We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the School Journal Year 7-8 November 2025. Our School Journal Year 7-8 November 2025 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 the…
This all-inclusive resource pack equips educators with the essential tools for teaching information report writing. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Inform: Informative Reports from Phase 2 (Years 4, 5 and 6) and Phase 3 (Year 7-8) of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum. It…
Develop your students’ history content knowledge, reading comprehension, writing, and literacy skills with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, centered around early whalers and sealers in New Zealand. This resource is a perfect addition to your structured literacy program. It offers rich historical content and effective learning strategies. This teaching tool engages students through…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Running Wild from the Level 4 November 2024 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 of the Science of…
We’ve compiled a set of reading response activities for the Connected Level 2 2023 – Settling In text. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy programmes. When you purchase…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on earthquakes and their impact on New Zealand. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on v_e split digraph words, including a_e, e_e, i_e, and u_e split digraphs. Examples include earthquake, plate, magnitude, shake,…
The purpose of this resource is to explain how, over time, various New Zealand governments restricted voting rights for Māori, women, and Chinese people. Both print and digital activities are provided. This History of New Zealand Voting Rights resource features: A three page article that explains how New Zealand governments restricted voting rights…
Help your students to learn about the Pacific island Nations of Sāmoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Niue and Fiji with our Pacific Islands activity sheets. Each pack features a range of activities, and is ready to PRINT and GO! In this Pacific Islands Reading and Writing Activities BUNDLE you will receive the following…
Head back in time to the Jurassic Age and improve reading comprehension with our Dinosaurs Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes FIVE Grade Five and Six (Year Five and Six) informational non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided…
Christmas is an extremely busy time of year! Let us save you some time! This Christmas Reading Comprehension Bundle will engage your students while reinforcing important reading skills – great reading comprehension activities for guided reading! In this Christmas Reading Comprehension Bundle you will receive: Three Christmas Reading Packs (In total, you receive four texts…
This resource provides follow-up activities and home-learning tasks for five new (June 2026) Ready to Read Phonics Plus readers found in New Zealand schools. An engaging format is used to develop your students’ sense of agency and independence – perfect for your reading rotations. Texts Covered in this resource: Sam and Dad – Kākano Fun…
These 40 slides cover a mix of math concepts suitable for year 7-8 students, focusing on the material they should be familiar with in phase 3 of the New Zealand maths curriculum. Each number includes both a slideshow version and a printable version, which students can use to answer the questions shown on the slide. Perfect…
This Ready to Read Phonics Plus bundle provides simple, practice activities to send home to readers who follow the Ready to Read Phonics Plus scope and sequence. It covers all readers in this series, from Kākano through to Rākau. These resource sheets can be printed and glued in a home learning book to accompany the…
The Whaling and Sealing in New Zealand 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 First Mate’s Peril! The task card scavenger hunt is designed so students must visit/read each of the ten fact…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Phase 3 Year 7-8 2024 – The Land of Taniwha text. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy…
These Punctuation Power-Up activities are a great boost for those who need some extra practice of punctuation skills. This bundle includes the following resources: Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Capital Letters Punctuation Power-Up Activities | End of Sentence Punctuation Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Commas Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Speech Marks Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Apostrophes…
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