Using language, symbols, and texts resources

Students identify multiples of 4 and of 6, and explain their reasoning.

Students identify fractions that are greater than a half and explain their reasoning. They also identify how far from half some fractions are and name a fraction closer to half than one given.

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

Students complete a cloze passage about koalas using their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

This resource assesses a student's ability to skim quickly and find the answers to eight questions about islands in the Pacific. It is a timed exercise.

Students complete a cloze passage on how forests prevent erosion. They add words to create well-formed sentences.

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

Students attempt to persuade the adults in their families that they should be able to have a dog. They construct an argument by writing replies to the adults' statements.

Students identify a correct statement about the overall distribution of a graph and explain their reasoning.

Students create a vignette with a focus on writing pieces that are brief, descriptive, and set in one point in time. They should not be concerned with plot. As the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity, students need to show a controlled and elegant skill in writing and use figurative language to 'show' rather than 'tell'.

Students read an essay on school uniforms then mark where the paragraph breaks should occur. The assessment focus is on organisation.

Students read a short narrative recount and indicate each place in which a paragraph break is needed.

Students create character vignettes with a focus on writing pieces that are brief, descriptive and set in one point in time. They should not be concerned with plot. As the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity, students need to show a controlled and elegant skill in writing, and to use figurative language to 'show' rather than 'tell'.

Students will identify and use nouns, adjectives, and verbs to write a poem that follows the same structure as given in two examples.

This resource assesses students' ability to identify and correct common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists of commonly misspelt words.

Students write a report which gives details about a problem, gives reasons for the problem, and suggests how it might be fixed.

Assessment focus: deciding which description of the main idea of an informational text is most appropriate, and justifying their thinking. The text used is about the adaptation of bird's feet to their environment.

Students read a story about family dynamics to answer inferential questions. SJ-3-3-1996. Text provided.

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.

Answer questions about rubbish picked up on a beach, and suggest reasons why plastic is the most common rubbish.

This comprehension task assesses a student's ability to make inferences about a character's feelings based on the evidence in a written and visual text, and their own prior experience.

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

Students work out fractional values of whole numbers in a range of contexts and show their working.