Using language, symbols, and texts resources

Students estimate a multiplication problem, share their methods, discuss the front-end method, and then do more problems using front-end.

This task assesses students' ability to give a book review to a small group.

This resource is for the assessment of team debating at intermediate school. A selection of topics are provided. Oral Language Assessment Guides - Speaking E and G are suitable for this task.

Students retell a myth or legend to another student. Suggestions for the speech content and scoring guides are included.

Students present an instructive speech to the class or small group. Some topics are provided as examples and scoring guides for teachers are attached.

Students use tables, graphs, and equations to find the break-even point for two companies who charge for postage according to different rules.

Students find fractions of numbers of different farm animals and put them in their simplest form.

Students show how to divide given amounts into the number of groups of a given size.

Students decide which children are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.

In this task students decide which people are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.

In this task students decide which people are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.

Students show how to calculate maths problems involving fractions as a part and as a whole.

Students calculate an exact square root and estimate approximate square roots by finding the length of the square flower bed of a given area, and give an explanation for their answers.

Students display data on a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph to show the times taken to complete two walks. The longer of the two walks is then identified.

In this practical task, students are to estimate the cost of meals ordered from a menu. The teacher reads out the meals and students show the steps in their estimations.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to use evidence in text to make inferences about characters' points of view, and to analyse and synthesise understandings of these characters.

Students compare the costs of printing a school magazine at two different companies.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Students use substitution to calculate the cost and length of time taken to repair washing machines, and formulate and solve a related linear equation.

Students need to complete a pictograph of the target monthly house sales. This includes constructing the key, drawing in an axis, adding a title, and presenting the data.

Students choose the most appropriate topic sentence for a set of supporting sentences.

Students interpret a graph of a child's feelings for different times and activities during a day.

Students construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph for heights of trees. They then answer a question on range and make a statement comparing the heights of akeake and kōhūhū.

Students read a recount about New Zealanders travelling in Africa, then answer retrieval and inference questions. The text is provided.

Students read an article on Mother Teresa and then answer short comprehension questions.