Using language, symbols, and texts resources

Students use information in a table about exploding bottles of ginger beer to find the fractions and percentages of bottles that exploded or stayed sealed in given weeks.

Students identify the correct denominator as numerator to create equivalent fractions for a range of given fractions. Optional space for diagrams is provided.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the effect of division and multiplication involving fractions.

For this NEMP task students read a poem about 'Me' and then write a poem about their own 'special self'.

This resource comprises a report on the control of traffic in the Holland Tunnel in New York presented as a cloze exercise. Students use comprehension skills to complete the gaps with their own vocabulary.

A student speaks to another student or a small group about a news article. Two scoring guides are provided.

Using information given in pictures students write four word problems using the operation set out in each instruction.

This assessment takes the context of the New Zealand flag and has questions that focus on presenting, layout, symbols, and visual cues.

Students perform calculations on numbers in standard form and convert numbers from standard form to ordinary form and vice versa.

Students solve subtraction story problems and show their strategies.

Students use a video clip as the stimulus for completing a poem. Scaffolds are provided for this process.

The parts of a book provide the context for this resource with 12 questions on the various components of a book.

A council survey is to be sent out, and students are asked to give examples of representative samples.

This comprehension task assesses a student's ability to use evidence in a text to work out what a poem could be about as it is disclosed in stages.

Students place photos in order, then use them to write a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.

A tale about a character who resolves a problem creatively provides the context for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to fill in the missing words.

Using a picture as stimulus, students use nouns and verbs to create well-formed sentences.

Students decide which arrow on three spinners is most likely to point to white, and explain their reasons.

For this NEMP task students work out all possible combinations in a table tennis contest.

Students read a short extract on diving and answer five comprehension questions.

Assessment focus: ability to de-construct and interpret messages in advertising, so that students can understand meaning-making processes in the construction of imagery.

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.) Reading age 9.5-10.5. SJ-2-2006. Text provided.

Students read a poem then retrieve information to answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-1-1999. Text not provided.

Students are assessed on knowing how to use a contents page. SJ-1-1-1999. Text provided.

Students read the poem 'Hide-and-go-seek' to make inferences about the game. SJ-3-2-1996. Text provided.