RKRT W2Workday - Te Manu Tuhituhi

For the next part of our hui, we began to explore Te Manu Tuhituhi which is a Maori resource aimed specifically to teach writing. We looked at the layout of the books and Whetu, our RKRT team leader discussed how it is used:

The concept of Te Manu Tuhituhi is likened to a bird when they start off, they have no feathers and cannot fly, however, the skills that they learn for writing is likened to feathers, furthermore, the more skills that they acquire, the more feathers they will have.

Purpose of the kaupapa is given. It has samples for you to use, however, it is recommended to use the text available in the Maori resource room for now.

Each page has the language features of the genre.

Each genre comes with Blackline Masters which includes a cameo and a template for your tamariki to use.

It also has suggestions for reading activities, oral language activities, topic ideas, Learning intentions for writing and spelling.  What I really like about Te Manu Tuhituhi is the holistic view that it has on teaching all components of literacy.  Today was an introduction to the rauemi, and we will need another time set aside to really go in-depth with Te Manu Tuhituhi, I have decided for now to re-look at the Learning intentions for spelling and include these into my spelling programme for Pungakupu Maori as well as Pungakupu Pakeha.

He Kura Tuhituhi Manual

Ka Oho te Manu ki te ao Tuhituhi
Ka Rere te Manu ki te ao Tuhituhi