Transform St. Patrick’s Day into an engaging mathematical adventure! This isn’t just another worksheet; it’s a thrilling CSI investigation where your students become detectives, using their math skills to crack the case of the missing leprechaun gold! Perfect for: Classroom fun on St. Patrick’s Day Engaging math review Developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills A…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the School Journal Story Library text ‘Marcus Thomas: New Zealand Caveman’. This resource has everything you need to learn more about caving adventures! Grab your helmet and ropes and abseil your way into this story! This School Journal Story Library text covers content great…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Listening Eyes, Speaking Hands: The Story of Deaf Education in New Zealand from the Level 3 November 2018 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This teaching tool engages…
Empower your students to take charge of their learning journey with the Student Bureau of Improvement Collector Cards! These cards celebrate and reinforce student agency by recognising new skills, leadership, and self-management in the classroom. Designed to encourage students to take an active role in their learning, these collector cards help students develop ownership and…
This colourful set of 32 Apostrophes and Contractions Tasks Cards helps students to understand one of the key building blocks of sentences. Print and laminate these adjectives 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…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (Year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on bees and contains simple non-fiction information about their appearance and behaviour. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on the Floss rule: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz This resource contains: Decodable text ‘The Buzz…
This Kauri Gum Diggers Scavenger Hunt is an engaging cross-curricular reading comprehension activity. Allow your students to move around the room, visit reading passages and answer questions. Solve the mystery of the Fossil in the Frost! The task card scavenger hunt is designed so students must visit/read each of the ten fact cards! That…
Bring the fascinating world of New Zealand’s native creepy-crawlies into your classroom! This beautiful printable set features 24 unique NZ minibeasts, each with its name in English and Te Reo Māori, plus a short poem. It includes full-colour and ink-friendly black-and-white versions. This resource is a must-have for any Kiwi classroom, blending science, literacy,…
This resource is a comprehension, discussion and activity guide to accompany the novel Search for a Kiwi Killer by Des Hunt. This mystery-adventure, set in rural New Zealand, features themes of friendship, loyalty and kaitiakitanga. It would suit upper primary or intermediate-aged students. The Search for a Kiwi Killer Novel Study is split into…
This novel study accompanies Children of the Rush (Book 2) by James Russell, continuing the gripping adventures in Gabriel’s Gully during the 1860s Otago gold rush. After the intense events of the first book, Michael, Atarangi, and Siu—three close friends—face even greater dangers. Children of the Rush (Book 2) deepens the themes explored in the…
Explore the history of pā in New Zealand with this dynamic teaching resource. These print and digital independent activities are pitched at Year 5-8 learners and align with the Science of Reading and the principles of a knowledge-rich curriculum. In this History of Pā independent activities pack, you receive: 1. A set of…
This colourful set of 32 Adverbs Tasks Cards helps students to understand one of the key building blocks of sentences. Print and laminate these adjectives 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…
Embrace the multicultural classroom and improve reading comprehension with our Hanukkah-themed differentiated close reading texts and activities. 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. This resource would also be…
Prepare your students for intermediate math with these 70 Year 6 (Phase 2) “Number of the Day” slides. This second set is designed for the specific needs of Year 6 students. It connects complex place-value concepts to fractions, decimals, and percentages. These daily warm-ups are rigorous and designed to build fluency across the full…
Ignite curiosity and build real-world engineering skills with this comprehensive, four-phase Simple Machines Unit. Designed to seamlessly integrate Science, Technology, and Reading, this resource provides everything you need for a deep dive into the world of simple machines, culminating in an epic Rube Goldberg challenge! What’s Included in This 4-Phase Unit? This complete…
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