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…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of ten vowel teams: ai, ay, ea, ie, igh, oa, oe, ew, ow, and ue. This teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a whole…
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words using our CVC spinners. Spin the spinners to create, write and read CVC words. 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. This resource contains: 12 spinners (a mix of consonants,…
The purpose of this resource is to explain how, over time, various New Zealand governments restricted voting rights for Māori, women, and Chinese people. Both print and digital activities are provided. This History of New Zealand Voting Rights resource features: A three page article that explains how New Zealand governments restricted voting rights…
Help your students to learn about the Pacific island Nations of Sāmoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Niue and Fiji with our Pacific Islands activity sheets. Each pack features a range of activities, and is ready to PRINT and GO! In this Pacific Islands Reading and Writing Activities BUNDLE you will receive the following…
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 resource provides follow-up activities and home-learning tasks for six new (March 2026) Ready to Read Phonics Plus Māhuri Sapling Level readers found in New Zealand schools. An engaging format is used to develop your students’ sense of agency and independence – perfect for your reading rotations. Texts Covered in this Resource: Lani in…
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…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with the Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the story “After the Fire” from the Level 3 November 2019 School Journal, will help you develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is a great addition to your structured literacy program and perfect for a study of the Sāmoan…
The Whaling and Sealing in New Zealand 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 First Mate’s Peril! The task card scavenger hunt is designed so students must visit/read each of the ten fact…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Phase 3 Year 7-8 2024 – The Land of Taniwha 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…
Enhance your literacy teaching with these teaching slides focusing on key spelling rules for Phase One.These slides are crafted to help you build strong literacy foundations through a structured literacy approach. These structured literacy spelling rules slides align perfectly with the Transcription Skills—Spelling strand of Te Mātaiaho – The NZ English Curriculum. They emphasise oral language, reading (decoding), and writing…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on earthquakes and their impact on New Zealand. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on v_e split digraph words, including a_e, e_e, i_e, and u_e split digraphs. Examples include earthquake, plate, magnitude, shake,…
Explore soccer star Lionel Messi with these differentiated reading passages and literacy activities. This football reading pack includes an informational nonfiction passage, reading and vocabulary questions, and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided reading programme or as homework tasks. When you download this resource, it comes in both US AND…
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