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Students identify the topic sentence, supporting sentences and summary sentence in a given paragraph. They then write their own paragraph, working to include these elements.

Task: Students give oral explanations about how the features of a wētā or a mallard duck help it survive in its environment. Peer assessment sheets are included. Assessment focus: structure and function.

Task: Use written text and pictures to explain how the special features of Old Man's Beard help it survive. Assessment focus: identifying how the special features help this plant to survive.

Task: describe what would happen to four items of food when left in the sun. Assessment focus: change.

Students estimate the sum of a number of fractions.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

Students convert heights of a building into the percentage of the given total height, explaining how they solved some conversions. Assessment focus is on how they calculate these heights and what strategies they use.

Students identify fractions that are greater than a half, explain their reasoning, and identify how far from half some fractions are.

Students interpret a graph about getting to school, writing descriptions about each students journey and making statements comparing the journeys.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

Students to show how they estimate in some addition problems.

Students decide whether a graph is suitable to display category data and explain their answer.

Students read an extract from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students show how they estimate in some multiplication problems and come up with sensible estimates.

Students read a narrative about a toy glider competition, then answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-3-1-1994. Text provided.

Task: Match cards to show the relationship of birds' beaks and feet to the food they eat. Assessment focus: adaptations.

Task: Make careful observations of a picture to decide what you can see and what you might know but can't see.

Decide if a described investigation is a fair test, and explain the decision. Assessment focus: identifying fair testing.

Students prepare and give a 'Thank you' speech. Points to be covered by students and a scoring guide for teachers are included.

Students calculate the surface area and volume of a pyramid.

Students calculate perimeter, area and the surfaced area of a box of chocolate.

Students calculate the height of two cylinders given the radius, and identify a correct general statement about the relationship between radius and height for a given volume.

Students expand and simplify algebraic expressions based on measurements of a path around a lawn.

Using multi-link cubes students construct and explore a growing sequence of step models, then they apply this information to continue the pattern without the cubes.

Using multi-link cubes students investigate the number of faces visible in a sequence of step models, then they use this information to continue and record the pattern in a table.