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…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
This novel study accompanies novel Shadow by Michael Murporgo. Shadow is a powerful and emotionally resonant novel set in England. The novel tells the intertwined stories of a young Afghan refugee named Aman, his best friend Matt, and a brave dog named Shadow who changes their lives. The novel explores themes of friendship, war,…
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…
We’ve compiled a set of reading response activities for a range of NZ School Journal and Connected texts around the broad theme of Pā in Aotearoa New Zealand. This resource has everything you need to explore this engaging topic further. Lesson plans and comprehensive print and digital activities are included. The School Journal and…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 November 2014. 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…
These activities have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of nine consonant patterns. The consonant patterns included in this set are ff, ll, ss, zz -tch, -dge, qu, wh, and x. With initial modelling and scaffolding, these activities are intended to be completed independently to build students’ skills in following…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 November 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 you…
Engage your students in a study of New Zealand’s native birds with our Native Birds Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle. Your students will learn about 19 native birds to Aotearoa. This bundle features a range of activities that suit New Entrants through to Year 8. Some digital options are also included! British spelling and paper…
Shiver me timbers! Hook your students into reading with this engaging Pirates Reading Comprehension resource. This activity pack includes FOUR Year 5 and 6 (Grade Four and Five) differentiated non-fiction passages. We have also included six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided reading…
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 resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Reclaiming Te Kōpua from the Connected Phase 3 Year 7 and 8 2024 text. 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 strategies, vocabulary…
Elevate your Phase 1 (Year 2-3) 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 in teaching Writing to Inform: Explanations from Phase 1 (during the…
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and knowledge of NZ history content with this comprehensive resource, focused on Chinese New Zealanders from the Level 4 November 2019 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, syntax, sentence structure,…
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