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This assessment task has students writing a short conversation between friends, using speech marks that have been modelled in the task.

This practical task requires students to plan and carry out a fair test to find out which paper type will soak up water the best.

Students indicate whether a series of statements apply to lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, or both.

This practical task requires students to record temperatures of various areas in the school and to suggest reasons why some areas are warmer or cooler than others.

This practical requires students to place four photographs of kākāpo at different times in their life cycle in order from youngest to oldest. Students describe how the kākāpo changes from each part of the life cycle to the next. NOTE: This resource is intended to be used in colour.

From a list of language techniques that writers use to emphasise a word or idea, students identify which ones have been used in some sentences and then write their own examples.

Students draw a strange space creature from an oral description. The assessment focus is on listening to descriptions, recalling details, and following instructions.

Students predict the probability about the product of two dice and test their prediction by conducting an experiment that estimates the probability.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify the adjectives in a short story about making breakfast.

The assessment focus is on an informative speech to a small group about a famous person. Student directions, a checklist, and scoring guides are included.

This task assesses students' understanding of the use of capital letters in titles, by asking them to read six book titles and put capital letters in the places they are needed.

Students retell a myth or legend to another student. Suggestions for the speech content and scoring guides are included.

Students write an argument either for or against daily physical education in schools. Support materials and links to exemplars for writing an argument are given under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students write and solve equations for story problems describing practical situations.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

In this practical task, students measure two circular objects to find the circumference, diameter and the relationship between them (pi).

Students select the measurements of a piece of paper as it is folded multiple times.

Students complete a table showing the number of matchsticks used in a spatial pattern, identify the number of matchsticks required for a given shape, and describe the rule for the pattern.

Task: Answer questions about data in a table. Assessment focus: pulleys.

Students use the term force to explain why a heavier hammer could drive nails into denser material and explain density.

Students give two reasons why it is an advantage for a porcupine fish to inflate its body and have its spines stick out when it is in danger.

Students prepare a short farewell speech. This task has an assessment focus on contributing and on considering others. Oral Language Assessment Guide B is suitable for this task.

This practical task requires students to construct a model based on a diagram of a similar model. They then draw their model onto isometric paper.

Students draw five different views of a 3-dimensional cube model.

Students are asked one multiple-choice and one short answer question about fair testing.