Structured Literacy

Strengthen Primary Reading with Our Structured Literacy Resources

Designed to align with the Science of Reading and Scarborough’s Reading Rope, our comprehensive language comprehension resources support a structured literacy approach. Develop essential skills in morphology, sentence structure, vocabulary, text structure, and grammar/syntax. Empower your students to become confident and proficient readers.

  • Whole Class Junior Journal 57 Resource: Year 3 - Solar Power in Tokelau

    Whole Class Junior Journal 57 Resource: Year 3 – Solar Power in Tokelau

    NZ$8.50

    This comprehensive resource based on the report ‘Solar Power in Tokelau’ from Junior Journal 57, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is great as an addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. You can also use this during Tokelau Language Week!   Solar Power in Tokela –…

  • Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 7-8 - The Art of Taiaha

    Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 7-8 – The Art of Taiaha

    NZ$8.50

    Enhance Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles Empower your students’ literacy skills with this whole class teaching structured literacy resource, tailored for teaching comprehension through The Art of Taiaha—a captivating article from the Level 4 June 2024 School Journal. This comprehensive resource integrates Science of Reading strategies, making it the perfect addition to your…

  • Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 5 - Papatūãnuku Kōkiri Marae

    Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 5 – Papatūãnuku Kōkiri Marae

    NZ$8.50

    Boost Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles Empower your students with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, designed to enhance reading comprehension using proven Science of Reading strategies. Centred around The Extraordinary, Hidden World of Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae from the Level 3 June 2024 School Journal, this resource is an excellent addition to…

  • Tier 2 Vocabulary Explicit Teaching Slides and Make Your Own Editable Slides Year 5

    Tier 2 Vocabulary Explicit Teaching Slides and Make Your Own Editable Slides Year 5

    NZ$10.00

    Our Year 5 Tier 2 Vocabulary Teaching Slides are an engaging and effective resource designed to deepen students’ understanding of word meanings. These slides complement structured literacy programs and are ideal for helping students expand their vocabulary, a crucial skill for improving both reading and writing abilities. Studies consistently show that a broader vocabulary is…

  • Tier 2 Vocabulary Explicit Teaching Slides and Make Your Own Editable Slides  - Year 8

    Tier 2 Vocabulary Explicit Teaching Slides and Make Your Own Editable Slides – Year 8

    NZ$10.00

    Our Tier 2 Vocabulary Explicit Teaching Slides for Year 8 are a dynamic and effective tool for exploring word meanings. These explicit teaching slides are a great companion to your structured literacy programme. Expanding students’ vocabulary is crucial for improving their reading and writing skills. Studies have shown that students with larger vocabularies perform better…

  • Decodable Text for Older Readers: Cricket

    Decodable Text for Older Readers: Cricket

    NZ$5.00

    This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on cricket and contains factual information about it and personal stories of the narrator and their love of the sport.   Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: The text emphasises the following phoneme-to-grapheme correspondences: /k/ phoneme represented by -ck,…

  • Structured Literacy Consonant Digraphs Posters (Set 1) | Kākano Phase Phonics Visual Aids

    Structured Literacy Consonant Digraphs Posters (Set 1) | Kākano Phase Phonics Visual Aids

    NZ$4.00

    Transform your phonics instruction with these vibrant, evidence-based Consonant Digraphs Posters. Designed explicitly for early readers, this resource provides clear visual anchors, mouth formation cues, and word examples to help students confidently master the trickiest first-year spelling rules. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, structured intervention, or home learning! Are you looking for an easy, effective…

  • Decodable Text for Older Readers: The Shop

    Decodable Text for Older Readers: The Shop

    NZ$5.00

    This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on a fictional narrative about a trip to a shop and includes details about what the children bought and saw.   Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: digraphs: sh, ch, th, -ng and…

  • Independent Literacy Activities: Year 3 (Set One) - Spelling and Writing Skills

    Independent Literacy Activities: Year 3 (Set One) – Spelling and Writing Skills

    NZ$7.50

    This comprehensive resource provides 10 independent activity sheets designed for Year 3 students to practice essential literacy skills autonomously. These activities are ideal for literacy rotations, homework, or early finishers, allowing students to work without interrupting the teacher.   Please note: We’ve included a version with “Year 3” in the heading and a version without…

  • Whole-Class Reading and Writing Activities: Paikea and the Whale Māori Myth

    Whole-Class Reading and Writing Activities: Paikea and the Whale Māori Myth

    NZ$8.50

    Develop your students’ reading comprehension and writing skills with this comprehensive resource, focused on the pūrākau (Māori legend) Paikea and the Whale. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension skills with Science of Reading Principles.   This reading and writing teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies,…

  • Whole Class Junior Journal 63 Resource: Year 3 - Kūmara - Behind the Scenes

    Whole Class Junior Journal 63 Resource: Year 3 – Kūmara – Behind the Scenes

    NZ$8.50

    Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource based on the article ‘Kūmara – Behind the Scenes’ from Junior Journal 63, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is great as an addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program.   Kūmara – Behind…

  • Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 4 - The Sons of Ma'afu

    Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 4 – The Sons of Ma’afu

    NZ$8.50

    Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the traditional Tongan tale The Sons of Ma’afu from the Level 2 October 2015 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…

  • Whole Class School Journal Resource - Keeping Promises: The Treaty Settlement Process

    Whole Class School Journal Resource – Keeping Promises: The Treaty Settlement Process

    NZ$8.50

    Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and knowledge of NZ history content with this comprehensive resource, focused on Keeping Promises: The Treaty Settlement Process from the Level 4 November 2017 School Journal. This teaching tool is great as an addition to your structured literacy program.   It engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar,…

  • Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 5 and 6 - For the Ancestors

    Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 5 and 6 – For the Ancestors

    NZ$8.50

    This comprehensive resource, focused on the article “For the Ancestors“ from the Level 3 November 2019 School Journal, will help you develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is a great addition to your structured literacy program and perfect for a study of the Sāmoan culture.   This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies,…

  • Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 7-8 - Kei te Tāone Nui: Māori and the City 1945-1970

    Whole Class School Journal Resource Year 7-8 – Kei te Tāone Nui: Māori and the City 1945-1970

    NZ$8.50

    Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and knowledge of NZ history content with this comprehensive resource, focused on Kei te Tāone Nui – Māori and the City 1945-1970 from the Level 4 May 2021 School Journal. This teaching tool is great as an addition to your structured literacy program.   It engages students in deep comprehension…

  • Whole Class Junior Journal Resource Year 3 - A School Comes Home

    Whole Class Junior Journal Resource Year 3 – A School Comes Home

    NZ$8.50

    Enhance your Year 3 structured literacy program with this comprehensive resource designed to improve reading comprehension using Science of Reading principles. Based on the engaging “A School Comes Home” article from Junior Journal 62, this teaching tool focuses on critical comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, sentence structure, punctuation, and verbal reasoning. Learn about the inspiring Redcliffs…