Matariki

Matariki

Watch the clip Matariki then answer the following questions.

1. When do the stars of Matariki disappear and reappear again? they disappear from the night sky in Aotearoa in late April the stars reappear when it is winter.
2. What does it mean when the stars reappear? it means when they come back.
3. Who are the seven sisters? they are stars.
4. What are their names? Waita, wait waipuna-a-rangi,uru-a-rangi Matariki Tupu-a-rangi Tupu-a-nuku 
5.  What do the old stories tell us? When the stars shine brightly the year will be warm and it will be good for growing crops
6. How can we celebrate Matariki? There share stories, how to look after the land, how people used the stars in the past to get fish, to make things to, learn to weave and carve,

Something Starting with 'C'

                     

Drink - Coke
Colour - Coral
Bird - Crow
Famous Person - Cardi B
Book - Cat in the hat
Chocolate - Bar cookies n cream kit kat
Occupation - Carpenter
Car - Corolla
Country - Canada
Vegetable - Carrot 


• The thing that I found most challenging was thinking about a colour that starts with c because I didn't know that there was a colour starting with c 
• What I might do differently next time is write about something starting with a m b because then I can try to do everything like a drink that starts with a.