We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for a range of Cook Islands-themed NZ School Journal texts and Connected texts. Our Cook Islands School Journal, Junior Journal and Connected Follow Up Activities resource has everything you need to explore this engaging topic further. Lesson plans and comprehensive follow-up activities are included. Great for…
Superhero Creative Writing Activities Year 2-3 In this creative writing task for students working at phase one: year 2 and year 3, we have included: 3 cloze writing activities to practice using precise nouns, adjectives and adverbs 3 creative writing prompts 3 planning guides 1 exemplar for each superhero self-assessment activities Links to…
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…
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,…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It is a narrative about going away on a camping trip with friends. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: /k/ phoneme represented by –ck, c and k /oa/ phoneme represented by oa, ow and…
We’ve compiled a set of reading response activities for the Connected Level 4 2023 – Hear Our Voices 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 October 2015. 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 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…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 4 May 2017. 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…
Embrace the multicultural classroom and improve reading comprehension with our Ramadan and Eid Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. This pack includes two 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 reading program, or as homework tasks. Ramadan 2024 begins on…
Let us save you time this St. Patrick’s Day with our St. Patrick’s Day Reading Comprehension pack! These Year Five and Six (Grade Four and Grade Five) St. Patrick’s Day-themed close reading passages will engage your students while reinforcing important reading skills – great reading comprehension activities for your guided reading program. This resource would…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource based on the article ‘Land of Islands’ from Junior Journal 69, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is a great addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. ‘Land of Islands’: This article integrates…
This complete unit, built for the NZ Curriculum (Phase One, Years 2-3), provides everything you need to systematically and explicitly teach the nine most common suffixes using an evidence-based, morphology-first approach. The nine suffixes included are -ing, -ed, -es, -s, -er, -est, -ly, -ful, and -less. Built on the principles of the Science of…
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…
Stop teaching literacy skills in isolation! This comprehensive unit brings a pivotal moment in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history to life while systematically building the reading and writing skills your students need. Grounded in the Science of Learning, this Women and the Vote unit is more than just a set of activities. It’s a carefully sequenced,…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the Cook Islands’ traditional story Mariri, the Flying Man from Junior Journal 60, will develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is great as an addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. Mariri, the Flying Man—Junior Journal 60: This…
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