Introducing our comprehensive End of Sentence Punctuation Teaching Pack – the ultimate resource to help students master one of the fundamental building blocks of sentences. Packed with engaging materials, this pack equips educators with all the tools necessary to teach students to punctuate sentences correctly. Unlock the potential of your lessons with our thoughtfully…
Introducing our comprehensive Grammar Teaching and Activities Bundle – the ultimate resource to help students master many of the fundamental building blocks of sentences. Packed with engaging materials, this bundle equips educators with all the tools necessary to ensure a deep understanding of grammar and syntax concepts. Unlock the potential of your lessons with…
This resource has been produced to help students consolidate the skill of writing summaries. This Summarising Activities Pack includes: Two summarising posters Four summarising question worksheets for use with any fiction text Three summarising question worksheets for use with any non-fiction text GIST summarising tool graphic organiser (and explainer information) One summarising question worksheet…
This resource has been produced to help students consolidate the skill of making inferences. Build verbal reasoning skills. This Inference Skills Reading Resource includes: Three inference skills posters. Five inference skills question worksheets for use with any fiction text. 16 inference skills task cards for use with any fiction text. Inferencing is a…
Supercharge your reading programme with this engaging five-pack Reading Skills Check Mega Bundle! Designed for Year 4 learners, this resource uses high-interest themes – Big Cats, Cryptids, Ocean Creatures, Weather, and Space – to build comprehension, vocabulary, inference, and analytical skills in a structured, easy-to-implement format. Five weeks included! Each pack offers a week…
Supercharge your reading programme with this engaging five-pack Reading Skills Check Mega Bundle! Designed for Year 5 learners, this resource uses high-interest themes – Big Cats, Cryptids, Ocean Creatures, Weather, and Space – to build comprehension, vocabulary, inference, and analytical skills in a structured, easy-to-implement format. Each pack offers a week of scaffolded activities…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of six target sounds and letters: j, k, v, w, y, z. This teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a whole class lesson. …
This resource teaches the skill of paragraphing in writing. This resource introduces younger students (working at levels 1 and 2 of the curriculum, or years 1-3) to what paragraphs are, why we use them, and when we use them. It is designed to help students learn, remember and practice when to separate their sentences…
Elevate your persuasive writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Persuade Activities. This all-inclusive resource pack equips educators with the essential tools for teaching persuasive writing. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Persuade from Phase 2 (Year 4-6) and Phase 3 (Year 7-8) of Te Mātaiaho: English in…
Our Type of Sentences Grab and Go pack helps you to teach four sentence types (based on function): statement, command, question, and exclamation. We’ve included vibrant posters, ready-to-go activity sheets, and interactive digital resources. These activities have been crafted to engage New Zealand students with sentences brimming with Kiwiana, te reo Māori and…
The Persuasive Speech Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that guides students through writing and delivering compelling persuasive speeches. This toolkit simplifies complex concepts, making speech writing accessible and engaging for all learners. How It Works: This toolkit provides a structured, explicit, step-by-step approach to teaching persuasive speech writing. It breaks down the process…
The purpose of this resource is to provide 20 vocabulary cards to help students to understand important words and phrases relating to the women’s suffrage campaign in New Zealand. This Women and the Vote resource features: 20 vocabulary cards Each card features a definition The vocabulary words included are: suffrage franchise women’s suffrage…
Introducing our comprehensive teaching pack all about commas – the ultimate resource for educators aiming to help students master one of the fundamental forms of sentence punctuation. This pack is loaded with engaging materials, equipping you with all the necessary tools to identify and use commas. Unlock the full potential of your lessons…
The purpose of this resource is to explain the key women’s suffrage milestones in New Zealand from 1869 to the present day. This Women and the Vote resource features: Four timeline pages: key suffrage milestones from 1869 to the present day. These fit together to make one large timeline Reading Comprehension activity with…
This social sciences and literacy unit explores how, over time, various New Zealand governments have restricted voting rights, and how have people advocated for their rights. The bundle takes a specific focus on women and the vote, the women’s suffrage campaign, and its historic success and ongoing impacts. Clear links are provided to both the…
Just Jokes – Working with Words Activities | Morphology, Syllables, Rhyme This activity is a fun way to explore parts of words: morphology (prefixes and suffixes), syllables, and also rhyme, synonyms and adjectives. In this Just Jokes activity, we have provided: 10-page set of worksheets Teacher’s guide for how this resource can be…
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