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In this task students decide which people are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.

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

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.

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.) SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

This task requires students to show how to estimate numbers of items in some multiplication problems using any acceptable estimation strategy.

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.

Students estimate a division problem, share their methods, discuss the nice numbers and factors method, and then do more problems using nice numbers and factors.

Students exploit additive identity property to find missing numbers in addition and subtraction equations.

Students read a story about rabbits and mark where the paragraph breaks should occur. The assessment focus is on organisation.

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

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

Students identify square and cubic numbers mentally in a timed test.

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.

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

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

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify important information to establish the main idea of a transactional text about blushing. SJ-4-1-2006. Text provided.

This practical task involves students making estimates of sets of items and demonstrating their method(s) of estimation.

In this practical task, students are to estimate the cost of meals ordered from a menu. The teacher reads out the meals and students show the steps in their estimations.

This practical task involves students making best estimates of sets of items and clearly demonstrating their method(s) of estimation.

Students calculate the repair charges of two different garages, graph them, and explain the results.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer the 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-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about cultural change in a Pacific context.

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

The assessment focus is on student ability to identify details that support the main idea of a text, and to identify where the main idea is developed.