The purpose of this resource is to explain how women advocated for their right to vote in New Zealand, the tactics they used, the opposition they faced, and the end result of the women’s suffrage campaign. The resource also explores how the women’s suffrage campaign is remembered, and how it has impacted future New Zealand…
The purpose of this resource is to explain how women advocated for their right to vote in New Zealand, the tactics they used, the opposition they faced, and the end result of the women’s suffrage campaign. The resource also explores how the women’s suffrage campaign is remembered, and how it has impacted future New Zealand…
Hook your students into reading with our Halloween Reading Comprehension Passages and Activities. This activity pack includes TWO differentiated non-fiction passages suitable for Year 5-8. We have also included six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. A FULL DIGITAL SET IS INCLUDED. These activities are great for your guided reading…
Embrace the multicultural classroom and improve reading comprehension with our Ramadan and Eid Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. This pack includes two non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks. Ramadan 2024 begins on…
Let us save you time this St. Patrick’s Day with our St. Patrick’s Day Reading Comprehension pack! These Year Five and Six (Grade Four and Grade Five) St. Patrick’s Day-themed close reading passages will engage your students while reinforcing important reading skills – great reading comprehension activities for your guided reading program. This resource would…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource based on the article ‘Land of Islands’ from Junior Journal 69, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is a great addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. ‘Land of Islands’: This article integrates…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Year 5 and 6 November 2025. This resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. There are some great articles and stories about identity within this School journal! Both a paper-based and digital…
Prepare your students for intermediate math with these 70 Year 6 (Phase 2) “Number of the Day” slides. Designed for the specific needs of Year 6 students, this resource connects complex place value concepts with fractions, decimals, and percentages. These daily warm-ups are rigorous and designed to build fluency across the full base-10 system—extending…
Unlock the power of descriptive writing in your junior classroom! This comprehensive, no-prep unit provides everything you need to teach your Year 1-3 students how to write with vivid detail using the five senses. Transform simple sentences into rich, imaginative descriptions and watch your students’ writing confidence soar. Say goodbye to “It was nice”…
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…
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…
Elevate your Phase 2 (Year 4-6) Writing to Inform: Explanation writing instruction with our Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Teaching Slides. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Inform: Explanations, from Phase 2 (Years 4, 5 and 6) of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum. This…
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…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on ‘Digging for Kauri Gum’ from the Level 2 November 2024 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar,…
Learn about soccer star Lionel Messi with these print-and-go worksheets. In this set of reading comprehension and literacy activities pack, pitched at Year 3-4 learners, students will learn about the famous football player, Lionel Messi In this pack, you receive: a reading passage suitable for Year 3 a reading passage suitable for Year 4…
Learn about soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo with these print-and-go worksheets. In this reading comprehension and literacy activities pack, pitched to Year 3-4 learners, students will learn about the famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo. In this reading pack, you receive: a reading passage suitable for Year 3 a reading passage suitable for Year 4 Each…
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