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Task: Predict, Observe, Explain, (POE) activity observing what happens to air in a balloon when it is heated. Assessment focus: behaviour of gases when heated and cooled.

Students read an article and are assessed on their ability to retrieve information and to make inferences in response to two questions about geologists.

Students place decimal numbers in the correct order and position on a number line.

Students write a set of instructions after reading a poem about cooking. Students self-assess their writing before conferencing with the teacher to set their next learning steps.

Task: Complete a drawing of things found in a garden, and describe relationships between them. Assessment focus: interdependence in a garden.

Students read an article on parachuting and complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions.

Students write a set of instructions after reading a science article about growing crystals. Students assess their own writing using the supports provided.

Students identify the topic sentence, supporting sentences and summary sentence in a given paragraph. They then write their own paragraph, working to include these elements.

Students draw shapes of given areas, and choose from the bigger area, explaining their reasoning.

Decide if a described investigation is a fair test, and explain the decision. Assessment focus: identifying fair testing.

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

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

Students describe a functional rule for two spatial patterns.

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

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

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

In Part 1, students interpret how the visual techniques used in the presentation of a Māori legend support the meaning of the written text. In Part 2, students are assessed on their ability to communicate and explain their use of visual techniques. Annotated student work samples using Part 2 are provided.

Students calculate the surface area of the sides and top of a cylinder, showing their working.

Students read two letters about personal viewpoints on graffiti and answer questions about the content and style of the letters.

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

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

Students formulate questions about glaciers and climate change to show awareness that informed opinions are based on inter-related aspects of evidence rather than individual instances.

In this activity students progressively build up evidence for and against a new idea in pest control: using bumblebees to transmit a fungicide. Students practise argumentation skills and reflect on how they formulate opinions on environmental issues.

Students describe a functional rule for two spatial patterns.

Students use a quadrilateral key to answer questions about attributes of quadrilaterals.