Supercharge your reading programme with this engaging five-pack Reading Skills Check Mega Bundle! Designed for Year 7-8 learners, this resource uses high-interest themes – Food, Natural Disasters, Sports, Insects and Vehicles – to build comprehension, vocabulary, inference, and analytical skills in a structured, easy-to-implement format. Five weeks included! Each pack offers a week of…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the School Journal Level 4 November 2024. Our School Journal Level 4 November 2024 Activities resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. oth a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the…
The purpose of this resource is to explain how women advocated for their right to vote in New Zealand, the tactics they used, the opposition they faced, and the end result of their campaign. Both print and digital activities are provided. This Women and the Vote resource features: 1. Four texts: How did…
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 the Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the article “Tupaia: Master Navigator“ from the Level 3 August 2019 School Journal, will help you develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is a great addition to your structured literacy program and perfect for an Aotearoa History and migration…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the Taking Off article from Junior Journal 68. Great as an addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. The Taking Off article explores the history of aviation, from hot-air balloons through to…
Enhance your literacy teaching with these teaching slides focusing on key spelling rules for Phase One.These slides are crafted to help you build strong literacy foundations through a structured literacy approach. These structured literacy spelling rules slides align perfectly with the Transcription Skills—Spelling strand of Te Mātaiaho – The NZ English Curriculum. They emphasise oral language, reading (decoding), and writing…
These Punctuation Power-Up activities are a great boost for those who need some extra practice of punctuation skills. This pack focuses on using speech marks. We’ve provided two levels, easily identified by the handwriting or standard lines on the worksheet. This resource includes 22 activity sheets: Using speech marks for enclosing direct speech…
Explore some of the amazing New Zealand native birds. In this set of New Zealand native birds task cards, pitched at Year 5-8 learners, students will learn about seven native birds. Each New Zealand Native Bird task card features A passage geared at Year 5-8 A set of follow-up questions including a range of comprehension…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 May 2016, 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…
Engage your students in the upcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup in France with our interactive scavenger hunt and puzzle pack! Your Year 3-4 students will learn about the Rugby World Cup, this year’s event, and the teams that are involved! Display the fact cards around the room, and hand out the puzzle pieces. Students…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 August 2018, This 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 you best…
Engage your students with these easy-to-use year 4 reading packs. We’ve put together a bundle of fantastic reading comprehension activities exploring Extreme Sports, Ocean Creatures, the Pacific Islands, Celebrations Around the World, and Natural Disasters. These reading passages are pitched at Year 4 learners. The resources are provided in both print and digital form…
We’ve put together a Pacific Myths and Legends Shared Reading Activities Bundle featuring seven different resource packs! Each pack includes a shared reading passage, follow-up activities, and discussion questions. This bundle is suitable as an entry point to Polynesian history or a study on myths and legends from around the world. **This bundle features NZ/AU/UK…
This resource is a comprehension, discussion and activity guide to accompany the novel Cuz by Liz Van der Laarse. Cuz is a children’s novel that was published in 2018 and is known to be New Zealand’s version of Hatchet. The novel is a fast-paced survival story set in the wild landscape of Fiordland. It…
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