The Informative Speech Toolkit is a comprehensive resource crafted to guide students through writing and delivering compelling informative speeches. This toolkit simplifies complex concepts, making speech writing accessible and engaging for all learners. How It Works: This toolkit provides a structured, explicit, step-by-step approach to teaching informative speech writing. It breaks down the…
Just Jokes – Working with Words Activities | Morphology, Syllables, Rhyme This activity is a fun way to explore parts of words: morphology (prefixes and suffixes), syllables, and also rhyme, synonyms and adjectives. In this Just Jokes activity, we have provided: 10-page set of worksheets Teacher’s guide for how this resource can be…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Tahu and the Dancing Feathers from the Connected Phase 2 Year 4 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 building,…
Elevate your Phase 2 (Year 4-6) writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Signal Word Activities. This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Inform: Explanations, from Phase 2 (Years 4, 5 and 6) of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum. This Writing to…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on The Polish Refugee Children from the Level 2 November 2016 School Journal. 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 building, grammar,…
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension using Science of Reading principles with this engaging resource focused on the personal essay, “My First Ramadan,” from the Level 4 June 2024 School Journal. Perfect for supplementing your structured literacy program, this comprehensive teaching tool develops key comprehension strategies, vocabulary, grammar, syntax, sentence structure, verbal reasoning, and content knowledge….
Explore the significance of pā in New Zealand with this dynamic teaching resource. These print and digital independent activities are pitched at Year 5-8 learners and align with the Science of Reading and the principles of a knowledge-rich curriculum. In this Introduction to Pā independent activities pack, you receive: 1. A set of independent…
Explore the traditional legend of the Philippines: ‘The Legend of Mount Makiling’ with our set of reading and literacy activities. We have provided two options for you: a set of whole-class teaching slides and worksheets for small-group or independent use. These activities work for Year 7-8 learners. In this Philippines Legend Reading Comprehension and…
Explore the traditional legend of the Philippines: ‘The Legend of Mount Makiling’ with our set of reading and literacy activities. We have provided two options for you: a set of whole-class teaching slides and worksheets for small-group or independent use. In this Philippines Legend Reading Comprehension and Literacy Activities pack, you receive: 1….
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 4 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 bundle of reading response activities for the 2018 NZ School Journals. This bundle has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within the June, August, and November 2018 Level 2, 3, and Level 4 School Journals. Both a paper-based and digital option is included so you can use…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on a fictional narrative about a trip to a shop and includes details about what the children bought and saw. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: digraphs: sh, ch, th, -ng and…
This resource contains 8 independent activity sheets designed for Year 5 students to practice literacy skills autonomously. These tasks are structured to provide student agency and to allow teachers to work with other groups without frequent interruptions. Please note: We’ve included a version with “Year 5” in the heading and a version without it….
Transform St. Patrick’s Day into an engaging mathematical adventure! This isn’t just another worksheet; it’s a thrilling CSI investigation where your students become detectives, using their math skills to crack the case of the missing leprechaun gold! Perfect for: Classroom fun on St. Patrick’s Day Engaging math review Developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills A…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension and writing skills with this comprehensive resource, focused on the pūrākau (Māori legend) How Māui Discovered Fire. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension skills with Science of Reading Principles. This reading and writing teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies,…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, focused on the story Spotting Kiwi from the Year 4 November 2025 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. Spotting Kiwi – School Journal Year 4 November 2025 This…
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