Bumblebee Resources NZ

The full set of teacher and student books of four minute challenges: Year 2 - Piwakawaka Year 3A - Kereru Year 3B - Kotare Year 4 - Hoiho Year 5 - Ruru Year 6 - Whio Year 7&8 - Korimako This programme is designed to run alongside the NZC in your classroom, tracking and testing immediate recall of basic facts knowledge at the appropriate year level. Student books include one version of each set (a), whilst the teacher books include 5 versions of each set (a,b,c,d,e). Printing these resources on

My Taumata 3 WorkbookAn entire term of work, with 50 pages of resources covering 10 weeks of literacy sessions. Activities to follow up structured literacy sessions. These tasks are specifically created to support students at Stage 3, and cover these skills: - split digraphs (i-e, a-e, o-e, e-e and u-e) - ew - ue - short and long vowels - all family - ell family - soft c and soft g - adding 'ing' rule - adding 'ed' rule - the grapheme y For each week of the programme there are four worksheets (

My Taumata 2 WorkbookAn entire term of work, with 50 pages of resources covering 10 weeks of literacy sessions. Activities to follow up structured literacy sessions. These tasks are specifically created to support students at Taumata 2 (Stage 2), and cover these skills: - th - j - y - z - double consonants ss ll zz and ff - tch - x - ee - s, l and r blends - final blends sk, nk, st, ft, nt, sp, mp and pt - long oo as in hoot - short oo as in cook - qu For each week of the programme there are fo

My Taumata 4 WorkbookAn entire term of work, with 50 pages of resources covering 10 weeks of literacy sessions. Activities to follow up structured literacy sessions. These tasks are specifically created to support students at Taumata 4 (Stage 4), and cover these skills: - ai / ay - ar - oa - igh - ea - ur - or - er / ir (schwa) - air / ear - ph - ea - ow - ou - oi / oy For each week of the programme there are four worksheets (one per session) and a fifth decodable reader containing target words

Wordsearch Pack A set of all 40 wordsearch activities for Taumata 2, 3, 4, and 5. One wordsearch per week, with 10-15 words selected per weekly focus. An independent activity or home learning task to support your daily Structured Literacy lessons. Appropriate for Tier 1 or 2 students. Packs include answer keys for each wordsearch.

A set of 15 activities for PM fiction texts at Level 26 (Emerald). Titles are: Boys Don't Dance, The Junkyard Dog, Super-Tuned!, The Saddest Dog, The Trouble With Oatmeal, Scamp, Trash and Treasure, A Medal for Molly, Midnight in the Tunnel, Runaway Alien, Lucky Thursday, The Crystal Unicorn, The Mystery at Number 7, Dog Day, My Brother Harry. PRINT SETTINGS: I recommend that you print this resource in a "magazine" format, with two staples at the centre, in colour, double-sided on A3 paper. You'

A set of 15 activities for PM Chapter Books and Non-fiction books at Level 25 (Emerald). Titles are: Dolphin Dreaming, Fish for Dinner, Getting the Message, Grandma's Smile, Hector's Electro Pet Shop, How Does Your Garden Grow, Looking at Art, Miss Thackery and the Bee, Moving On, Popcorn the Wonder Pony, Queen of the Pool, Tall Tales, The Grand Street Theatre Robbery, The Sun, Yo-yos.

My Taumata 5 Workbook An entire term of work, with 50 pages of resources covering 10 weeks of literacy sessions. Activities to follow up structured literacy sessions. These tasks are specifically created to support students at Taumata 5 (Stage 5), and cover these skills: - contractions - open and closed syllables - -le words - consonant doubling - ch / tch - ed ending - prefixes "un" "mid" and "re" - suffixes -ful and -est - suffix -ly For each week of the programme there are four worksheets (on

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 2 Piwakawaka Teacher Book 8 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 2 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 40 sheets in total. A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 3A Kereru Teacher Book 12 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 3 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 60 sheets in total. (Book 3A is for addition and subtraction) A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 3B Kotare Teacher Book 10 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 3 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 50 sheets in total. (Book 3B is for multiplication and division) A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 4 Hoiho Teacher Book 8 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 4 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 40 sheets in total. A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 7&8 Korimako Teacher Book 10 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 7 and 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 50 sheets in total. A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 5 Ruru Teacher Book 8 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 40 sheets in total. A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

A set of 15 activities for PM texts at Level 28 (Ruby). Includes answer sheets. 10 titles are fiction, 5 titles non-fiction. Titles are: Firelight Secrets, Hop to it Minty, The Big Toe Robbery, The Bear Collection, Splashdown, Ironkid, The Beast, The Flower Necklace, Scubakid, Train Music, Past Work Future Work, Sports on Wheels, Frogs Fascinating and Fragile, Wildlife in the City, Extreme Sports. PRINT SETTINGS: I recommend that you print this resource in a "magazine" format, with two staples a

Basic Facts Practice Sheets - Year 6 Whio Teacher Book 12 sets of basic facts which become progressively harder through the book, targetting Year 6 of the New Zealand Curriculum. There are five versions of each set, so 60 sheets in total. A student book is also available for this level, with a single sheet for each set.

Teachers' Resource: Reading Comprehension Task Cards 12 Theme: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reading ages 8-13, RYL 3-8 25 independent comprehension activities based on stories and articles from the New Zealand School Journal. Questions are based on Blooms' Revised Taxonomy, with six levels of questions that probe progressively deeper into the student's understanding of the text and its wider implications. The questions not only examine comprehension, they also offer activities to take the reader deepe

A set of 14 activities for PM texts at Level 27 (Ruby). 9 titles are fiction, 5 titles non-fiction. Titles are: Caring for the Earth, Changing Cultures, Having Fun Then and Now, How Animals Communicate, Mozart, Needing a Friend, Out of Bounds, Phan's Diary, Photographic Memory, Some Dog, Sport's Beginnings, The Seven Stones of Sligo, Thea and the Tink-it-arium, Whirlwind. PRINT SETTINGS: I recommend that you print this resource in a "magazine" format, with two staples at the centre, in colour,

Writing Prompts for Christmas: New Zealand theme 20 visual writing prompts for the lead up to Christmas in New Zealand: Santa Parades, Christmas shopping, trips to the beach, the bach, and get togethers with family and friends... all in the sun. (With one snowy scene thrown in just for a bit of discussion).

A set of 11 activities for PM non-fiction texts at Level 26 (Emerald). Titles are: The Bicycle Book, Kites, Dancing to the Beat, Design All Around Us, Spin Weave Knit and Knot, The Puppet Show, High-Speed Trains, Exploring Caves, The Water Cycle, Food We Eat Then and Now, Music Technology. PRINT SETTINGS: I recommend that you print this resource in a "magazine" format, with two staples at the centre, in colour, double-sided on A3 paper. You'll get a very user-friendly booklet in full size of it.