  • Ka whakaaro ake, ka kōrero ake mō te kaupapa matua o te tuhinga i mua i te tuhituhi.
  • Ka pānui kia mārama ai ki te tikanga matua o te pānui.
  • Ka hāngai te reo ā-waha me te reo ā-tinana ki te kaupapa.
  • Ka whai wāhi te whakarongo, te kōrero, te pānui, te tuhituhi me te tuakiri Māori ki te whakamahi i te reo i roto i te horopaki whai tikanga.

Lesson structure (20 minutes)

  1. 0–3 min · Kupu whakaoho. Ka whakaatu te kaiako i tētahi pikitia o te ara pū Māori, ka whakahua i ngā kupu tauira: rākau, manu, wai, whare. Ka whakatuwhera te kaiako i ngā kiriata whakaoho me ngā pikitia kupu. Ka whakarongo ngā ākonga, ka whakahoki kupu mai, ā, ka kī ko tēhea te oro tīmatanga. Kupu āwhina: “Ka tīmata te manu ki te kūoro /m/.”

  2. 3–6 min · Whakaako tika. Ka whakamārama te kaiako ko te kūoro te oro e rangona ana i te tīmatanga o te kupu, ā, ka whakatauira i te whakahua o ngā kūoro kua tohua: a, e, i, o, u, k, m, n, p, r, t, w. Ka whakamahi te kaiako i te ara pū Māori me ngā kāri kūoro ōrite hei tapahi me te whakamahi anō hei whakaatu i te ara. Ka whakahua ngātahi ngā ākonga i ia kūoro, me te tohu ā-ringa ki te kāri tika.

  3. 6–11 min · Whakarite me te whakataurite. Ka whakarite te kaiako i ngā ākonga kia tekau ngā takirua, ka hoatu ki ia takirua he huinga kāri kūoro me ngā kāri kupu/pikitia. Ka whakaatu anō te kaiako i ngā tohutohu whakarite kāri me ngā kupu tauira. Ka kōrero ngā ākonga i te kupu, ka whakarongo ki te kūoro tīmatanga, ka whakatakoto i te kāri kupu ki raro i te kāri kūoro tika. Ka tirotiro te hoa, ka kī: “Āe, ka tīmata ki te kūoro ___” rānei “Me whakarongo anō.”

  4. 11–15 min · Tuhi me te tikanga. Ka tohatoha te kaiako i te wāhanga tuhi kupu, kūoro me te tikanga. Ka kōwhiri ia ākonga i tētahi kupu mai i ngā kāri, ka tuhi i te kupu me tōna kūoro tīmatanga, ka tā pikitia, ka tuhi rānei i te tikanga ki te reo e taea ana e ia. Ka tautoko te kaiako mā ngā tauira: “He ___ tēnei.” “Ka tīmata ki te ___.” “Ko te tikanga, he ___.”

  5. 15–18 min · Whakaako hoa. Ka whakaatu te kaiako i te tauira kōrero hoa me ngā tohu whakarongo. Ka tū ngā takirua ki te whakamahi i te ara pū: ka kōrero te ākonga tuatahi, “Ko ___ tēnei. Ka tīmata ki te kūoro ___. Ko te tikanga, he ___.” Ka whakarongo te hoa, ka whakahoki anō i te kupu, ka tohu ki te kāri tika; kātahi ka whakawhiti mahi.

  6. 18–20 min · Whakakapi me te aromatawai. Ka tono te kaiako kia toru ngā ākonga e whakaatu i tētahi kupu ki te rōpū, ka hoki ki te kiriata whakamutunga me ngā pātai whakaarotanga: “He aha te kūoro i rangona e koe?” “He aha te tikanga o tō kupu?” Ka kohikohi te kaiako i te te ara pū me te pepa tuhi hei tirotiro i te ako, ā, ka whakahua ngātahi te rōpū i ngā kūoro kua ako.

Resources

  • te pūrere kiriata kotahi mō te akoranga katoa
  • te ara pū Māori, ngā kāri kūoro me te pepa tuhi kupu
  • Kāri kupu me ngā pikitia māmā: aroha, eke, ihu, oma, utu, kē, manu, ngeru, parāoa, rākau, tamaiti, wai
  • Kutikuti, kōpaki me ngā pēke kirihou hei tiaki i ngā kāri
  • Pene, pene whītau me ngā papa tuhituhi
  • He wāhi papa, tēpu rānei hei whakatakoto i te ara pū

Assessment

  • I te wā whakarite kāri, ka whakarongo te kaiako ki te whakahua me te tautohu a ia takirua, ka tuhi ingoa mō ngā ākonga e hiahia ana ki te āwhina anō.
  • Ka tirohia te pepa tuhi mō te kūoro tīmatanga, te kupu me te tikanga, me te whakamahi tika i te kupu “Ka tīmata ki te…”.
  • I te kōrero hoa, ka aromatawai te kaiako i te whakarongo, te kōrero, te tohu ki te kāri tika me te whakamārama i te tikanga.

Differentiation

  • Mā ngā ākonga e hiahia ana ki te tautoko, ka whakamahi ngā kāri pikitia, ngā nekehanga ā-ringa, te tauira kōrero me ngā kūoro ruarua noa iho i te tuatahi.
  • Ka noho te kaiako, tētahi hoa reo kaha rānei hei tauira mō te whakahua; kaua e akiaki kia pānui ā-waha te ākonga kāore anō kia rite.
  • Mā ngā ākonga matatau, ka kimi rātou i ētahi atu kupu nō te akomanga, ka whakarōpū i ngā kupu e rite ana te kūoro, ā, ka whakamārama he aha i tika ai te whakarōpūtanga.
  • Mā ngā ākonga EAL/SEN, ka nui ake te wā whakarongo, ka whakamahi pikitia me ngā tohu ā-ringa, ka whakaae hoki te kaiako ki te tā pikitia, ki te tohu rānei hei whakaatu i te tikanga.

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