Hook your sports fans into reading with our engaging Sports Reading Comprehension passages and questions. Sports such as basketball, gymnastics, tennis, golf, and rugby are covered! This pack includes SIX Year 5-8 (Grade Four and Grade Five) differentiated non-fiction passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension, writing, and literacy skills with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, centred on the events leading up to the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi—a foundational moment in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This resource is a perfect addition to your structured literacy program, offering both rich…
We’ve put together a bundle of reading response activities for the 2020 NZ School Journals. This NZ School Journal 2020 Bundle has everything you need to dive into the stories and articles within the May, August, and November 2020 Level 2, 3, and Level 4 School Journals. Both a paper-based and digital option are included…
Explore the cultural significance and ties to the natural world of the nine stars of Matariki (te iwa o Matariki). Our set of reading and literacy activities provides two options for you: whole-class teaching slides and printable worksheets for small-group or independent use. These activities work for Year 5-8 learners and align with the Science…
Support vocabulary development and extend students’ reading comprehension and writing skills by explicitly teaching vocabulary: prefixes, suffixes, Greek and Latin root words, synonyms, antonyms, context clues, shades of meaning, homophones, homographs and homonyms, dictionary skills, thesaurus skills, and figurative language. These vocabulary activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR) and are a practical addition…
Engage your students and learn more about the celebration of Easter with our Easter Reading Comprehension Activity! Perfect for reading comprehension, your students will learn about the origins of Easter, Christian traditions around Easter, the Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Around the World, Egg Rolling and more! The completed puzzle posters will brighten your classroom…
Celebrate the festive season and improve reading comprehension with our Christmas Reading Comprehension Activity. The completed puzzle posters will brighten your classroom walls or bulletin boards. Learn about the history of Christmas Trees, Christmas Carols, Christmas Cards, the North Pole, Saint Nicholas, Reindeer, Christmas Lights…and MORE! This activity is great for individuals, pairs, or small…
This digital resource provides a structured, step-by-step instructional sequence for teaching New Zealand Basic Script and the transition to Cursive Style. Designed for 10–15 minute daily sessions, these slides focus on the explicit modelling of efficient movements to build writing stamina and automaticity. Updated 2026. Note: These slides are also featured across our Daily…
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