Long before the tūpuna of Māori settled in Aotearoa, people sailed across the Pacific Ocean using their knowledge of the stars and nature to find their way. One of those people was Hui Te Rangiora. Nearly 1,500 years ago, he made an amazing journey deep into Te Tai Uka a Pia (the Southern Ocean), where nobody had ever been before. 

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: ancestors, Antarctica, Aotearoa New Zealand history, climate change, courage, culture, exploration, explorer, heritage, history, Hui Te Rangiora, identity, Māori history, navigation, Pacific, Southern Ocean, Te Āwhina marae, Te Puna o Riuwaka, Te Tai Uka a Pia, traditional stories, tūpuna, whakapapa, whakataukī, whānau