Explore The Kuia and the Spider, the classic New Zealand picture book, in your classroom with our easy-to-use activities. These activities combining comprehension and vocabulary skills with the higher-order thinking skills of applying new knowledge and creating and synthesising. These activities would suit students from Year 3-6. Please note: To complete these activities you…
Take a trip back in time while improving reading comprehension with our Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes FOUR Year Five and Six (Grade Five and Six) non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Gain context with our bonus Ancient Egypt PowerPoint. NOW INCLUDES…
Develop deep reading comprehension skills with this engaging resource based on the personal narrative “Superhero” from the Level 3 November 2024 School Journal. Aligned with Science of Reading principles and the New Zealand English Curriculum, this comprehensive tool is perfect for structured literacy programs. The text explores themes of personal identity and belonging – great…
Introducing our comprehensive Adjectives Teaching Pack – the ultimate resource to help students master one of the fundamental building blocks of sentences. Packed with engaging materials, this pack equips educators with all the tools necessary to ensure a deep understanding of adjectives. Unlock the potential of your lessons with our thoughtfully crafted teaching slides,…
Learn about the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup with this reading and literacy pack. This engaging resource includes an informational non-fiction passage, reading and vocabulary questions, links to explore the topic further, and higher-order thinking tasks. Just print and go! In this 2023 Women’s World Cup pack you will receive: 1. One text…
Get your students’ imagination flowing and send them on an exciting overseas adventure. Students read NZ School Journal stories and articles that feature locations from around the world. They choose task cards to complete, earning passport stamps and money for tourist activities. This NZ School Journal Task Cards resource provides a fantastic entry point for…
Boost your students’ literacy and historical understanding with this engaging resource. Centred on the “The Māori Pioneer Battalion” article from the Level 3 June 2014 School Journal, this comprehensive resource effectively develops reading comprehension skills while deepening knowledge of Anzac Day and World War I. Ideal for structured literacy programmes! This teaching tool engages…
We’ve put together a bundle of activities to explore, comprehend, and write poetry using emotions. This Poetry Activities bundle features: Poetry Comprehension Activities for NZ School Journal Poems – Print and Digital Six poetry comprehension activities Each resource features 8-10 questions. Six digital poetry comprehension activities Answers are included. Comprehension activities to use with…
This colourful set of 32 Complex Sentence Task Cards helps students understand one of the key sentence structures. Print and laminate these task cards for regular use! These grammar-syntax activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR). This resource is a practical addition to your structured literacy programme. Activities link directly to the Common Core…
Go paperless with our Synonyms and Antonyms Digital Task Card Activities. These Google Slides activities feature 32 interactive slides for students to work through. This semantics resource is aligned with the Science of Reading (SoR). **Suitable for both US and British spellings.** This semantics resource is suitable for Google Drive, Google Classroom, or…
This colourful set of 30 Dictionary Skills Tasks Cards helps students to use a dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words. Students will also practice putting words into alphabetical order and identifying parts of speech. Print and laminate these context clues task cards for regular use! This set of 30 Dictionary Skills Tasks…
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