Our reading, writing, and social studies online teaching resources cover a range of engaging topics, including seasonal topics such as Back to School, Christmas, Seasons, and End of the Year resources. We also cover key New Zealand events such as Waitangi Day, Anzac Day and Matariki – saving you time throughout the year.
Go paperless with our Google Classroom Digital Literacy Mega Bundle. This mega bundle features digital grammar and punctuation activities, reading comprehension activities, writing prompts and a timely creative activity based around Mother’s Day. This bundle is best suited to Year 5 – Year 8 and is easily differentiated to suit a wide range of…
Stop teaching literacy skills in isolation! This comprehensive unit brings a pivotal moment in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history to life while systematically building the reading and writing skills your students need. Grounded in the Science of Learning, this Women and the Vote unit is more than just a set of activities. It’s a carefully sequenced,…
The purpose of this resource is to explain how women advocated for their right to vote in New Zealand, the tactics they used, the opposition they faced, and the end result of the women’s suffrage campaign. The resource also explores how the women’s suffrage campaign is remembered, and how it has impacted future New Zealand…
Let us save you time this St. Patrick’s Day with our St. Patrick’s Day Reading Comprehension pack! These Year Five and Six (Grade Four and Grade Five) St. Patrick’s Day-themed close reading passages will engage your students while reinforcing important reading skills – great reading comprehension activities for your guided reading program. This resource would…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the Cook Islands’ traditional story Mariri, the Flying Man from Junior Journal 60, will develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is great as an addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. Mariri, the Flying Man—Junior Journal 60: This…
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…
This pack features 235 New Zealand Sight Word Flash Cards based on the NZ Curriculum High-Frequency Sight Words from the colour wheel. Use these flash cards as part of your Word Work Daily 5 activities, have the children use these with a partner, or send them home as a home-based task. You could also make…
Go paperless with our Google Slides-ready Digital Season Writing Prompts BUNDLE! Encourage independence with this easy to use writing activity pack featuring 120 writing prompts. This Google Resource will have your students writing using Google Slides in no time! This Digital Season Writing Prompts BUNDLE features the following products: ⭐️Summer Digital Writing Prompts for Google Drive®…
This comprehensive resource based on the report ‘Solar Power in Tokelau’ from Junior Journal 57, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is great as an addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. You can also use this during Tokelau Language Week! Solar Power in Tokela –…
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and knowledge of NZ history content with this comprehensive resource, focused on The Fight to Vote from the Level 4 May 2017 School Journal. This teaching tool is great as an addition to your structured literacy program. It engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar, syntax, sentence…
This Women and the Vote Scavenger Hunt is an engaging cross-curriculum reading comprehension activity. Allow your students to move around the room, visit reading passages and answer questions. Solve the mystery of the Suffragist’s Secret! The task card scavenger hunt is designed so students must visit/read each of the ten fact cards! That means…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 August 2016. Our School Journal resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the way that suits you…
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…
Celebrate the Chinese New Year in your classroom with our Google Slides Chinese New Year Digital Reading Comprehension Activity, designed for Year Five and Six (Grades 4 and 5). This engaging, paperless resource is perfect for digital guided reading and brings the excitement of the Chinese New Year right to your students’ devices. It features…
Transform St. Patrick’s Day into an engaging mathematical adventure! This isn’t just another worksheet; it’s a thrilling CSI investigation where your students become detectives, using their math skills to crack the case of the missing leprechaun gold! Perfect for: Classroom fun on St. Patrick’s Day Engaging math review Developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills A…
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…
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