Learn about the history and design of pā in Aotearoa, NZ, with this engaging resource! In this History, Reading Comprehension & Literacy Activities pack, pitched at Year 4 learners, students will learn what pā are, their origins, and design and structure. This resource is provided in both print and digital form – great for Google…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, focused on the article “One Giant Leap” from School Journal Year 4 June 2026. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. One Giant Leap from School Journal Year 4 June 2026 This…
Our Daily Maths Review Slides are a dynamic and effective tool for enhancing memory, retention, and learning. By incorporating principles of spaced practice, interleaved practice, and retrieval practice, these daily reviews offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing previously taught mathematics content. A great companion to your structured maths programme. Aligns with the refreshed New Zealand…
This Puanga Mini Mystery Scavenger Hunt is an engaging cross-curriculum reading comprehension activity. Allow your students to move around the room, visit reading passages and answer questions. Solve the mystery of the vanishing star. The task card scavenger hunt is designed so students must visit/read each of the five fact cards! That means they must…
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…
Bring the festive spirit into your classroom with this engaging “Roll-a-Christmas-Tale” writing kit! This comprehensive resource is designed to help your students master narrative writing, all while having holiday fun. Aligned with Phase 2 of the New Zealand English Curriculum, this pack includes everything you need to guide your students from planning to publishing. Students…
Minibeasts Non-Fiction Passages and Engaging Follow-Up Activities This is a ready-to-go, jam-packed resource designed to engage Year 4 students with interesting, thought-provoking activities about Aotearoa New Zealand’s native mini-beasts. It includes non-fiction reading passages about fascinating creatures: Tunga rere (Huhu beetle and grub) Katipō spider Pupu rangi (Kauri snail) Pūriri moth Wētā Noke (Worm) …
Minibeasts Non-Fiction Passages and Engaging Follow-Up Activities This is a ready-to-go, jam-packed resource designed to engage Year 4 students with interesting, thought-provoking activities about Aotearoa New Zealand’s native mini-beasts. It includes non-fiction reading passages about fascinating creatures: Ngaro Huruhuru (Native Bee) Weri (Centipede) Kikihi (Cicada) Papata (Cockroach) Kapowai (Dragonfly) Titiwai (Glowworm) The passages are…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the article Saving the Lizards from the Level 2 November 2022 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 students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building,…
Elevate your Phase 2 (Year 4-6) writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Signal Word Activities. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Inform: Explanations, from Phase 2 (Years 4, 5 and 6) of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum. This Writing to…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on The Polish Refugee Children from the Level 2 November 2016 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 students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar,…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Choie Sew Hoy: Otago Pioneer from the Level 2 May 2021 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar, syntax, sentence structure, verbal reasoning, and content knowledge—key elements…
Explore the traditional legend of the Philippines: ‘The Legend of Mount Makiling’ with our set of reading and literacy activities. We have provided two options for you: a set of whole-class teaching slides and worksheets for small-group or independent use. In this Philippines Legend Reading Comprehension and Literacy Activities pack, you receive: 1….
We’ve put together a bundle of reading response activities for the 2018 NZ School Journals. This bundle has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within the June, August, and November 2018 Level 2, 3, and Level 4 School Journals. Both a paper-based and digital option is included so you can use…
Go paperless with our Semantics (Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, Homonyms, Shades of Meaning Context Clues) Digital Task Cards Bundle. These Vocabulary Google Slides activities feature 110 interactive slides for students to work through and 60 teaching slides to introduce the concepts. This Semantics (Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, Homonyms, Shades of Meaning Context Clues) Digital Task Cards…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (Year 4 – Year 8). This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers. It focuses on nocturnal animals and contains information about their hunting habits. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on /i/ long i sounds, represented by…
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