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Matariki Food and Stars
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Matariki Food and Stars
Read the Māori words and their meanings. Circle, match, write and draw. Word bank: kai, ika, kūmara, huawhenua, whetū, waiata, manu, rākau, whare, food, fish, vegetables, star, song, bird, tree, house, moon, water, mountain.
Wāhanga 1: Kai me ngā kupu
Use the word bank to explore kai at a Matariki gathering.
1.Which English word means ika?
- Fish
- Kūmara
- Vegetables
2.Match each Māori word to its English meaning.
- ika
- kūmara
- huawhenua
- whetū
- star
- fish
- kūmara
- vegetables
3.Circle the two words that name food: waiata, ika, whetū, kūmara.
Wāhanga 2: He kōrero mō Matariki
Read the short story. Then answer the questions using words from the story.
I te pō o Matariki, ka hui a Hana me tōna whānau. Ka kai rātou i te ika, te kūmara me ngā huawhenua. Ka waiata rātou i raro i ngā whetū. He pō harikoa!
4.What three foods does Hana’s whānau eat? Write the Māori words from the story.
5.True or false: Hana’s whānau sing beneath the stars.
TrueFalse
6.Complete the sentence with a word from the story: Ka rātou. (They sing.)
Wāhanga 3: Ngā whetū me te kai
Think about stars and kai. Use the star diagram and your own ideas.
7.Count the whetū. How many stars are shown?
8.Draw a plate of Matariki kai. Add at least two foods and label each with its Māori word. You could draw ika, kūmara or huawhenua.
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