Use these Reading Comprehension Skills Posters to help teach important reading comprehension strategies. These eye-catching posters are provided in two formats: TItle + definition Title + definition + sentence starters Both posters also include a QR code that students can scan to see an additional video that explains the reading comprehension skill. The following…
We’ve put together a bundle of activities to reinforce spelling rules for Year 1-8. The resource bundle has been organised and partitioned according to spelling rules and phonics concepts so that these activities can be matched up with your school’s current spelling scope and sequence. Alternatively, following our sequence as provided will give your…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of the suffixes -ing, -s, -es, and -ed. This 80-slide teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a whole class lesson. Both PowerPoint and…
Our 30 engaging Punctuation challenges will grab your students’ attention and help to improve the accuracy of their writing. These literacy skills task cards include capital letters, periods/full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, apostrophes, and quotation marks. Each card contains a definition and is numbered so students can keep track of the cards they…
Bring the excitement of the world’s biggest sporting event directly into your classroom! This interactive 2026 World Cup Scavenger Hunt Puzzle transforms standard reading comprehension into a thrilling, hands-on information hunt. Two Reading Levels Included: Features higher and lower-level reader variations to ensure full accessibility for your diverse classroom group. Options available for Year 4-Year…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. Develop your students’ reading comprehension and New Zealand history content knowledge with this comprehensive resource, focused on First World War Mascots from the Level 2 November 2024 School Journal. A great addition to your structured literacy program and a focus on Anzac Day. This…
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: Nine Poetry Planning Graphic Organisers Acrostic poem Cinquain poem Haiku Limerick Shape poem Diamante poem Tanka poem Quatrain List poem Eight Vocabulary Word Lists Emotions Action…
Check out our set of reading response activities for the New Zealand Junior Journal 66. Our NZ Junior Journal 66 Activities and Lesson Plans pack 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…
This resource provides follow-up activities for a selection of 6 Turquoise/Purple Level 18-19 PM readers found in New Zealand and Australian schools. An engaging format is used to develop your students’ sense of agency and independence – perfect for your reading rotations. Save your time and know that your students are completing follow-up activities…
We’ve put together a bundle of activities to explore, comprehend, and write poetry using emotions. This Poetry Activities bundle features: Poetry Comprehension Activities for NZ School Journal Poems – Print and Digital Six poetry comprehension activities Each resource features 8-10 questions. Six digital poetry comprehension activities Answers are included. Comprehension activities to use with…
This colourful set of sentence-building cards helps students to understand the building blocks of sentences. Laminate these and create a hands-on sentence-building activity, a parts of speech identification activity, or a handy classroom display. Sentence-building cards can be a fun and interactive way to teach language skills, reinforce grammar concepts, or simply engage learners…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 November 2017, 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…
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