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This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to use evidence from the poem to work out what it could be describing. SJ-3-1-2004. Text provided.

Students identify the shaded fraction of a number of different shapes.

Students identify shapes that have been shaded two-thirds and name the fraction that the other shapes have been shaded.

Task: Identify from an experiment the preferred living conditions of slaters, and use a fact file to suggest reasons why. Assessment focus: interpreting results of an investigation.

Describe methods for speeding up and slowing down melting of an ice cube using one of three provided objects, and explain why the methods would work. Assessment focus: planning an investigation.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details about important information in a recount about a walking school bus, then identify the main idea of this text. SJ-1-1-2006. Text provided.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about conservation projects for endangered species.

Task: Match animal pests to the harm they cause, and use information about pest control. Assessment focus: animal pests and their control.

Reading text to find information about how scientists work. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

Students use doubling and halving to solve a number of multiplication problems.

Students are given an example of ordering adjectives in an advertisement. They use this example to develop a list of adjectives that they order as they create their own advertisement .

This task requires students to show how to calculate multiplication problems with multi-digit numbers.

Task: Decide the advantages for survival of both introduced and native frogs' life cycles, explain how climate change could impact on native frogs, and identify level of interest in survival of native frogs. Assessment focus: using information about adaptations.

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

Task: Explain the science messages communicated in a cartoon. Assessment focus: decomposition and photosynthesis.

Students compare two fractions, find the larger fraction and show or explain their reasoning.

Students find and show given fractions of shapes and sets of counters.

Students show that given a fractional part they can show the whole shape or another fractional part.

A poem is disclosed in stages to students. The task assesses their ability to make inferences using evidence from text and prior knowledge to work out what it could be describing.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify important information and the main idea of an article about a conservation project for an endangered species. Junior Journal 13. Text provided

Students are assessed on their ability to identify important information and the main idea of an article about plants. Junior Journal 27, reading age 7.5-8. Text provided.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify important information and the main idea of a recount about needing to take action. Junior Journal 29. Text provided.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem. It assesses a student's ability to use evidence to predict what it could be describing. SJ-2-4-1994. Text provided.

Students identify the shaded fraction of a number of different shapes.

Task: Fill in a chart to identify the damage caused by various animal pests. Assessment focus: specific contextual knowledge about animal pests.