Ngā tae – Colours

Welcome back to my blog. In Māori class today, we learned about colours and grammar. We learned all the colours of the rainbow and the word “rainbow” in Māori. The teacher wrote the word in English on the board and we had to answer in Māori. For the grammar part of the lesson, the teacher wrote some Māori words and we had to answer them, such as “he aha” which means “what”. We had to write sentences incorporating colours.

 

Our task was to choose between four levels: Ace, Pro, Legend, or Titan. Ace is the easiest level and is based on years 3-4, Pro is a little harder and is for years 5-6, Legend is hard and is for years 7-8, and Titan is also hard but has more details and is for year 9’s. I chose the Legend task, but my teacher suggested I should try the Titan task, as she believed I could do it.

 

Here are the different tasks that we could choose from:

 

Toroa-Titan	Ruku-Legend	Hāro-Pro	Roimata-Ace
‘He aha te tae  o tēra ahanoa?  ‘What colour  is that object’  Before selecting this mahi, ensure you know all the colours in the quizlet and are confident using the ‘He aha te tae’ structure.  Read through the structures on the first page and make your own notes. Complete the mahi on your blog.  Mark your mahi when you finish.	Use either Quizlet or Wordwall to master the colour kupu. Spend about 5-10mins.  Hei Mahi– Work through Pg 40-41. Write out the question and the answer for ‘he aha te/ngā tae’ questions. Post your work to your blog. Mark.   Ngā Tae Crossword. Once you have finished, screenshot your mahi and add it to your blog post.	Complete the Quizlet Match-Up in 30 seconds or less. Practice these kupu-words using Wordwall. Try at least 3 games. Hei Mahi– Write out the question and the answer for each of the 8 pictures. Post your work to your blog. Mark. Collect a Colour by Number Superhero.	Complete the Quizlet Match-Up in a minute or less. Practice these kupu-words using Wordwall. Try at least 2 games. Collect a T-shirt colouring Page. Carefully colour the T-shirt to match the colour given in Māori.

 

Colours –

• White – Mā
• Red – Whero
• Orange – Karaka
• Yellow – Koowhai
• Blue – Kikorangi
• Purple – Waiporoporo
• Green – Kākāriki
• Pink – Māwhero
• Brown – Parāne
• Grey –  Kiwikiwi
• Black – Mangu / Pangu
• Rainbow – Uenuku

Wetero – Grammar

• He aha – What?
• te tae – the colour ( one )
• Ngā tae – the colours ( More than one )
• He aha + te tae? – What is the colour
• He aha + ngā tae? – What are the colours?
• He aha Kākāriki te tae – The colour is green
• He kākāriki, he koowhai ngā tae – The colours are green + yellow.

 

Tasks I completed –

Link of activity

Crossword –

This is the crossword I had to do, this includes the colours, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, white and black.

 

Reference – Click them to view the app

– Google slides

– Quizlet/ Flashcards

– Wordwall

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post. I hope you found it informative and enjoyable.

Shreeya