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Te Reo Reading Practice

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Te Reo Reading Practice

Te Reo Reading Practice

Māori cultural design with native birds

🐦 Part 1: Vocabulary Recognition

1. Circle the correct English meaning for each Te Reo Māori word:

Manu

Bird

Fish

Dog

Whānau

House

Family

School

Kai

Water

Love

Food

📖 Part 2: Reading Comprehension

Read this short Te Reo text:

"Ko te manu he tui. He ataahua te manu. He kai ana te manu."

(The bird is a tui. The bird is beautiful. The bird is eating.)

2. What type of bird is mentioned in the text?
3. What is the bird doing?

Flying

Eating

Sleeping

4. How is the bird described?

🔤 Part 3: Print Conventions

5. Look at this sentence: "Ko te whānau he pai." Circle all the capital letters you can find.

Ko te whānau he pai.

6. Which punctuation mark goes at the end of a sentence?

?

!

.

7. Draw an arrow to show which direction we read (left to right):

🎯 Part 4: Matching Activity

8. Match the Te Reo Māori words with their English meanings:
1. Wai
2. Aroha
3. Manu
4. Kai
A. Love
B. Bird
C. Water
D. Food

✏️ Part 5: Fill in the Blanks

9. Complete these sentences using the words from the word bank:

Word Bank: manu, whānau, kai, wai

a) Ko te ________ he tui. (The bird is a tui.)

b) He pai te ________. (The family is good.)

c) He reka te ________. (The food is delicious.)

d) He māori te ________. (The water is clean.)

10. Draw a picture of your whānau (family) and write one Te Reo word to describe them:

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