Connected Activities

Our Connected NZ follow-up activities provide comprehensive independent activities after students read each Connected text. Each follow-up activity pack provides a lesson plan and print and digital activities. New packs will be added as Connected Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 texts are published.

From 2022, Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy programmes.

  • Connected 2016 Level 2 Show and Tell | NZ School Journal Activities

    Connected 2016 Level 2 Show and Tell | NZ School Journal Activities

    NZ$7.50

    We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected 2016 Level 2: Show and Tell. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. The Connected series promotes content-based literacy. Students are exposed to scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and contexts, and broaden their knowledge and understanding…

  • Connected Phase 2 Year 5-6 2024 Pathways to Niue - New Zealand History

    Connected Phase 2 Year 5-6 2024 Pathways to Niue – New Zealand History

    NZ$7.50

    We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Phase 2 Year 5-6 2024 – Pathways to Niue text. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy programmes. Great…

  • Connected Phase 2 Year 4 2024 Woven Taonga - New Zealand History

    Connected Phase 2 Year 4 2024 Woven Taonga – New Zealand History

    NZ$7.50

    We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Phase 2 Year 4 2024 – Woven Taonga text. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy programmes.   …

  • Samoa School Journal and Connected Follow Up Activities

    Samoa School Journal and Connected Follow Up Activities

    NZ$8.50

    We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for a range of Sāmoa-themed NZ School Journal texts and Connected texts. Our Samoa School Journal and Connected Follow Up Activities resource has everything you need to explore this engaging topic further. Lesson plans and comprehensive print and digital follow-up activities are included.   The School…

  • Connected Level 2 2015 Have You Checked? | NZ School Journal Activities

    Connected Level 2 2015 Have You Checked? | NZ School Journal Activities

    NZ$7.50

    We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Level 2 2015: Have You Checked? This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. The Connected series promotes content-based literacy. Students are exposed to scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and contexts, and broaden their knowledge and understanding…

  • Whole Class Connected Resource Year 4 - Tahu and the Dancing Feathers

    Whole Class Connected Resource Year 4 – Tahu and the Dancing Feathers

    NZ$8.50

    Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Tahu and the Dancing Feathers from the Connected Phase 2 Year 4 2024 text. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension with Science of Reading Principles.   This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building,…

  • The Global Positioning System Whole Class Teaching Slides – Connected Level 4 Years 7–8

    The Global Positioning System Whole Class Teaching Slides – Connected Level 4 Years 7–8

    NZ$8.50

    How does your phone know exactly where you are? Your students use GPS every day, but few know how it works or what happens when it fails. This ready-to-teach activity pack is built around “The Global Positioning System” by Renata Hopkins (Connected Level 4, 2019). The article explains how a network of satellites and a…

  • Whole Class Connected Resource – Rising Seas Year 5

    Whole Class Connected Resource – Rising Seas Year 5

    NZ$8.50

    How do scientists know the sea is rising? This ready-to-teach unit gets Year 5 and 6 students asking that question and finding the answer in the evidence. It’s built around “Rising Seas” by Kate Potter (Connected, Level 3, 2014). The article opens on a wrecked roller coaster in the Atlantic after Hurricane Sandy, then heads…