Shapes in Te Reo Maori

This week for maths and maori language week we went on a scavenger hunt for shapes in te reo. It was supposed to be an outside job but because it was raining we could not do it. We had to go in pairs so I chose to go with my best friend Mya. I was in charge of making sure that the slides were ready for them images and it was her job to find them.

I learnt that a triangle in te reo maori is tapatoru. Tapa means sides and toru means three so it means three sides. It is the same for square and rectangle. But they both have four sides! So their name is the same. Tapawha.

I enjoyed making the slides because it is a great way to show lots of learning on one project. I liked adding the shapes because I got to colour them and choose the font size.

I found it tricky to find a pentagon shape because I kept going past it. The buttons of the shapes we could choose from were quite small! I looked a bit harder and found that I could change a star into a pentagon and I used that.

Next time I would add a background to make the slide pop. Like a yellow because it is scientifically proven that yellow is the first colour the eye sees because it is the most vibrant.

Here is my slide: