This colourful set of 32 Shades of Meaning Tasks Cards helps students to understand the words can have the same meaning but vary in their level of strength and intensity. Print and laminate these Shades of Meaning task cards for regular use! These semantics activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR) and are a practical…
Our 38 engaging Parts of Speech Grammar multi-choice challenges will grab your students’ attention and help to improve their writing. These English Language Arts Literacy task cards include nouns, pronouns, proper nouns, verbs, verb tenses, adverbs, adjectives, modal auxiliary verbs, conjunctions, relative pronouns, relative adverbs, prepositions and prepositional phrases. Each card is numbered so…
Shiver me timbers! Hook your students into reading with this engaging Pirates Reading Comprehension resource. This activity pack includes FOUR Year 5 and 6 (Grade Four and Five) differentiated non-fiction passages. We have also included six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided reading…
Spark excitement and develop writing skills in your classroom with these five sets of writing prompts and scaffolded writing activities. The activities cover writing to inform: information reports, explanation writing and biography writing. They include engaging writing prompts, mentor texts, scaffolded material, and planning graphic organisers. This writing resource also includes in-depth teacher notes….
This comprehensive resource provides 10 independent activity sheets designed for Year 4 students to practice essential literacy skills autonomously. These activities are ideal for literacy rotations, homework, or early finishers, allowing students to work without interrupting the teacher. Please note: We’ve included a version with “Year 4” in the heading and a version without…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Year 4 November 2025. Our NZ School Journal Year 4 November 2025 Follow Up activities 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…
This complete unit, built for the NZ Curriculum (Phase One, Years 2-3), provides everything you need to systematically and explicitly teach the nine most common suffixes using an evidence-based, morphology-first approach. The nine suffixes included are -ing, -ed, -es, -s, -er, -est, -ly, -ful, and -less. Built on the principles of the Science of…
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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for a range of Cook Islands-themed NZ School Journal texts and Connected texts. Our Cook Islands School Journal, Junior Journal and Connected Follow Up Activities resource has everything you need to explore this engaging topic further. Lesson plans and comprehensive follow-up activities are included. Great for…
Superhero Creative Writing Activities Year 2-3 In this creative writing task for students working at phase one: year 2 and year 3, we have included: 3 cloze writing activities to practice using precise nouns, adjectives and adverbs 3 creative writing prompts 3 planning guides 1 exemplar for each superhero self-assessment activities Links to…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Reclaiming Te Kōpua from the Connected Phase 3 Year 7 and 8 2024 text. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary…
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…
We’ve compiled a set of reading response activities for the Connected Level 4 2023 – Hear Our Voices 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 October 2015. 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…
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