Resources and references
Waiata
Here is a song about the days of the week. A second one, “Ngā Rā o te Wiki”, is in Hei Waiata Hei Whakakoakoa.
“Mane, Tūrei, Wenerei” (to the tune of “Day O”)
| Maori vocabulary | English translation |
|---|---|
| Mane, Tūrei, Wenerei | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday |
| Ko ngā rā o te wiki ēnei | These are the days of the week |
| Tāite, Paraire, Hātarei | Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
| Ko ngā rā o te wiki ēnei | These are the days of the week |
| Rāhoroi, Rātapu, ko ngā rā o te wiki ēnei (x 2) | Saturday, Sunday, these are the days of the week (x 2) |
Notice that this song uses two different words for Saturday. Speakers of te reo Māori use both.
Stories
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). He Whakataetae Omaoma. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book shows runners coming from first to fifth in a race.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Rapua. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book introduces the idea of sets.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Raupapahia. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book counts steps in a process, from first to fifth.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Raupapahia te Wā. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book introduces the concept of clock time.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Tatauria 1, 2, 5, 10, 20. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book introduces the concept of doubling.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Tatau Mawhiti Rima. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book introduces counting in fives.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Tatau Mawhiti Rua. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book introduces the difference between counting objects and counting people.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Tatauria 1–20. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book introduces the number sequence from one to twenty.]
He Kupenga Hao i te Reo (2002). Tokohia. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book counts people from six to ten.]
Kaa, Oho (2006). Te Oma a Renata. Wellington: Learning Media. [This He Purapura book includes a running race.]
Kaa, Oho (1998). Te Rā Hokohoko a Rawinia. Wellington: Huia Publishers. [This Ngā Kete Kōrero book includes some of the language of shopping.]
Mahuika, Apirana (2000). Poaka Kunekune. Wellington: Learning Media. [This story about a pig is one of ten enlarged He Purapura books published with teachers’ notes.]
Mahuika, Karin (2000). Kei roto i te Moana. Wellington: Learning Media. [This story about a taniwha is one of ten enlarged He Purapura books published with teachers’ notes.]
Mahuika, Karin (2005). O Taiao 1–5. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book counts objects and people from one to five.]
Mahuika, Karin (2005). O Taiao 6–10. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book counts objects from six to ten.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2004). E Kore ngā Waewae. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of zero.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2004). E Rima ngā Matimati. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of rima.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2004). E Toru ngā Pea. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of toru.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2004). Ko Au Tēnei E Haka Ana! Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of rua.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2004). Kurī Pahupahu. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of whā.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Ngā Tākaro a ngā Tamariki. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of tekau.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). O Tangaroa. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that includes the language of subtraction.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Tama Tū, Tama Ora. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that includes the language of addition.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Tekau ngā Tamariki Porohīanga. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that includes the language of subtraction.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Te Mīhini Mūrere a Koro Rearua. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of doubling.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Te Mīhini Mūrere a Kui Hautua. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of one half.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2004). Te Ngeru Matekai. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that illustrates the concept of tahi.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Te Rā Whānau o Matua Poaka. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that includes the language of addition.]
Mahuika, Karin and Pewhairangi, Karen (2005). Te Taunga Waka Ātea. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book tells a story that includes the language of subtraction.]
Ministry of Education (2007). 1. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features kotahi.]
Ministry of Education (2007). 2. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features rua.]
Ministry of Education (2007). 3. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features toru.]
Ministry of Education (2007). 4. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features whā.]
Ministry of Education (2007). 5. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features rima.]
Ministry of Education (2007). 6. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features ono.]
Ministry of Education (2008). 7. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features whitu.]
Ministry of Education (2008). 8. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features waru.]
Ministry of Education (2008). 9. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features iwa.]
Ministry of Education (2008). 10. Wellington: Learning Media. [This Pīpī book, with its companion big book, tells a story that features tekau.]
Ministry of Education (2004). Ara Pūreta Māori. Wellington: Learning Media. [This is a Māori alphabet frieze in the Participation series.]
Rau, Cath (2002). Ngā Kaihoe. Ngaruawahia: Kia Ata Mai. [This Ngā Kete Kōrero book counts paddlers in a canoe.]
Taute, Hera (2003). Ngā Rā o te Wiki. Wellington: Huia Publishers. [This Ngā Kete Kōrero book describes what happens on each day of a week.]
Te Rōpū a Huia (2000). Tokohia ngā Tamariki? Wellington: Huia Publishers. [This Ngā Kete Kōrero book counts people.]
Beginning School Mathematics
If still available in your school, consider using the Beginning School Mathematics (BSM) zero to twenty cards, as well as the following: 1-3-82 (simple sequence stories for the ordinal numbers), 3-1-45 (cardinal numbers and classroom objects), 3-1-46 (cardinal numbers and Māori content that includes kete, matau, weri, kotiate, tuna, pōtaka, and kūtai), 3-3-49 (cardinal numbers and colours), 6-3-44 (cardinal numbers and animals), 7-1-84 (cardinal numbers, with two sets on each card, which you could use for true-false statements), 8-2-81 (a blackline copymaster with a grid with classroom objects on it – measuring distances between objects), 10-2-14 (a master set of cards using the transliterated names for months), 9-1-53 (domino lines), and 11-2-57 (clock time).
Additional support
For teaching days of the week, counting and expressing cost, further support is available at https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Teacher-tools/Te-reo-Maori-lesson-plans (See Curriculum levels 1-4).
References
Amery, H. (2007). First Hundred Words in Māori. Wellington: Huia Publishers. [See page 32 for numbers.]
Amery, H. (2006). First Thousand Words in Māori. Wellington: Huia Publishers. [See page 46 for the days of the week and page 53 for numbers].
Lewis, M. (2002). The Lexical Approach: The State of ELT and the Way Forward. South Melbourne: Thomson Heinle.
Litchfield, Jo (2009). Everyday Words in Māori. Wellington: Huia Publishers. [See page 43 for the numbers.]
Ministry of Education (2008). Hei Waiata, Hei Whakakoakoa – Waiata to Support Teaching and Learning of te Reo Māori in English-medium Schools: Years 1–8. Wellington: Learning Media. [Book and CD]
Ministry of Education (2006). Tirohia Kimihia: He Kete Wherawhera. Wellington: Huia Publishers. [See page 259 for a chart of the days of the week and the months of the year.]
Ngata, H. M. (1993). English–Māori Dictionary. Wellington: Learning Media. [See page 546 for numbers.]
Watene, Linda (2004). Easy te Reo Māori Activities: Introducing Māori into Mainstream Classrooms. New Plymouth: Curriculum Concepts.
Watene, Linda (2005). More Easy te Reo Māori Activities: Introducing Māori into Mainstream Classrooms. New Plymouth: Curriculum Concepts.