Add Paul Mason’s gripping School Journal Story Library text, “Frogs,” to your reading programme with this ready-to-use resource pack. Ideal for Year 7 and 8 students working at a Year 6 reading level, this unit blends deep comprehension with narrative writing and curriculum-aligned tasks. In a stark post-apocalyptic wasteland, young scavenger Tane stumbles upon four…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the non-fiction article “Daylighting Streams” from the School Journal Level 3 June 2024. Explore kaitiakitangi, conservation, environmental change and the impacts of urban planning. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension skills with Science of Reading Principles….
We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text “Wind Chimes” by Paul Mason Wind Chimes synopsis: Fleeing through the wilderness from a dystopian regime known as the “Voids,” teenagers Tre and Muse escape a repressive re-education school to return to Tre’s home settlement. After discovering…
We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text ‘Home: Stories from New New Zealanders” by Kate Paris. ‘Home: Stories from New New Zealanders” is a non-fiction text that shares the real-life migration stories and settlement experiences of four young immigrants and refugees adjusting to life…
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…
Guide your students through the essential skill of formal letter writing with our comprehensive, no-prep unit. Designed specifically for the busy teacher, this resource breaks down the block style format into clear, manageable steps that build confidence and ensure success. Perfect for your literacy programme, writing rotations, or to leave for a relief teacher,…
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