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From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe physical attributes, students identify which animal is being described.

Assessment focus: finding important information and the main idea of an informational text. The text used is about an introduced species of fish which has become a pest. SJ-2-4-2005. Text provided.

Students are provided with a diagram of a bag used in solar showers. They answer questions about this bag relating to heat absorption, heat transfer, and radiation.

Students convert numbers from standard form to ordinary form.

Students indicate for each of six different variables those that need to be kept the same for an investigation about dissolving different types of sugar.

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

Students are provided with a graph of the heating curve for octane. Students use this to answer questions about state, temperatures, and changes of state.

Students read a text on shoplifting to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students use a table of information on melting points and boiling points of six different substances to answer questions about states of matter.

Students select which person has correctly applied the laws of indices to some problems, and explain their choice.

Students calculate and evaluate powers of whole numbers.

Students identify what happens to indices when simplifying algebraic expressions.

To answer mainly multiple choice questions, students retrieve information and make inferences from a text about Socrates.

Students read a poem, 'My Other Jandal', then answer inferential questions. The poem is provided with this resource. SJ-2-4-1994. Text not provided.

A joke about a parrot is the context for this resource that assesses understanding of idioms and the interpretation of humour.

Students read about a visit to the islands of Kiribati by a New Zealand flight inspection team to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read a narrative about how a character copes with changes in her family dynamics. Students then complete three tasks focusing on that character. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of her. (The text used for this resource is reproduced under the "Working with Students" tab.) Reading age 10-12. SJ-4-2-2000. Text not provided.

This resource explores a poem written for two voices about a windy night. Text provided.

The liquid range for four common substances has been provided. Students use this to answer questions about melting point, boiling point, and state.

A recount about a whale watch is the context for comprehension questions that require making inferences. The recount is reproduced in the resource. SJ-1-1-1998. Text provided.

Students read an article about castles to complete a retrieval chart using information from the text. SJ-1-2-1995. Text provided.

Students interpret a table of distances for a long jump competition, written to two decimal places, finding the longest and shortest jumps and ordering sets of three numbers.

Students work out how much time some bus trips take.

Students solve given algebraic expressions using substitution.

This task requires students to answer questions about a stem-and-leaf graph of the lengths of seventeen frogs.