The purpose of this resource is to explain they key roles that Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia and Kate Sheppard played in the women’s suffrage campaign in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This Women and the Vote resource features: Two non-fiction texts: Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia Biography Kate Sheppard Biography Two sets of reading comprehension questions…
This colourful set of 32 Synonym Tasks Cards helps students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences. Print and laminate these synonym task cards for regular use! These semantics activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR) and are a practical addition to your structured literacy programme. This set of…
Our Daily Literacy Review Slides 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. Great as practice for the Common Assessment Activities (CAA’s). A great companion to…
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…
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…
Learn about the 2026 New Zealand General Election and the processes of the New Zealand government. In this set of reading comprehension and literacy activities pack, pitched at Year 2-4 learners, students will learn what an election is and all about the 2026 New Zealand General Election. In this New Zealand General Election Reading…
Save your time and know that your students are completing follow-up activities featuring a range of reading comprehension skills with our PM Readers Activities Bundle. This follow-up activities bundle provides follow-up activities for a range of current PM readers found in New Zealand and Australian schools. Over 150 PM readers are covered in this mega…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 4 November 2018. This resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. Both a paper-based and digital option is included so you can use this in the way that suits you best…
These activities have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of six target sounds and letters. The sound and letters included in this set are the following single consonants: j, k, v, w, y, z With initial modelling and scaffolding, these activities are intended to be completed independently to build students’ skills…
Explore tools to measure the weather with these differentiated reading passages and science activities. This weather pack includes an informational non-fiction passage, reading and vocabulary questions, and higher-order thinking tasks. This resource features a full digital pack – perfect for Google Classroom or Microsoft One Drive. These activities are great for your guided reading…
Explore how meteorologists forecast the weather with these differentiated reading passages and science activities. This weather pack includes an informational non-fiction passage, reading and vocabulary questions, and higher-order thinking tasks. This resource features a full digital pack – perfect for Google Classroom or Microsoft One Drive. These activities are great for your guided reading…
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and knowledge of NZ history content with this comprehensive resource, focused on Rise Up: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers from the Level 4 November 2018 School Journal. This teaching tool is great as an addition to your structured literacy program. This resource engages students…
Engaging Reading Response Activities for NZ Junior Journal 68 Explore our NZ Junior Journal 68 Activities and Lesson Plans, designed to bring the stories and articles in this publication to life! This comprehensive resource offers both paper-based and digital options, making it perfect for classroom use or distance learning. The texts in Junior Journal 68…
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