Description
When: Any time.
Bring: Togs, flippers, an umbrella, a raincoat, gloves, gumboots, and thermals.
Imagine: Water travelling day and night to join Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.
Remember: To protect and care for our water whānau.
Come and Meet the Water Whānau by Kerrin P. Sharpe is a playful and imaginative poem that celebrates water in all its forms. Through clever lists and vivid imagery, readers are invited to explore rain, snow, ice, rivers, and the sea while recognising the importance of caring for our environment. The poem encourages students to view water as a connected whānau, inspiring curiosity, appreciation, and a sense of responsibility for the natural world.
Curriculum Phase: Phase 2
Year Level: Year 4
English: Reading for meaning and inference, analysing poetic structure and lists, exploring imagery and figurative language, identifying author's purpose, integrating visual and written texts
Science / Social Sciences: Water as a natural resource, environmental stewardship, kaitiakitanga, conservation, weather and seasons, sustainability, caring for the natural environment
Text type: Poetry, list poem, descriptive poem
Key words include: conservation, environment, frost, ice, imagination, kaitiakitanga, lists, Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, nature, poem, poetry, rain, recycling, seasons, snow, sustainability, water, weather, whānau.
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