Using language, symbols, and texts resources

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 conduct a statistical investigation into the sentence length of different types of books by making and comparing dot plots.

Students predict the outcome of throwing five dice and confirm their predictions by conducting an experiment and calculating probabilities. After discussing how to get better estimates, they pool their results with others to get a more accurate estimate of how good their predictions were.

Students draw a scatterplot of a table of data and describe the relationship between the two variables.

Students conduct a statistical investigation about their prediction of the most common words used in English. They make graphs, describe their shape, and compare their own graph with ones that other students produce.

Students convert heights of a building into the percentage of the given total height, explaining how they solved some conversions. Assessment focus is on how they calculate these heights and what strategies they use.

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 comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to visualise and infer. SJ-3-3-1989. Text not provided.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of an explanation of a scientific idea.

Students research and take notes in preparation for writing a biography of a famous New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

For this NEMP task students fill in a postcard about a holiday. Students' writing is assessed on postcard conventions, content, and legibility.

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.

This resource requires students to answer four selected response questions on a table of contents from the book 'Antarctica'.

Students research and write a biographical recount on the life of a well-known New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

This resource requires students to answer five selected response questions about an index page from a book on travel.

Students answer questions based on multiplication or division by 25, and explain how they arrived at their answer.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

The context of this cloze task is a story about a hungry weasel. Students generate appropriate words to create well-formed sentences.

Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.

The assessment focus is on the ability to use information skills.

Students identify spelling errors in common homophones and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

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

The assessment focus is on the ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.

Students identify and insert the missing capital letters for proper nouns in a letter.

Students use estimation strategies to calculate the number of vegetables they can buy with given amounts of money.