Description
Tīvaevae are hand-sewn Cook Islands Māori bedspreads and in this text we learn about their origins, meanings and how they are made. We also learn the positive values that are associated with their construction such as time, hard work, and skills involved in making tīvaevae along with the beauty of the finished product.
This pack contains a range of structured literacy activities including
- Spelling rules ck / dge / drop the e / y as a consonant or vowel
- Sounds of -ed
- Exploring parts of language - adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs etc
- Doubling or not when adding -ing, -ed
- Floss rules
- Compound words
- Identifying and naming suffixes
- Identifying and naming prefixes
- Vowel teams
- Root words
- Controlling 'r'
- Diagraphs
- Schwa words
- Ghost diagraphs
- -oo- and -oo- / -au and -ow /
- Hard and soft c and g
- Common subordinating conjunctions
- And much more!!
Themes explored include: Cook Islands Māori, tīvaevae, akano‘anga Kūki‘Āirani (Cook Islands culture), teamwork, dedication, sharing, getting on, relationships.
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