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Students draw a scatterplot of a table of data and describe the relationship between the two variables.

Students explore the language of personification and metaphor in the poem called 'Wash day for the clouds'. The questions require the students to think about the metaphors and personification. Text provided.

Students complete a table to show a fitness plan pattern, finish a rule to describe the relationship, and answer questions to demonstrate their understanding of the pattern

On a diagram students indicate how a cliff face might look different in 100 years from now, and explain the probable cause of this.

On a grid, students enlarge the net for a box by a scale factor of 3.

Students use evidence in a text to make inferences about a character's feelings. They analyse these within scaffolding activities, synthesising their thinking to suggest the author's message.

Students complete a table based on an algebraic formula for free fall velocity, plot the results, and interpret the graph.

This practical task assesses students' ability to record and graph data, and draw conclusions, as they conduct an experiment on the rate at which an ice cube melts in different temperatures.

Students outline four ways of improving a given plan for an investigation to make it a fair test.

Students are given an outline of an investigation on heat loss from two different shaped objects (a cube and a sphere). They answer questions on variable control, repeat trialling, and they then graph data from this investigation.

A recount about a whale watch is the context for comprehension questions that require making inferences. The recount is reproduced in the resource. SJ-1-1-1998. 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.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

Students state what things will affect how far a cube will travel when flicked in the middle with a ball-point pen, and conduct an experiment to see what happens in practice.

This task requires students to answer questions about a tally chart of the number of planes taking off from an airport.

Students order given temperatures from lowest to highest.

Students calculate the weight of parts of a fish from given proportions.

This task requires students to interpret and answer questions about a tally chart showing the number of trucks passing a given point.

Students create simple and compound sentences to go with given photos. The focus is on combining sentences, using simple conjunctions. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students create simple then compound sentences to go with a photo, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

This practical task requires students to follow instructions for making a 'green fridge' to determine its efficiency. Students collect and record data from their investigation and answer questions.

For this practical students make observations about dissolving, and plan and carry out an investigation to find out what makes sugar dissolve more quickly.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to visualise and infer. SJ-3-3-1989. Text not provided.

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.