Learning to Pronounce Te Reo Maori

In Te Ngahere we have been creating a Te Reo DLO. We were learning how to pronounce Maori words properly. I had to record myself saying the Maori alphabet, greetings and place names. I learnt that Waihopai means Invercargill in Maori. I think I did quite good when I was recording the Maori alphabet because it was easier to pronounce to words. I need to work on place names in the future because I can't say the word without something telling me the word first.

What does your classroom learn for Te Reo Maori? 

The Most Fantastic Work Ever

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about smart surfing. Smart surfing is where you have a sentence: (for example) Where do Green geckos live? You would highlight the keywords in that sentence. You would find the key words in the sentence (green geckos live) and search the web for it. Then we had to research those key words and link the information we found. I learnt that if you use keywords you get the right information you need, because when you research lots of words, Google gives you any search created with those words included. Have you ever just used keywords to research? If so did you get the information you needed?

The Best Work I Have Ever Done

In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called Coastal Seas. We had to watch a documentary about Coastal Seas by David Attenborough. I learnt that seagrass captures carbon dioxide. While we were watching the video we had to write down over ten facts about Coastal Seas and what lives in them, like coral, seagrass, mangroves, sharks, dolphins and other marine life. After that, we had to add pictures to our facts.  Have you ever watched a David Attenborough video? If so which one did you watch?

The Fantastic Walk to Greens

In Te Ngahere we walked to Greens. We walked to Greens because it was Shivam’s Birthday. (Shivam is a student in our class.) We went there because Shivam’s parents own Greens. We loved that so much. My friends and I loved it because the people at Greens were so nice because they served almost 60 kids in our class. We loved the food we ate. On our plates we had butter chicken in two places, two bits of naan bread, a big pile of rice and a clear space that was for other food if we didn’t get butter chicken. We acknowledged Shivam by giving him a card. The card was made by Angela and Jade.R but some of the class signed it. (Angela and Jade.R are two students in our class.) At the end there was a surprise. We got easter eggs. Some people got pineapple lump chocolate and some got fredo chocolate. They came in trolley filled with boxes of eggs, we thought it was so nice of them. We said thank You by singing waiata. Have you ever been to greens?