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Week 4: Whānau Story
This week you will practise short u + cvc, identify beginning, middle and end in a simple story, and maths: subtract/separate within 10 and find a missing part.
TERM 1 • WEEK 4
Whānau Story
Identify beginning, middle and end in a simple story.
Maths: Subtract/separate within 10 and find a missing part.
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Sound Lab — Hear It
Hear it. Tap it. Blend it.
Listen, say each sound, then blend the word.
sun, cup, mud
Sound Lab — Read It
Read the words
Read the short-u words, heart words and smooth sentence.
sun, cup, mud, run, fun, bug, you, are. You can run in the sun.
Word Work — Spell It
Build the word
Build sun.
Build cup.
Build mud.
Build run.
Trace and practise: u b g r n
Touchscreen trace: follow the guide with your finger or stylus.
No touchscreen? Write it 3 times in your exercise book.
Read & Talk
Read, listen and think
Read or listen to the whānau story.
Mum has a cup. The pup runs to Mum. The cup tips. Mum and the pup have fun cleaning up.
What happened at the beginning?
What happened after the cup tipped?
Make & Write
Your turn to write
Beginning: draw Mum with the cup.
Draw here
Middle: draw the cup tipping.
Draw here
End: draw Mum and the pup cleaning up.
Draw here
Add a short caption under one part of your story.
Maths Mission
Maths mission
8 take away 3 =
10 take away 4 =
There are 7 cups. 2 are put away. How many are left?
9 = 6 + ___. Build the missing part.
Whole9
Part6
Build the missing part0
Maths Challenge
Try a little more
You have 6 blocks. 4 are showing. Build how many are hidden.
Whole6
Part4
Build the missing part0
Which equation matches: 5 birds, 2 fly away?
Mini Mission
Away-from-screen mission
Put 7 safe objects in a row. Cover some and leave 5 showing. Work out how many are hidden.
🌿 Complete this away from the screen, then come back.
Game Break
Word Builder: Whānau Story
🎮 GAME BREAK
Word Builder: Whānau Story
Complete each challenge in order. The next challenge unlocks only after you solve the current one.
Start → Finish
Tap Start game to begin.
1BUILD
2SOLVE
3BUILD
4SOLVE
5BUILD
6SOLVE
🔤 Your challenge
⭐ Ka mau te wehi!
You completed every challenge in this Game Break.
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