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RESOURCES

We are excited to share our junior literacy resources with the wonderful teachers of Aotearoa.

The full catalogue of resources is available at our Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Below is a selection of our favourite resources, and free sample packs for Years 1, 2 and 3. New resources are added frequently, so make sure to check in with us via our Facebook page or sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

MAGENTA TO GREEN HIGH FREQUENCY WORD POEMS

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The complete set of 33 High Frequency Word Poems from Magenta to Green (NZ Reading Colour Wheel). We have your whole year covered!

KĀKANO AND TUPU PHONICS PLUS RESOURCE BUNDLE

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This is a discounted bundle pack including the Kākano and Tupu Listening Post QR Code Posters and Follow Up Activities for the 24 texts.

EMERGENT WRITING FRAMES
BUNDLE PACK

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This bundle includes Pack One and Pack Two Emergent Writing Frames- a total of 16 writing frames. These frames use Magenta high frequency words to help new entrant and young struggling writers to write simple sentences. 

READING LEARNING INTENTIONS
YEARS 0 - 3

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This resource is a comprehensive list of reading learning intentions for Years 0-3. These learning intentions are levelled in accordance with the Ready to Read Colour wheel (Magenta to Gold).

WRITING LEARNING INTENTIONS 
YEARS 0 - 3

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This Free Literacy Sample pack includes a poster of 6 Ready to Read QR Code audio stories, a Photo and Word Bank Writing Prompt for Level 1a ('Butterflies'), and the full set of Level 1a Writing Learning Intentions.

ANIMALS OF AFRICA + ASIA
QR CODE RESEARCH BUNDLE

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This bundle includes the Animals of Asia and Animals of Africa QR Code Research. Aimed at Year 3/4 students, this resource uses QR Codes to connect students with specially selected web pages relating to various animals of Africa.

PHOTO AND WORD BANK 
WRITING PROMPTS (PACK ONE)

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This resource is a set of nine photograph writing prompts, each with a topic-specific vocabulary word bank and sentence starters at two levels, designed for students in Year 2 (Light Blue) and Year 3 (Dark Blue).

READ, COLOUR, COUNT & GRAPH

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This resource features 18 bar graphs which covers the first 100 High Frequency Words, colour-coded to match the Colour Wheel (Magenta to Green).

YEAR 4 WRITING LESSONS
BUNDLE PACK

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This is a Bundle Pack of all four Year 4 (Level 2p) Writing Lesson Packs which includes a total of 20 writing lessons.  Each lesson includes a writing brief, a Success Criteria, and support resources (ie vocabulary list, spelling card, photograph, exemplar).

MAGENTA TO GREEN QR CODE
LISTENING POST

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This resource includes QR Codes for 118 Magenta to Green Ready to Read books, linking students to the Ministry of Education audio recording of the text. These posters include images of  book covers to support young readers to find the book to which they wish to listen.

KĀKANO (PHONICS PLUS) QR CODE
LISTENING POST

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This resource includes QR Codes for 12 Kākano Phonic Plus (Ready to Read) books, linking students to the Ministry of Education audio recording of the text. These posters include images of the book covers to support young readers easily find the book they wish to listen to.

NZ ANIMAL READING COMPREHENSION

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This resource features six short texts about native New Zealand animals (Yellow-Eyed Penguin, Ruru, Māui Dolphin, Longfin Eel, Brown Kiwi, Kea) with four accompanying literal questions, and an ‘I wonder’ question prompt.

ALPHABET CUT AND PASTE

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This resource is an Alphabet Cut and Paste activity. Each A4 alphabet page (featuring a title and image associated with the given letter) has an accompanying A6 sheet with shapes. Essential for every Year 0/1 classroom.

HIGH FREQUENCY WORD
BUNBLE PACK

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This bundle includes the following products: High Frequency Word List, Flashcards, Key ring words, and Student Assessment.

KĀKANO PHONICS PLUS
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES

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Here are 12 follow-up activities that match the 12 books of the Kākano Phonics Plus series (Ready to Read). Each worksheet has four sections: Colour, Write, Read and Draw, and Listen.

ANIMALS OF AFRICA
INFO GATHERING QR CODE RESEARCH

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This resource, designed for Year 2 and 3 kids, is a pack of 6 Animals of Africa QR Code info gathering sheets. The QR Codes link to the Kids National Geographic website pages.

TUPU PHONICS PLUS
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES

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Here are 8 follow-up activities that match the 8 books of the Tupu Phonics Plus series (Ready to Read). Each worksheet has four sections: Colour, Write, Read and Draw, and Listen.

FREE RESOURCES

FREE SAMPLES

YEAR ONE SAMPLE PACK

This Free Literacy Sample pack includes a poster of 6 Ready to Read QR Code audio stories, the 'What I am' Magenta High Frequency Word poem (featuring 'I am a' words), and an Emergent Writing Frame ('We went to the').

FREE SAMPLES

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YEAR TWO SAMPLE PACK

This Free Literacy Sample pack includes a poster of 6 Ready to Read QR Code audio stories, a Photo and Word Bank Writing Prompt for Level 1a ('Butterflies'), and the full set of Level 1a Writing Learning Intentions.

FREE SAMPLES

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YEAR THREE SAMPLE PACK

This Free Literacy Sample pack includes an Animals of Africa QR Code Research worksheet ('Tigers'), a Photo and Word Bank Writing Prompt for Level 2b ('Castles'), and the full set of Orange/Turquoise Reading Learning Intentions.

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