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Multiple choice

Create some multi-choice descriptions to go with pictures of celebrations. Get the students to work out which description best applies to which picture.

With a picture of the constellation Matariki, you could consolidate some number words by, for example, getting the students to choose between:

Maori vocabulary

English translation

E ono ngā whetū i te rangi. There are six stars in the sky.
E iwa ngā whetū i te rangi. There are nine stars in the sky.
E whitu ngā whetū i te rangi. There are seven stars in the sky.
Tekau ngā whetū i te rangi. There are ten stars in the sky.

You could use one of the illustrations in the He Purapura book Kua Puta a Matariki for this activity. (Note: while the illustrations in Kua Puta a Matariki do show seven stars, most people can only see six in the night sky without the help of a telescope.)

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