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Students combine their observations with some information provided to complete a story about what might have happened in the photograph.

Task: Match insects to their adaptations for protection against enemies, and infer two ways stick insects are adapted for their protection against predators. Assessment focus: using observations to make suggestions about survival methods.

Explain what affects the distance travelled by toy cars, and why they eventually stop. Assessment focus: science explanations using ideas about forces and energy.

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

This comprehension task assesses student ability to find the main idea of a transactional text about a Māori naturalist/scientist. Students are asked to read a text, identify the main idea from three choices provided, and then justify why they think their choice is right.

Task: Complete a diagram of part of the water cycle and answer a question about rain. Assessment focus: Question a) – the water cycle and conventions of diagrams; question b) – evaporation of a solution.

Students interpret two cartoon-style drawings of the enhanced greenhouse effect and write a short description of the artist’s message, as they see this.

Task: Describe and compare some physical properties of plastic objects and identify the properties scientists might use for classifying materials. Assessment focus: classifying using physical properties.

Task: Use understandings about heat energy and insulation to describe how adaptations help Emperor penguins survive in Antarctica. Assessment focus: adaptations for keeping warm in cold conditions.

Students to show how to calculate problems that involve rates and ratios.

Students conduct a statistical investigation into the sentence length of different types of books by making and comparing dot plots.

Students identify a correct statement about the overall distribution of a graph and explain their reasoning.

Students research and take notes in preparation for writing a biography of a famous New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

Students research and write a biographical recount on the life of a well-known New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

Students read a text containing instructions then answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1984. Text provided.

Students show how they find the value of an unknown number in a range of linear equations.

The focus of this resource is the use of simple conjunctions. Students decide which conjunction to use to combine two ideas to make one sentence.

Students use a number line to show how to solve whole number subtraction problems.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

Students use a number line to show how to solve whole number subtraction problems.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

Students show or explain how to share equally amongst a number of people.

Students show or explain how to share cakes and pizzas equally amongst a number of people.

Students draw lines to divide up shapes into equal parts and name the fractional value of the part.

In this practical task students order proper fractions on a number line between 0 and 1.