Thinking resources

Students use comprehension skills to answer a range of questions based on a newspaper story. Knowledge of adjectives and alliteration is also required.

This task is about using evidence to find the main idea of a text. Students read a narrative text with a Māori context, find two groups of details, then select the main idea from four choices. Note that the text deals with the hunting and slaughter of pigs, which may be a challenging concept for some of your students. SJ-4-2-2004. Text provided.

After reading a narrative that explores family dynamics, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysing and evaluating a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Reading age 8-9. SJ-3-3-2003.

After reading a narrative that is about sibling rivalry, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysis and evaluation of a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Reading age <8. SJ-1-5-2004. Text provided.

Students read about cooking food in hot pools to answer inference questions. SJ-1-5-1992. Text provided.

Students read a poem 'Full Moon Tiger' to answer questions about metaphor, contrast, rhyme and alliteration. SJ-2-3-1987. Text provided.

Students read an article about a boy who loves sculpting insects to answer retrieval and inferential questions. (The text used for this resource is in the teacher information pages.) SJ-4-1-1997. Text provided.

Students read part of a play called 'No Circulars' and then answer retrieval and and inferential questions. The play is reproduced in the Teacher information pages. SJ-3-2-1993. Text provided.

Students explore the language of personification and metaphor in the poem called 'Wash day for the clouds'. The questions require the students to think about the metaphors and personification. Text provided.

Students read a short text about ladybirds to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

Students read an extract from a play then answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

Students read a play and answer questions about the characters' actions, the setting, and text layout. SJ-1-2-1985. Text not provided.

Students read a poem then use information from it to make inferences. Text not provided.

Students throw three coins, and answer questions on frequency, probability, and compare theoretical with observed outcomes.

Students state what things will affect how far a cube will travel when flicked in the middle with a ball-point pen, and conduct an experiment to see what happens in practice.

Students read about creating a bird ball and respond to six short written questions which assess their comprehension of instructions. SJ-2-2-1994. Text provided.

This resource centers around a poem about a cricket game. Cartoon illustrations surround the text and students use both to answer questions. SJ-3-2-1993. Text provided.

Students drag numerals to create decimal numbers to create the largest and smallest decimal numbers, and closest decimal numbers to given whole numbers.

Students read a newspaper article and answer questions about comprehension and vocabulary.

Students read a play to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

This resource assesses students' ability to analyse text to identify and find evidence of the author's message and audience.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify the main idea in a text about bridge construction.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about cultural change in a Pacific context.

Students read a personal recount about family relationships in a Pacific context. Assessment focus: the author's construction of two characters and an evaluation of them.