Explore The Kuia and the Spider, the classic New Zealand picture book, in your classroom with our easy-to-use activities. These activities combining comprehension and vocabulary skills with the higher-order thinking skills of applying new knowledge and creating and synthesising. These activities would suit students from Year 3-6. Please note: To complete these activities you…
Take a trip back in time while improving reading comprehension with our Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes FOUR Year Five and Six (Grade Five and Six) non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Gain context with our bonus Ancient Egypt PowerPoint. NOW INCLUDES…
Develop deep reading comprehension skills with this engaging resource based on the personal narrative “Superhero” from the Level 3 November 2024 School Journal. Aligned with Science of Reading principles and the New Zealand English Curriculum, this comprehensive tool is perfect for structured literacy programs. The text explores themes of personal identity and belonging – great…
Learn about the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup with this reading and literacy pack. This engaging resource includes an informational non-fiction passage, reading and vocabulary questions, links to explore the topic further, and higher-order thinking tasks. Just print and go! In this 2023 Women’s World Cup pack you will receive: 1. One text…
These activities have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of three suffixes: -ing, -ed, -s With initial modelling and scaffolding, these activities are intended to be completed independently to build students’ skills in following instructions, fine motor skills and stamina to complete tasks. In this Phonics and Structured Suffixes Activities…
Get your students’ imagination flowing and send them on an exciting overseas adventure. Students read NZ School Journal stories and articles that feature locations from around the world. They choose task cards to complete, earning passport stamps and money for tourist activities. This NZ School Journal Task Cards resource provides a fantastic entry point for…
Save your time and know that your students are completing follow-up activities featuring a range of reading and fine motor skills. This resource provides follow-up activities for a selection of 8 Yellow/Blue Level 8/9 readers found in New Zealand and Australian schools. An engaging format is used to develop your students’ sense of agency and…
Boost your students’ literacy and historical understanding with this engaging resource. Centred on the “The Māori Pioneer Battalion” article from the Level 3 June 2014 School Journal, this comprehensive resource effectively develops reading comprehension skills while deepening knowledge of Anzac Day and World War I. Ideal for structured literacy programmes! This teaching tool engages…
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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 May 2017, Our School Journal Level 2 June 2018 Activities 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…
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