We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text: Breathless by Bernard Beckett. Breathless is a first-person narrative about a boy who struggles with asthma. His friends use humour and adventure to help him cope with the disappointment of not being able to play an important rugby game…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource based on the article ‘What is a Tree>’ from Junior Journal 64, will develop your students’ reading comprehension while also developing key content knowledge. It is a great addition to your Year 3 structured literacy program. What is a Tree – Junior…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (Year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on bees and contains simple non-fiction information about their appearance and behaviour. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on the Floss rule: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz This resource contains: Decodable text ‘The Buzz…
This resource contains 8 independent activity sheets designed for Year 6 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 6” in the heading and a version without it….
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,…
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and cultural understanding with this comprehensive resource, focused on Brave from the Year 7-8 November 2025 School Journal. This teaching tool is a great addition to your structured literacy program. It engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar, syntax, sentence structure, verbal reasoning, and content knowledge—key elements…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the fiction story “Pai Tū, Pai Hinga” in New Zealand from the Year 5-6 November 2025 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ reading comprehension skills with Science of Reading Principles. This teaching tool engages students…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on the article Saving the Lizards from the Level 2 November 2022 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,…
Supercharge your reading programme with this engaging five-pack Reading Skills Check Mega Bundle! Designed for Year 6 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…
Teach your students the essential modern skill of writing a clear and effective email with this complete, ready-to-use mini-unit. This resource uses vibrant, engaging slides and practical activities to guide students through the entire process, from planning to publishing. This mini-unit covers the crucial differences between formal and informal emails, making it the perfect…
Our comprehensive, no-prep Suffix Rules pack has everything you need to explicitly teach the three core suffix rules, perfectly aligned with the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. This resource is designed to meet Phase One, Year Three and Phase Two, Year Four and Five English Curriculum: Writing – Transcription Skills – Spelling. We provide a clear,…
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…
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,…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Choie Sew Hoy: Otago Pioneer from the Level 2 May 2021 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…
Our Emotions Vocabulary Slides and Hands-On Activities are a dynamic and effective tool for exploring word meanings. These slides, flashcards and visual aids are a great companion to your structured literacy programme. Expanding students’ vocabulary is crucial for improving their reading and writing skills. Studies have shown that students with larger vocabularies perform better in school, especially in reading. …
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