Te Reo Maori - 25/03/16

So to be quite honest I was worried about teaching Te Reo Maori on a regular basis in the class this year.  What I really think that I was worried about was the harder learning that would occur.  Colours, names of things, moods, seasons etc those are fine, it is the sentences that I was concerned about but is what our Year 7 and 8 students need to be learning.

So after a lot of thinking I thought I would try flipping the learning with Te Reo.  I managed to find an excellent website that has videos for the students to watch and take notes.  There are also grammar and quiz questions for the students to answer after they have completed watching the videos.

The Students are LOVING it.  They are watching the videos, taking notes, attempting the words and when I come to do the lesson on the Friday they really have a good understanding of those weeks videos.  What I like is that it is a part of the students Learning Schedules and they are including Te Reo into their daily plan.  All the videos stay on our Class Site so they are always their for the students to refer back to.  It is exciting learning and the students are loving it, compared to really not being interested in learning Te Reo Maori in the last few years.

That is my feel good for the week.