Achievement Objectives - Level 1
Below are available resources which can be used to support each achievement objective.
Achievement Objective 1.1
Greet, farewell, and acknowledge people and respond to greetings and acknowledgments
Achievement Objective 1.2
Introduce themselves and others and respond to introductions
Achievement Objective 1.3
Communicate about number, using days of the week, months, and dates
Achievement Objective 1.4
Communicate about personal information such as name, parents’ and grandparents’ names, iwi, hapū, mountain, and river, or home town and place of family origin
Achievement Objective 1.5
Communicate about location
Achievement Objective 1.6
Understand and use simple politeness conventions (for example, ways of acknowledging people, expressing regret, and complimenting people)
Achievement Objective 1.7
Use and respond to simple classroom language including asking for the word to express something in te reo Māori
Possible Sociocultural Themes
- Te whānau (the family,
belonging) - Kāinga noho (home)
Tūpuna (grandparents,
ancestors, hapū, iwi) - Whanaungatanga (kinship,
relationships, connections) - Ngā mihi (informal and formal
introductions) - Ako (learning together)
- Te wā (time, seasons, lunar
calendar)
Possible Topics
- Whānau, hapū, iwi
- My home
- My classroom
- My school
- Origin, identity, location
Possible Text Types
- Kīwaha (idioms)
- Pepeha (iwi-specifi c sayings)
- Waiata Māori (Māori songs)
- Whakataukī (proverbs)
- Captions for pictures and
photographs - Simple, short dialogues
- Greeting and leave-taking
routines - Class timetables
