Learn about the popular New Zealand singer Stan Walker with our differentiated reading passages and literacy activities. This resource features a full digital pack – perfect for Google Classroom or Microsoft One Drive. Great for New Zealand’s May Music Month! This Year 4, Year 5-6 and Year 7-8 pack includes a non-fiction passage, reading and…
Strengthen your learners’ reading comprehension using this comprehensive tool, built around the “Underground Soldiers” piece from the Level 4 June 2014 School Journal. Ideal for bolstering your structured literacy approach and for an integrated exploration of Anzac Day. This teaching resource immerses students in robust comprehension activities, vocabulary development, grammar, syntax, sentence construction, logical reasoning,…
This Reading Comprehension Skills Growing Bundle is a great way to access our full range of reading skills activity packs for a discounted price. Passages, activities, worksheets, and graphic organisers are included. Each resource is set out using the gradual release of responsibility model (I do, we do, you do). These activities align with the…
Engage your students in the “friendly games” with our creative and engaging resource bundle. Your students will learn about the history of the Commonwealth Games, its traditions, the city of Birmingham, and the upcoming 2022 Birmingham Games! Our Birmingham 2022 Games Resource Bundle features: The Games Scavenger Hunt Puzzle Activity – Year 5-8 The…
Go paperless with our Google Slides figurative language digital activities bundle. These activities feature 102 interactive slides for students to work through. Due to their mostly open-ended nature, many slides can be used multiple times! Develop your students’ ability to use figurative language in their writing. Great for distance learning and at-home learning. These…
Go paperless with our Digital Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension bundle! This combo pack is great for digital guided reading! Learn about video games, Ancient Egypt, the world under the sea, and natural disasters with our differentiated reading passages and questions. Each of the four Google Slides resources includes four passages (at two levels) with at least…
This novel study is a comprehension, discussion, and activity guide accompanying Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider. The book explores themes of family, friendship, bravery, gender roles, power and resilience and traditions. The Whale Rider Novel Study has been split up into sections. Each section varies in size due to the number of pages and…
Learn about the cheeky character of Maui the demigod with our Maui Myths Paired Texts from the Pacific and Polynesian islands of Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, and New Zealand. These fiction-to-fiction paired texts target reading comprehension using two different passages about Māui and his exciting adventures. In this Maui Myths Paired Texts pack you will receive:…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected 2019 Level 4 Seeing Beyond. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. The Connected series promotes content-based literacy. Students are exposed to scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and contexts, and broaden their knowledge and understanding of…
This comprehensive resource provides tools to help explore, teach, and write poetry. Delve into the world of poetry, guided by the theme of emotions. This resource includes: Writing a Personification Poem Step-by-Step Slideshow (32 slides) Personification Definition Slide Personification Poster Personification Whole-Class Activities x 5 Writing a Personification Poem I Do, We Do,…
This comprehensive resource, featuring slides and posters, has been created to empower students to explore poetry forms and elements. Delve into the world of poetry, guided by the theme of emotions. This Poetry Forms and Elements Resource includes: Poetry Forms Slide Show (17 slides) Elements of Poetry Slide Show (18 slides) Poetry Forms posters…
This advanced handwriting instructional slide package is designed for Year 7 and 8 (phase 3) students to bridge the gap between basic letter formation and the development of a mature, efficient writing style. Focused on building speed and high-level vocabulary transcription, these slides are the final step in achieving complete handwriting automaticity. Note: These…
This resource teaches the skill of paragraphing in writing. This resource introduces students to paragraphs, why we use them, when we use them, and how to use them. It is designed to help students learn, remember, and practice separating their sentences into paragraphs. It also allows students to understand and practice the structure of paragraph…
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