Kia pehea te whakamahi | How to use: fill this in before you teach, keep it on the desk during the lesson, reflect in the last box afterwards. For Google Docs: click ⬇️ Google Docs version, upload the file to drive.google.com, then choose File → Save as Google Docs — everything converts to an editable Doc. Duplicate it once per lesson.

Te Mahere Akomanga

Bilingual lesson plan · he mahere mō tētahi akomanga kotahi (one lesson)

1 · Ngā TaipitopitoLesson details

Rā / Date Wā / Time
Rōpū / Class group Taumata / Year level
Wāhanga ako / Learning area Kaupapa / Topic
He wāhanga o te kaupapa nui / Where this sits in the unit

2 · Te Whāinga AkoLearning intention

Kei te ako mātou ki… / We are learning to… — one sentence, learner-friendly, in both languages if you can.

3 · Ngā Paetae AngituSuccess criteria

Ka angitu ahau ina… / I will be successful when… — visible, checkable, shared with ākonga at the start.

4 · Ngā Hononga ki te MarautangaCurriculum links

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa / NZC — achievement objectives
Te Mātaiaho phase & strand (if in use)
Ngā Uara me ngā Waihangatanga / Key competencies
Tātaiako cultural competency in focus

5 · Te Reo Māori me te TikangaLanguage & tikanga of this lesson

Kupu hou taught in use / new vocabulary: name the words, and the moment in the lesson where ākonga will use them.

Tikanga protocols / considerations: what needs honouring here (whakatau, sharing food, working with taonga, whose stories are told and how).

Hononga ki te rohe / place-based connection: maunga, awa, iwi, or local context that grounds this lesson.

6 · Ngā RauemiResources

7 · Te Huarahi AkoLesson sequence

Wāhanga · Phase Wā He aha mā te kaiako · Kaiako does He aha mā te ākonga · Ākonga do
TimatangaLaunching — hook, do now, whakawhanaungatanga
Te AkoExplicit teaching — model, show, think aloud
Mahi ĀkongaActive learning — collaborative / independent task
WhakakapiConsolidation — share back, exit pass, next steps

8 · Rerekētanga me te WhakaurungaDifferentiation & inclusion

Tautoko / support: scaffolds, sentence starters, paired work.

Whakarahi ake / extension: deeper challenge, transfer task.

Access notes: literacy, language, disability, device access, CALD considerations.

9 · Aromatawai mō te AkoAssessment for learning

What evidence of learning will I collect today, and how will I know each ākonga has met the paetae?

10 · WhakaaroaroPost-lesson reflection

I whai hua… / What worked · He aha i rerekē ai taku whakaaro… / what surprised me · He aha te hipanga e whai ake nei / next step for this rōpū.