A Matariki Mystery Scavenger Hunt Activity

Description

This Matariki Mystery Scavenger Hunt is an engaging cross-curriculum reading comprehension activity. Allow your students to move around the room, visit reading passages and answer questions. Solve the mystery of the missing star.

The task card scavenger hunt is designed so that students must visit/read each of the ten fact cards! That means they must read the passage or skim for details multiple times!

This is an engaging way to hook students into an introduction to Matariki. The follow-up Maze Comprehension activity is a great way to assess comprehension of the Matariki content.

This scavenger hunt has TWO components:

• Part 1: Students will read ten short passages revealing the question of their next “clue” or code word. After finding each code word, students must write them on their answer sheet.

• Part 2: Using the code word on each clue card, students unscramble the letters in the grey-shaded boxes to reveal the final word.

Individuals, pairs, or groups of students could do this activity.

In this Matariki Scavenger Hunt pack, you will receive:

1. Ten Fact Cards about Matariki
2. Directions and Mission sheet
3. Student answer sheets
4. Teacher answer key
5. Matariki Maze Comprehension Activity, student instructions and answers.