Check out our most recently released online teaching resources – perfect for in-class and distance learning. We have a range of both print and digital resources to engage your students and save you valuable time.
Transform your phonics instruction with these vibrant, evidence-based Split Digraphs Posters. Designed explicitly for early readers, this resource provides clear visual anchors, mouth formation cues, and word examples to help students confidently master the trickiest first-year spelling rules. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, structured intervention, or home learning! Are you looking for an easy, effective…
We’ve put together a bundle of activities to reinforce spelling rules for Phases One to Three. This bundle includes all the spelling rules in the refreshed New Zealand curriculum for Year 0-Year 8. The resource bundle is organised and partitioned by spelling rules and phonics concepts so you can match these activities to your school’s…
Save time and know your students are completing follow-up activities that build a range of reading and literacy skills. This resource provides games and activities for the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Kākano Seed Level reader: To the Top, found in New Zealand schools. ***This resource is provided in A4 paper size and British spelling.***…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the non-fiction article “The Biggest Swim” from the Level 3 June 2024 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension skills with Science of Reading Principles. This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary…
We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text: Living the Dream – An Interview with Mana Vautier. This resource has everything you need to learn more about becoming an astronaut. This School Journal Story Library text covers content great for Year 6 and has a…
Streamline your Year 7 math routine with these “Number of the Day” slides. Designed for Year 7 (Phase 3), this resource bridges the gap between arithmetic and early algebra, focusing on rigorous mental strategies for both whole numbers and decimals. This resource supports students in mastering the infinite nature of the base-10 system, from…
Our Adverbs of Frequency Slides and Activities are an engaging and effective resource for building word knowledge. These slides, flashcards, and visual tools align seamlessly with structured literacy programmes. Expanding students’ vocabulary is essential for enhancing their reading and writing skills, and research shows that students with stronger vocabularies excel academically, particularly in reading. This…
Our Year 4 Tier 2 Vocabulary Teaching Slides offer an interactive, effective approach to expanding vocabulary knowledge. These slides are designed to integrate seamlessly into structured literacy programs, enriching students’ word comprehension—key to boosting reading and writing skills. Studies indicate that vocabulary development significantly enhances academic success, particularly in reading comprehension. The refreshed New Zealand…
Bring the 2024 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year into your classroom with this ready-to-go novel study! Nine Girls follows Titch, whose family moves from Auckland to Ngāruawāhia in the late 1970s. She becomes determined to find the gold buried on her family’s land, and an unexpected friendship with Paneiraira, a talking eel, leads her…
These activities support Years 4 to 6 students working through the Fact Finders text “Trees, Leaves, Seeds”. Students practise reading and hearing the long /ē/ sound, spelled ee and ea. The book covers why trees matter, what they need to grow and some of our best-known native trees, from Tāne Mahuta to the tī kōuka….
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…
Add Paul Mason’s gripping School Journal Story Library text, “Frogs,” to your reading programme with this ready-to-use resource pack. Ideal for Year 7 and 8 students working at a Year 6 reading level, this unit blends deep comprehension with narrative writing and curriculum-aligned tasks. In a stark post-apocalyptic wasteland, young scavenger Tane stumbles upon four…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource based on the article ‘What is an Insect?’ from Junior Journal 70, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is a great addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. What is an Insect – Junior…
We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text “Wind Chimes” by Paul Mason Wind Chimes synopsis: Fleeing through the wilderness from a dystopian regime known as the “Voids,” teenagers Tre and Muse escape a repressive re-education school to return to Tre’s home settlement. After discovering…
Save your time and know that your students are completing follow-up activities featuring a range of reading and literacy skills. This resource provides games and activities for the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Kākano Seed Level reader: Pop and Mop found in New Zealand schools. ***This resource is provided in A4 paper size and British…
We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text ‘Home: Stories from New New Zealanders” by Kate Paris. ‘Home: Stories from New New Zealanders” is a non-fiction text that shares the real-life migration stories and settlement experiences of four young immigrants and refugees adjusting to life…
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