Name: Matariki Year 3 and 4 Reading Activities
SKU: 37964
Availability: InStock

Description

Integrate Matariki – The Māori New Year into your reading programme with our Matariki Year 3 and 4 reading passages and questions. This pack includes three non-fiction and Maori Myth and Legends passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. It also includes two sets of activities based on popular Matariki storybooks. Learn more about the history of Matariki, how Matariki is celebrated today, and a popular Māori myth based on the Matariki star cluster.

***This resource includes new research findings of two new stars in the Matariki cluster.***

In this Matariki Year 3 and 4 reading resource you will receive:

1. Three texts:

What is Matariki?
Matariki Today
Te Iwa o Matariki – the Stars of Matariki

2. Two sets of Higher Order Thinking Activities based on the following stories:

Daniel’s Matariki Feast by Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington (great for lower readers)
The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins

This resource is jam-packed with exciting, thought-provoking activities to grab your students’ attention AND hold it. The activities begin at the lower levels of Blooms Taxonomy (Remember, Understand, Apply) and move through to the higher levels (Analyse, Evaluate, Create).

Please note: You will need a copy of these stories to complete the activities. They are widely available in public libraries, and are highly likely in your school library.

3. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the NZ Curriculum