Your students will love learning about France with our interactive scavenger hunt and puzzle pack. Your students will learn about the history, food, culture, economy, politics, sport, geography, and natural features of France… and more! France is the host of two exciting tournaments coming up: the 2023 Rugby World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics….
Engage your students in the upcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup in France with our interactive scavenger hunt and puzzle pack! Your Year 3-4 students will learn about the Rugby World Cup, this year’s event, and the teams that are involved! Display the fact cards around the room, and hand out the puzzle pieces. Students…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 August 2018, This 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 best…
This colourful set of 36 Homophone Tasks Cards helps students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences. Print and laminate these homophone 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…
Engage your students with these easy-to-use year 4 reading packs. We’ve put together a bundle of fantastic reading comprehension activities exploring Extreme Sports, Ocean Creatures, the Pacific Islands, Celebrations Around the World, and Natural Disasters. These reading passages are pitched at Year 4 learners. The resources are provided in both print and digital form…
Our 48 engaging Parts of Speech challenges will grab your students’ attention and help to improve their vocabulary. These literacy cards include parts of speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Verb Tenses, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Modal Auxiliary Verbs, Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs. They are great for end of year revision, test prep, early…
We’ve put together a Pacific Myths and Legends Shared Reading Activities Bundle featuring seven different resource packs! Each pack includes a shared reading passage, follow-up activities, and discussion questions. This bundle is suitable as an entry point to Polynesian history or a study on myths and legends from around the world. **This bundle features NZ/AU/UK…
Go paperless with our Spring Digital Writing Prompts! Encourage independence with this easy to use writing activity pack featuring 30 spring writing prompts. This Google Resource will have your students writing persuasive arguments, narratives and explanations using Google Slides in no time! You can get this pack as part of a discounted bundle here. ***This features…
This resource is a comprehension, discussion and activity guide to accompany the novel Cuz by Liz Van der Laarse. Cuz is a children’s novel that was published in 2018 and is known to be New Zealand’s version of Hatchet. The novel is a fast-paced survival story set in the wild landscape of Fiordland. It…
This activity focuses on the use of capital letters and end-of-sentence punctuation in your learners’ writing. In this sentence writing task for students working at phase one: year 2 and year 3, we have included: 5 sentence writing activities to practice using capital letters and full stops/exclamation marks/question marks 1 demonstration sheet 1 answer…
Develop your students’ history content knowledge, reading comprehension, writing, and literacy skills with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, centered around early whalers and sealers in New Zealand. This resource is a perfect addition to your structured literacy program. It offers rich historical content and effective learning strategies. This teaching tool engages students through…
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…
We’ve compiled a set of reading response activities for the Connected Level 2 2023 – Settling In text. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy programmes. When you purchase…
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words using our Plant or Compost? game. This is a game to practice blending sounds into words. After reading the words, students decide if they are real or nonsense (made up). They ‘plant’ the real words in the soil, and place the nonsense words…
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words using our car park game. Use this resource as a reading activity, with your guided reading group, or as a whole class activity to practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words. This resource contains: 132 CVC words across…
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