Shapes and Colours Bilingual

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🔵 Part 1: Shapes and Colours - Te Reo Māori & English

1. Match the English shape name to its Te Reo Māori name:

Tapawhā

Porohita

Tapatoru

Raina

Tapawhā

Porohita

Tapatoru

Raina

Tapawhā

Porohita

Raina

Tapatoru

2. What colour is "kākāriki" in English?

Red

Blue

Green

Yellow

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct Te Reo Māori colour words:

Red = _________ | Blue = _________ | Yellow = _________ | Purple = _________

Word bank: waiporoporo, kōwhai, whero, kikorangi

🧩 Part 2: Problem Solving

4. Aroha is making a pattern with shapes. She uses 2 porohita (circles), 3 tapawhā (squares), and 1 tapatoru (triangle). How many shapes does she use altogether?

Answer: _______ shapes

5. In a classroom, there are 4 kākāriki (green) triangles, 6 whero (red) circles, and 8 kikorangi (blue) rectangles. Which shape has the most pieces?

6. Tane wants to paint shapes using only 2 colours: kōwhai (yellow) and waiporoporo (purple). If he has 5 squares to paint, how many different colour combinations could he make? Show your thinking.

🔍 Part 3: Word Search

7. Find these Te Reo Māori shape and colour words in the grid below:

Words to find: POROHITA, TAPAWHĀ, TAPATORU, RAINA, WHERO, KĀKĀRIKI, KIKORANGI, KŌWHAI

P O R O H I T A K L M
T A P A W H Ā R E D F
K Ā K Ā R I K I W H G
R A I N A T U Y H E H
W H E R O P Q S E R J
K I K O R A N G I O K
T A P A T O R U M N L
K Ō W H A I P L B V C

8. Create your own bilingual shape sentence! Use at least one Te Reo Māori shape word and one English colour word: