📚 Understanding the Pūrākau

WALT: We are learning to find key information, put events in order, make inferences, and suggest peaceful solutions.

Text reminder: Reread the teacher-provided text, Māui and the Battle of the Birds. Use the text to help you answer the questions. A pūrākau is a traditional Māori story. Kai means food.

1. Match each group with the description that best fits it. Draw lines to connect the pairs.

A. Māui

B. Land birds

C. Sea birds

1. Wanted access to the land birds’ kai.

2. Used clever thinking to help solve the problem.

3. Wanted to protect their food and home.

2. Who started the conflict between the land birds and the sea birds?

Māui

The land birds

The sea birds

✏️ Comprehension and Thinking

3. What problem did Māui solve?

4. What happened during the fight? Include one important detail from the text.

5. How did the conflict end?

6. Number these events from 1–4 to show the correct order.

_____ Māui helped to solve the problem.

_____ The sea birds wanted the land birds’ kai.

_____ The birds began to fight.

_____ The conflict ended.

7. Why do you think the sea birds wanted the land birds’ kai? Use a clue from the text and your own thinking.

8. What could the birds do instead of fighting? Give one peaceful solution.

🧑‍🏫 Kaiako Answer Guide

1. A–2, B–3, C–1.

2. The sea birds started the conflict.

3. Māui solved the problem caused by the birds wanting the same kai and fighting over it. Accept answers that clearly describe the conflict in the class text.

4. Accept a relevant detail from the teacher-provided text about the birds’ fight.

5. The conflict ended when Māui helped resolve the problem and the birds stopped fighting. Accept text-supported detail.

6. 3, 1, 2, 4.

7. Answers may include that the sea birds were hungry, needed food, or believed the kai was available. Students should give a sensible inference linked to the text.

8. Accept suggestions such as sharing, taking turns, talking, asking permission, finding more kai, or asking Māui for help.