We have created activities to accompany the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Big Books: The Boat Race and Frog Finds a Home. These books introduce the characters that will be found in many of the Kākano, Tupu, Māhuri and Rākau Ready to Read Phonics Books. We have created 24 follow-up activities for the two Ready…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 June 2023. Our School Journal Level 2 June 2023 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 in…
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…
Embrace the multicultural classroom in style with our Diwali: Festival of Lights print and go worksheets. Just choose which resources you would like to use and print them out! Perfect to use in the classroom as an early finisher activity, as part of a literacy rotation, or for homework. In 2025, Diwali falls on Monday…
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…
Elevate your persuasive writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Persuade Activities. This all-inclusive resource pack equips educators with the essential tools for teaching persuasive writing. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Persuade from Phase 2 (Year 4-6) and Phase 3 (Year 7-8) of Te Mātaiaho: English in…
Elevate your Phase 2 (Year 4-6) Writing to Inform: Explanation writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Activities. This all-inclusive resource pack equips educators with the essential tools for teaching explanation writing. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Inform: Explanations, from Phase 2 (Years 4,…
Ignite Historical Understanding and Literacy Skills with the Anzac Day article ‘Grey Angels’. This ready-to-use resource, based on the captivating “Grey Angels” article from the Level 3 June 2014 School Journal, transforms learning about Anzac Day and World War I into an engaging experience. Perfect for structured literacy, it builds deep comprehension through the Science…
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…
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…
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