Engage your students in a study of New Zealand’s native birds with our Native Birds Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle. Your students will learn about 19 native birds to Aotearoa. This bundle features a range of activities that suit New Entrants through to Year 8. Some digital options are also included! British spelling and paper…
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…
Save time and deliver an outstanding descriptive writing unit with this resource, fully aligned with Phase 2 of Te Mātaiaho: NZ English Curriculum. This pack contains everything you need to guide your Years 4-6 students from initial concept to polished final piece. Everything You Need in One Resource Pack: Teaching and Learning: Full teaching…
Enhance your literacy teaching with these expertly designed teaching slides that focus on key spelling rules for Phase Two: During the Sixth Year. These slides are crafted to help you build strong literacy foundations through a structured literacy approach. These structured literacy spelling rules slides align perfectly with the Transcription Skills—Spelling strand of Te Mātaiaho…
The Persuasive Speech Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that guides students through writing and delivering compelling persuasive speeches. This toolkit simplifies complex concepts, making speech writing accessible and engaging for all learners. How It Works: This toolkit provides a structured, explicit, step-by-step approach to teaching persuasive speech writing. It breaks down the process…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with the Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the article “Hine-o-te-Rangi: The Adventures of Jean Batten” from the Level 3 November 2018 School Journal, will help you develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is a great addition to your structured literacy program and perfect to integrate with…
This colourful set of 48 Simple Sentences, Fragments and Run-on Sentences Task Cards helps students to 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 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…
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…
Liven up your classroom for Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week with these engaging daily teaching slides! This comprehensive set of PowerPoint slides covers Monday to Friday, providing a full week of language and cultural immersion for your whole class. No prep needed – just project and go! What’s Inside? Each…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on storms and contains factual information about what you may see in a storm, what to do and what could happen afterwards. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: /or/ represented by or…
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