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 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…
Go paperless with our End of the Year Digital Activities for Google Classroom™. Celebrate a fantastic school year and help your students to remember it forever with this engaging and meaningful end-of-year digital memory book and time capsule. The completed slides are sure to become a treasured memento for years to come. The purpose…
We have created this Aotearoa New Zealand History podcast resource to support teachers to use podcasts in their classrooms. It’s great to listen to podcasts, but to keep students engaged, they also need a purpose for listening. Our Active Listening resource can give students that purpose! In the set of Active Listening: Podcast Task…
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…
Go paperless with our Google Classroom Myths and Legends Digital reading comprehension resource! Learn about traditional myths and legends from around the world with our differentiated traditional literature passages and questions. This Google Slides resource includes FIVE passages, at two level, with six unique slides of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking interactive tasks. These activities are great for your…
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…
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…
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:…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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