The Rahul

What was Huia saving the strawberries for?

For her mum for strawberry ice cream on her birthday 

Why did Huia need a rahui in the strawberries?

So her brother and the bird and the rat would stop eating strawberries 

What happened to the leftover strawberries?

Huia saved it for the rat and the bird because they stopped eating the strawberries 

Read this slide carefully. It will help you to do the work on slide 2.

Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings. 

For example     their   there       and     they’re 

All these words SOUND the same, but they are spelt differently and used in different ways.

For example; 

• They put on their shoes.
• Look! Over there! I see a scary dog.
• They’re not feeling well.

They’re is also a CONTRACTION

They + are  becomes they’re

Choose “they’re”, “there” or “their” to complete each sentence. Write the WHOLE sentence correctly in your book.

They’re  going on holiday tomorrow.

Mum parked the car over there. .

Cayden and Aliana did well in their tests.

There are 87 students in our class.

Mum and Dad snore when  they asleep.

The happy girls had smiles on their faces.