Lesson Plan: Days of the Week in Te Reo Māori

Overview

This lesson introduces Year 5-6 students to the days of the week in Te Reo Māori. It aligns with Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and is designed to enhance linguistic competence in Te Reo among students in a Māori language immersion setting at Curriculum Level 2.

Objective

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• Recognize, pronounce, and write the days of the week in Te Reo Māori.
• Use basic sentences to discuss activities associated with different days.

Resources

• Interactive whiteboard
• Laptops or tablets with internet access
• Flashcards with days of the week in Te Reo
• Linked video: Te Reo Māori Days of the Week
• Worksheets (printed)

Lesson Details

Warm-Up Activity (5 minutes)

Activity: Interactive quiz on the whiteboard

• Begin with a quick interactive oral quiz to revise any previously learned vocabulary related to daily routines or time.
• Utilize flashcards to prompt responses from the students.

Introduction to New Material (10 minutes)

Teaching the Days of the Week in Te Reo Māori:

1. Presentation: Utilize the interactive whiteboard to display the days of the week in Te Reo Māori, alongside their English equivalents.
   • Rāhina (Monday)
   • Rātū (Tuesday)
   • Rāapa (Wednesday)
   • Rāpare (Thursday)
   • Rāmere (Friday)
   • Rāhoroi (Saturday)
   • Rātapu (Sunday)
2. Pronunciation: Go through each day, emphasizing pronunciation. Have the class repeat each day after you.
3. Link to Online Resource: Play the video from TKI that introduces the days of the week in Te Reo Māori in a song to reinforce learning.

Practice (10 minutes)

Activity: Matching Game on Devices

• Students will use their laptops or tablets to access an online matching game that requires them to match the Māori days with their activities.
• The link to the game will be embedded in the class’s online learning portal under the Te Reo resources section.

Consolidation (5 minutes)

Worksheet Activity:

• Students complete a worksheet where they write down the Te Reo Māori days next to their English counterparts.
• They will also match days to typical activities they might do, using simple Te Reo sentences (e.g., "I te Rāhina, ka kauhoe au." - "On Monday, I swim.").

Closure (Reflection and Recap – 5 minutes)

• Recap the days and ask individual students to say what they usually do on these days using Te Reo Māori.
• Encourage students to practice these words at home, reinforcing the vocabulary by discussing their weekly activities with their families.

Evaluation

• Observe student participation in the interactive activities.
• Review the accuracy of the worksheets to ensure understanding.
• Listen to pronunciation and sentence structure during the final discussion.

Additional Notes

• For students needing extra support, provide additional visual aids and one-on-one pronunciation help.
• For advanced students, encourage them to construct full sentences about their weekly activities.

Please make sure to check the TKI website for additional resources and support on how to incorporate Te Reo Māori into everyday class instructions: Te Kete Ipurangi.