Term 1, Weeks 2-8

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING using familiar words about ourselves and our whānau
• We are FOCUSING understanding the form and vocabulary of whakapapa

PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

• We are PLANNING to communicate where we and others live
• We are PLANNING to communicate about our whakapapa using an appropriate form
• We are PLANNING to use short phrases about ourselves and our whānau
• We are PLANNING to recite our pepeha and whakapapa in front of our class

Topic One: Ko au me tōku whānau        

Achievement Objectives:

1.1 greet, farewell, and acknowledge people and respond to greetings and acknowledgments

1.2 introduce themselves and others and respond to introductions

1.3 communicate about numbers, using days of the week, months and dates

1.4 communicate about personal information such as name, parents’ and grandparents’ names, iwi, hapū, mountains, and river, or home town and place of origin

2.1 communicate about relationships between people

2.3 communicate about likes and dislikes, giving reasons where appropriate

2.5 communicate about physical characteristics, personality, and feelings.

Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• draw a whakapapa chart accurately
• extract information from a whakapapa chart 
• introduce self and family members
• describe relationship with members of immediate family
• use possessives and pronouns accurately 
• ask and reply about age
• understand the concept of pepeha
• recite their pepeha
• describe people occupations
• describe people's appearance
• describe things they like and dislike