I Saw A Taniwha

Music
Teacher claps and chants the rhythm patterns of names of native New Zealand trees or trees from your country for children to copy.
e.g. Kowhai, Pohutukawa, or Rimu, Tawa or Oak, Cedar

Drama
Perform the actions of the song to an audience. Reflect on the performance - how did you feel about your performance?

Language
Translate the M?ori words into English.

Literacy
Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song PDF
Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.