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

Students are assessed on their ability to identify important information and the main idea of a recount about needing to take action. Junior Journal 29. Text provided.

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

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.

Students read from, and mark points on, non-linear scales.

A poem and brief article about Japanese dolls is the context for this comprehension resource that has focus on comparisons and purpose. SJ-2-2-1983. Text provided.

A story about getting rid of family junk is the context for this task. Students find evidence to make inferences about the characters. SJ-1-4-1998. Text not provided.

Students read a play to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

For this practical task students plan and carry out a fair test to determine which of four different cups will keep water the hottest over 10 minutes. Students are also required to graph their results and write a conclusion.

Task: Answer questions about the fire triangle. Assessment focus: elements necessary for combustion.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to use evidence in text to make inferences about characters' points of view, and to analyse and synthesise understandings of these characters.

Students review their knowledge of greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming. They identify areas where they are unsure, as well as things they know.

Students are assessed on the ability to identify important information in order to establish the main idea of a narrative text about being judgemental. Reading age 10-12. SJ-4-3-1994. Text provided.

In this activity students progressively build up evidence for and against a new idea in pest control: using bumblebees to transmit a fungicide. Students practise argumentation skills and reflect on how they formulate opinions on environmental issues.

Students draw in the correct number of blocks needed to balance some scales and write equations for scales that show balance.

Students write a set of instructions after reading a science article about growing crystals. Students assess their own writing using the supports provided.

Task: Students play a card game to construct a waterways relationships web. Assessment focus: relationships within a waterways ecosystem.

Plan an investigation to find out which of two students' predictions is correct, and identify how to recognise what a result would look like. Assessment focus: identifying what to measure or compare to answer a science question.

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

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

Students place photos of a canoe trip in order, then use them to write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students place photos in order, then use them to write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.