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Maui’s Fish

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Emerald (Levels 25-26)
  • Year: Three
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Ancient people, Change over time, Conflict, Relationships
  • Genre: Myth and legend
  • Strategy/Skills: Making connections, Determining main ideas, Sequencing, Making predictions, Asking and answering questions
  • Page Count: 16
  • Reading Level: 26
  • Item Code: 200183
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1479, ACELT1594, ACELT1599, ACELT1600, ACELY1678, ACELY1679, ACELY1680, ACELA1489, ACELA1490, ACELT1602, ACELT1604, ACELT1605, ACELY1690, ACELY1691, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELT1608, ACELT1795, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703
Reader Description

Maui had many powers, but he couldn't catch fish. He longed to catch a great fish to show his brothers he was as good as they were.

After you have completed the Reader

This myth gives an explanation of how the Hawaiian isalnds were formed. Write your own myth with a different explanation about how Maui was involved in the formation of the islands. Share both myths with your family.

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