4 Making comparisons 6 Keywords: analysismetaphorpersonificationpoetrysimile Students are required to identify and interpret the metaphors in two short poems. Login to preview
4 Using an index II 0 Keywords: indexinformation skills Students use an index from a book on windsurfing to explain their understandings of an index and to find specific information. Login to preview
2 Parts of a book II 1 Keywords: contents pageglossaryindexinformation skillstext features Students read a non-fiction contents page to identify where to go for different information. Login to preview
2 Alphabetical order 4 Keywords: alphabetical orderinformation skillssequencing Students select answers that demonstrate their understanding of alphabetical order. Login to preview
2 Railway Crossings 9 Keywords: inferencelocate informationposterpurpose Students read a poster about railway crossing safety to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Login to preview
2 Use the index! 3 Keywords: indexinformation skillslocate informationtext features This resource requires students to answer questions about an index page. Login to preview
2 Sleepy Koalas 24 Keywords: School Journalclozecomprehensiontext featuresvocabulary Students complete a cloze passage about koalas using their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences. Login to preview
3 Fact and opinion 8 Keywords: factinformation skillsopinion Students read fifteen statements and identify the six statements of opinion. Login to preview
3 To work or not 10 Keywords: comprehensioninferencemain ideaopinion Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions. Login to preview
3 Skaties – are they really to blame? 20 Keywords: comprehensioninferencemain ideapersonal viewpointpersuasionpoint of view Students read the letters written by four different people and identify the main idea of each letter. Login to preview
3 On Frog Pond 5 Keywords: clozecomprehensionconnectedgrammartext featuresvocabulary Students complete a cloze passage and use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences. Login to preview
4 Using a Table of Contents 4 Keywords: contents pageinformation skills Students use a table of contents from a book about deserts to answer questions. Login to preview
4 Where to find information 0 Keywords: catalogueinformation skillslibraryreferenceresearch Students match ten topics or subjects to the correct Dewey Decimal call number. Login to preview
5 Soils, farming and the activities of living things 3 Keywords: Earth systemsdecompositionecologyfarmingkey competenciesphotosynthesissoil Task: Explain the science messages communicated in a cartoon. Assessment focus: decomposition and photosynthesis. Login to preview
5 Shark- a silent terror 8 Keywords: clozecomprehensiongrammartext featuresvocabulary An account of a fishing adventure in a lagoon provides the content for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences. Login to preview
4 From catalogue to book 1 Keywords: catalogueinformation skillslibrary Students take an entry from a library catalogue and answer questions about the various features of the catalogue entry. Login to preview
4 Library reference books 1 Keywords: information skillslibrarynon-fictionreference Students match eight descriptions of non-fiction books to the correct type of reference book. Login to preview
5 At the garden centre 0 Keywords: estimationrounding Students use rounding to estimate totals then discuss this as a method of estimation. Login to preview
45 Animal percentages 1 Keywords: key competenciespercentages Students answer questions using percentages to find missing amounts, and writing percentages using given amounts. Login to preview
12 Describing dogs 10 Keywords: adjectivesdescriptionstructure and languagevocabulary Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision. Login to preview
2 Seeds and cards 3 Keywords: additionstory problemssubtraction Students show how they perform an addition and a subtraction problem, and write their own subtraction story problem. Login to preview
45 Discus results 2 Keywords: graph interpretationhistogramspercentages Students answer questions from a histogram of distance of discus throws. Calculation is required. Login to preview
4 Pocket money II 0 Keywords: bi-variate datagraph interpretationhistogramspercentagestime-series Students interpret information presented in a composite histogram to answer questions involving percentages and comparisons. Login to preview
4 Thesaurus 0 Keywords: information skillsthesaurus Students describe what a thesaurus is, and label the features of a thesaurus. Login to preview
4 Using an Index 3 Keywords: indexinformation skills Students use an index page from a book on New Zealand to answer six questions. Login to preview