Boost Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles Empower your students with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, designed to enhance reading comprehension using proven Science of Reading strategies. Centred around The Extraordinary, Hidden World of Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae from the Level 3 June 2024 School Journal, this resource is an excellent addition to…
Our Year 5 Tier 2 Vocabulary Teaching Slides are an engaging and effective resource designed to deepen students’ understanding of word meanings. These slides complement structured literacy programs and are ideal for helping students expand their vocabulary, a crucial skill for improving both reading and writing abilities. Studies consistently show that a broader vocabulary is…
Our Tier 2 Vocabulary Explicit Teaching Slides for Year 8 are a dynamic and effective tool for exploring word meanings. These explicit teaching slides are a great companion to your structured literacy programme. Expanding students’ vocabulary is crucial for improving their reading and writing skills. Studies have shown that students with larger vocabularies perform better…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on cricket and contains factual information about it and personal stories of the narrator and their love of the sport. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: The text emphasises the following phoneme-to-grapheme correspondences: /k/ phoneme represented by -ck,…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 August 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 August 2016. 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 you…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected 2016 Level 4: Getting the Message. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. The Connected series promotes content-based literacy. Students are exposed to scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and contexts, and broaden their knowledge and understanding…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected 2016 Level 2: Show and Tell. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. The Connected series promotes content-based literacy. Students are exposed to scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and contexts, and broaden their knowledge and understanding…
This social sciences and literacy unit explores how, over time, various New Zealand governments have restricted voting rights, and how have people advocated for their rights. The bundle takes a specific focus on women and the vote, the women’s suffrage campaign, and its historic success and ongoing impacts. Clear links are provided to both the…
Take a trip back in time while improving reading comprehension with our Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension Bundle. This bundle includes informational non-fiction passages, unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. In addition, introduce your classroom to the amazing world of Ancient Egypt with our Ancient Egypt Escape Room. Students complete challenges and collect…
Transform your phonics instruction with these vibrant, evidence-based Consonant Digraphs Posters. Designed explicitly for early readers, this resource provides clear visual anchors, mouth formation cues, and word examples to help students confidently master the trickiest first-year spelling rules. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, structured intervention, or home learning! Are you looking for an easy, effective…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on a fictional narrative about a trip to a shop and includes details about what the children bought and saw. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: digraphs: sh, ch, th, -ng and…
This comprehensive resource provides 10 independent activity sheets designed for Year 3 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 3” in the heading and a version without…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension and writing skills with this comprehensive resource, focused on the pūrākau (Māori legend) Paikea and the Whale. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension skills with Science of Reading Principles. This reading and writing teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies,…
This Daily Maths Vocabulary Slides resource is your no-prep, 5-minute-a-day solution to building essential Measurement, Geometry, Statistics and Probability vocabulary for your Year 6 students. These slides can be used in PowerPoint or imported into Google Slides. These 18 vocabulary slideshows are designed to be quick, engaging, and powerful. Aligned with Year 6 (Phase…
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