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Students match given fractions to images of milk bottles to show how full each bottle is.

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

Students estimate an addition problem, share their methods, discuss the rounding method, and then do more problems using rounding.

This task assesses students' ability to analyse a text to identify and justify character traits and points of view, including the author's.

Students predict whether two dice games are fair and give their reasons. They then play each game (investigate) fifty times and explain their results.

Students estimate an addition problem, share their methods, discuss the averaging method, and then do more problems using averaging.

Students estimate a multiplication problem, share their methods, discuss the rounding method, and then do more estimation problems using rounding.

Students estimate a multiplication problem, share their methods, discuss the front-end method, and then do more problems using front-end.

Students estimate an addition problem, share their methods, discuss the front-end method and then do more problems using front-end.

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 use a video clip as the stimulus for completing a poem. Scaffolds are provided for this process.

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.