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For this task students look at a diagram showing household electrical wires and then answer some questions about these.

Students name the force that delivers water to households from a water tower and then explain advantages and disadvantages of a wind-powered pump compared to a petrol-powered pump.

Students carry out and make observations about water in a straw, and suction. Students are then required to explain their observations.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details and identify the main idea of a narrative about a Cook Island tradition.

Students read a short story about swimming in summer and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1992. Text provided.

In this practical task, students estimate, then measure, the weight of two bags using kitchen scales.

Students answer two multichoice questions giving explanations for their choice and two short answer questions.

Students use addition and subtraction to work out costs related to the purchase of grocery items.

Students read an extract from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

This task is about finding the solutions for linear equations.

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 express a distance as a percentage of the distance of a whole journey, and calculate percentages or fractions of parts of the journey.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

Students read through an article about a pending tidal wave. From their comprehension of the cloze passage, they fill in the gaps with their own words. SJ-2-2-1982. Text provided.

After reading a narrative about a shrewd boy, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysing and evaluating a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Reading age 8-9. SJ-2-4-2000. Text provided.

This resource assesses students' ability to select appropriate key words, from a given list, for the purpose of finding information that can be used to answer a given question. Students' ability to generate key words is also assessed.

Students write 3-digit whole numbers in compact and expanded form.

For this NEMP task students complete a table showing fractions, percentages, and decimals that are equivalent.

Task: Identify seasons from events described. Assessment focus: seasons.

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

A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students create simple and compound sentences to go with given photos. The focus is on combining sentences, using simple conjunctions. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students convert fractions to decimals and explain how to do it.

Students label six diagrams as an element, compound, or mixture.