Matariki Cloze Activity

Matariki

We have been learning about making sense of our reading using a cloze activity.

Matariki by Waitangi Teepa and finished by Zak

Matariki is not only a group of stars it is also the name for the…..maori new year                                           

You can see the stars for most of the year but they  unapper      from the night sky in Aotearoa, New Zealand in late April and reappear in late May or early June . When the stars   reappear

  again and the new moon is risen it is the Maori New Year and there is much to celebrate.

The Seven Sisters 

The Matariki group of stars has other names as   well     . One of its names is the Seven Sisters. In some stories Matariki is the name of the biggest   star     . She is the eldest sister and she   guides      her younger sisters to their places in the        .  The old stories tell us that when the stars shine   brightly      the year will be warm . There will be  plenty      of seafood and plants will grow tall and  strong      .

Celebrate

We can  celebrate         Matariki in many ways. It is a time for   sharing      family stories. It is a time for hearing    stroies      of the old days for learning about how people used the stars in the past. It is a time to   plant     trees and winter  crops         .  It is a time to fish. This is a time for making things, to learn how to  weave