Te Reo Maori Observation

I undertook an observation, where a colleague was teaching te reo to her class. The focus of this lesson was how to use au (me), koe (that person) and ia (That person over there). A youtube video was used to help students understand au, koe, and ia.

Prior to this focus, a waita was sung, whakatauki read and Bingo (focus: class objects).
The wait sung was: He pikinga pou pou.

Short recording of waiata

Students practising using ko au tenei

Where to next for me -

- Introduce the kupu au, koe, ia. What do these mean (Group discussion)

- Talk to the students about the different kiwi around Taranaki, and Aotearoa

- Allowing my Māori minister to lead explain each part of the lesson (what we are doing next).

Observational notes

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