Includes: two versions of the conversation prompt chart presented in The Oral Language Book and The Reading Book
Focus: to support whole-class, group or partner discussions
Includes: two versions of the conversation prompt chart presented in The Oral Language Book and The Reading Book
Focus: to support whole-class, group or partner discussions
Includes: two templates (for planning and writing) and a completed example
Focus: labelling and writing an explanation
Includes: an anchor chart for early writers in Cook Island Māori
Focus: Adding details to writing
Includes: a poster and an information sheet
Focus: grouping students
Includes: a lesson plan and two student exemplars
Focus: writing reviews
Includes: a writing template, a completed example and a follow-up Quick Write lesson plan
Focus: labelling and writing an explanation
Includes: a lesson plan, two exemplars (written and published)
Focus: activating memories and writing descriptively
Includes: a lesson plan and a student exemplar
Focus: providing a shared experience for writing
Includes: a lesson plan, supporting images and a student exemplar
Focus: talking and writing about personal experiences
Includes: a lesson plan, YouTube video link, student planning sheet and exemplar
Focus: structuring and ordering events in a narrative (story)
Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation), prompt cards and wall display pack
Focus: building complex sentences by adding conjunctions
Includes: a lesson plan and two prompts (for juniors and seniors)
Focus: creating hook sentences
Includes: two retelling talking strips
Focus: retelling
Includes: a display resource
Focus: establishing clear criteria for emergent and early writers
Includes: an adjective word wheel
Focus: synonyms for big, small, fun and nice
Includes: Self-check and Partner-check signs
Focus: designating time for self-checks and partner-checks during writing
Includes: drama activity cards/poster
Focus: using drama to enhance speaking and listening
Includes: a super sentence book cover, page and student exemplar
Focus: reviewing and improving a sentence
Includes: two writing/publishing templates
Focus: writing a four sentence/paragraph recount
Includes: a lesson plan and student exemplar poems about mum and dad
Focus: poetry
Includes: a YouTube video link and a student exemplar
Focus: providing motivation for writing
Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation)
Focus: adding details
Includes: two writing templates (junior/senior version) and a senior example
Focus: descriptive writing
Includes: a two talking strips
Focus: oral presentations
Useful links and resources to support The Oral Language Book
Useful links and resources to support The Writing Book
Includes: a writing lesson plan, YouTube video link and two video talk strips (for juniors and seniors)
Focus: describing an event from the perspective of a character
Includes: a note-taking poster
Focus: explicitly teaching students note-taking skills
Useful links and resources to support The Reading Book
Includes: a template with 3 bookmarks
Focus: to review and recommend books
Includes: Venn diagram template and two exemplars
Focus: comparing and contrasting
Includes: a Word-building template and an exemplar
Focus: adding affixes to base words
Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: creating meaning using a selection of random words
Includes: ideas for different ways to retell a story
Focus: narrative retelling
Includes: PDF of printable tiles for narrative retelling
Focus: narrative retelling
Includes: retelling talking strips at two levels in te reo Māori
Focus: retelling
Includes: a publishing mobile template and student exemplar
Focus: publishing writing
Includes: a Partner-check card for junior students
Focus: editing writing
Includes: a three page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice.
Focus: questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing
Includes: two elaboration prompts posters
Focus: supporting students to explain their thinking and add detail to their ideas
Includes: a template with six kindness coupons
Focus: showing gratitude and fostering generosity
Includes: a template and two exemplars
Focus: reflecting on the year and recording interesting learnings
