This reading resource includes engaging Cook Islands Reading Comprehension activities featuring higher order thinking activities to use with the following NZ School Journal texts: School Journal Level April 2013 – Tīvaevae (Year 5 Reading Level) A Quilt For Kiri – Ready to Read (Purple Level) A Gift for Aunty Ngā – Ready to Read (Gold…
Our A Week in New Zealand History resource explores key moments within Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This resource serves as a bite-sized piece of Aotearoa’s history to stir discussion, pique interest, and get you started. In this set, our Discussion Google Slides and Posters explore 16 events from the month of July (see the…
Our A Week in New Zealand History resource explores key moments within Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This resource serves as a bite-sized piece of Aotearoa’s history to stir discussion, pique interest, and get you started. In this set, our Discussion Google Slides and Posters explore 16 events from the month of April (see the…
We’ve put together a set of integrated reading and history resources that explore a range of Aotearoa New Zealand Protests across history. Your learners will explore momentous and powerful protests such as the Māori Land March, the Bastion Point occupation, NZ’s Nuclear-Free protests, the Springbok Tour Protests, the invasion at Parihaka, and more! Our New…
This resource provides hands-on activities to accompany many of the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Tupu texts. The hands-on activities have been created to specifically match the focus sounds taught in each book. With initial modelling and scaffolding, these activities are intended to be completed independently to build students’ skills in following instructions, fine…
Our A Week in New Zealand History resource explores key moments within Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This resource serves as a bite-sized piece of Aotearoa’s history to stir discussion, pique interest, and get you started. In this set, our Discussion Google Slides and Posters explore 16 events from the month of June (see the…
This resource includes over 1000 daily writing prompts for February all the way through to December! They come in three formats: a PowerPoint presentation, task cards, and a set of Google Slides. You can choose the ones that suit your class best! Each set provides a range of narrative, explanation, persuasive, and photo writing…
This resource is a comprehension, discussion and activity guide to accompany the novel Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea by T K Roxborogh. The novel Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea combines elements of Māori mythology with a modern setting and explores themes of family, friendship, bravery, and environmental awareness. This…
This resource provides hands-on activities to accompany the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Māhuri texts. The hands-on activities have been created to specifically match the focus sounds taught in each book. With initial modelling and scaffolding, these activities are intended to be completed independently to build students’ skills in following instructions, fine motor skills…
Do you have video-game-obsessed students in your classroom? This differentiated Pokemon Go Reading Comprehension resource is for them! This pack includes two Year Five and Six (Grade Four and Grade Five) non-fiction passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for END OF YEAR reading activities, your guided reading…
Our Daily Literacy Reviews are a dynamic and effective tool for enhancing memory, retention, and learning. By incorporating principles of spaced practice, interleaved practice, and retrieval practice, these daily reviews offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing previously taught literacy content. A great companion to your structured literacy programme. Aligns with the refreshed New Zealand English…
This Tonga Reading Comprehension Activities pack includes engaging reading activities featuring higher-order thinking activities to use with the following NZ School Journal texts: The Sons of Ma’afu – School Journal Oct 2015 Level 2 (Year 4) ‘Ofa Lahi Atu – Good Luck – School Journal P3 N3 2000 (Year 5) A Vanishing Art/ Tomorrow’s Tapa…
This colourful set of Coordinating Conjunctions and Subordinating Conjunctions Display materials helps students to learn a variety of conjunctions used in compound and complex sentences. Laminate these and create an engaging and useful classroom display. These sentence structure activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR). This resource is a practical addition to your structured…
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