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Students show how to partition shapes into a given number of equal parts and identify the fraction of each part.

Students complete open number sentences to show their understanding of equality.

Students use number lines to show their understanding of commutativity.

Students use number lines to show their understanding of commutativity.

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.) Reading age 9.5-10.5. SJ-2-2006. Text provided.

Students identify common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists, and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

From a school newspaper interview about a school production, students complete a retrieval chart for a press release. The assessment focus is on identifying key information.

Students are asked to read a short story and to insert the speech marks required to punctuate the direct speech in the story.

Pairs of students play a game with four dice, calculate the probability of winning the game, comment on how to get a more accurate estimate of the probability, and explain whether the game is fair based on their results.

The assessment focus is punctuation with students inserting commas and speech marks into text.

Students read an essay on school uniforms then mark where the paragraph breaks should occur. The assessment focus is on organisation.

Students add commas to enclose words or phrases within sentences to show where extra information has been added.

This transactional writing resource requires students to express their views about organ donation.

In this practical task, students follow a plan to construct a water timer. They then put on markings for times 1-5 minutes based on observations and recordings.

Students identify spelling errors in common homophones and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students identify and insert the missing capital letters for proper nouns in a letter.

Students select the correct way to describe where a toy is located on a shelf.

Students read a boy's description of himself, identify the places in which capital letters have been omitted for proper nouns, and insert these.

Students order small numbers written in standard form, and explain why they are ordered in that way. The numbers are the lengths of some microscopic animals.

Students read a personal recount about family relationships in a Pacific context. Assessment focus: the author's construction of two characters and an evaluation of them.

The assessment focus is on the features of an explanation. Students explore and write an explanation of the impacts the food industry could have on improving health.

Task: Predict, observe and explain what will happen when a balloon containing another balloon filled with water is thrown. Assessment focus: making and explaining predictions and observations.

Task: Predict, observe and explain what will happen when a balloon containing another balloon filled with water is thrown. Assessment focus: making and explaining predictions and observations.

A letter without capitals is the context of this punctuation assessment. Students insert capitals for a number of different purposes.

Students read a poem, retrieve information, and then use this information to make inferences. The text used is shown into the resource. It can also be located in School Journal, Part 2, No. 1, 1999. SJ-2-1-1999. Text provided.