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New Zealand Curriculum · Year 2

73 curriculum codes

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English

Reading

NZ-Y2-ENG-R-C-SDC-1 — opens in a new tab

identify the key message or idea in a text, and retell the key details of the text in response to sequence questions (e.g., what happened? when did it happen? who did it happen to? what happened next?)

40 resources

NZ-Y2-ENG-R-C-SS-1 — opens in a new tab

read complex sentences with subordinating conjunctions, holding the meaning across the whole sentence
follow the subject in consecutive sentences, even when a pronoun, synonym, or noun phrase is used

5 resources

Nifty Nouns: Year 2 Grammar Unit

$4.99

Perfect Pronouns Year 2

$4.99

Pronouns That Keep Meaning Clear - Year 2

$4.99

Read Between the Words - Year 2

$4.99

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

NZ-Y2-ENG-R-C-TFG-1 — opens in a new tab

identify and discuss the purpose, and some of the characteristics, of different types of texts that entertain and texts that inform
identify and discuss the purpose and some of the characteristics of texts from their own or others’ cultures

48 resources

A Bag and a Bird Book Study – Foundation-Year 2

$4.99

Bear-Themed Book Study Bundle | Foundation–Year 1

$6.99

Book Week Primary Celebration Bundle | Foundation–Year 6

$6.99

Celebrating Book Week Unit — Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Character Detectives — Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Context: Place, Time and Culture - Foundation-Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Creating Information Texts – Year 2

$4.99

Creating Narrative Characters – Year 1

$4.99

Creating Persuasives Year 2 Unit

$4.99

Digger Book Study Unit | Years 1–2

$4.99

Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

$34.99

Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

$17.99

Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

$59.99

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

$4.99

How Stories and Reports Are Built - Year 2

$4.99

How to Catch a Star Book Study (F–2)

$4.99

Instructions and Opinions That Work - Year 2

$4.99

Julia Donaldson Author Study & Book Units | Foundation–Year 2 English Bundle

$12.99

Julia Donaldson Author Study F–2

$4.99

Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

$4.99

Mem Fox Author Study F-2

$4.99

Narrative Writing & Retelling F-2 Unit

$4.99

Narrative Writing Year 1 Unit

$4.99

One Topic, Different Text Purposes - Year 1

$4.99

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

$24.99

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Procedural Texts Year 1 Unit

$4.99

Procedural Texts Year 2 Unit

$4.99

Recount Writing Unit – Year 2

$4.99

Recounts Year 1

$4.99

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Rosie’s Walk Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English

$4.99

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Text Clues All Around Us - Year 1

$4.99

The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

$4.99

The Shopping Basket Book Study

$4.99

The Very Cranky Bear Unit - Year 1

$4.99

The Wall in the Middle Book Study

$4.99

Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Types of Texts - Year 1 Unit

$4.99

Types of Texts — Year 2 English Unit Plan

$4.99

Year 1 Informative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 1 Investigating Images Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 1 Summarising Unit

$4.99

NZ-Y2-ENG-R-C-TSSF-1 — opens in a new tab

identify and discuss text features and their purpose (e.g., titles, headings, images, table of contents), the use of story grammar, and how the author uses language purposefully
identify and discuss text features and their purpose, the use of story grammar, and how language is used purposefully in texts from their own or others’ cultures

62 resources

A Bag and a Bird Book Study – Foundation-Year 2

$4.99

Bear-Themed Book Study Bundle | Foundation–Year 1

$6.99

Book Week Primary Celebration Bundle | Foundation–Year 6

$6.99

Book Week Unit – Foundation to Year 6

$4.99

Celebrating Book Week Unit — Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Chants We Can Change - Year 2

$4.99

Character Detectives — Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Characters Belong in Places - Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Characters I Like and Why - Year 2

$4.99

Context: Place, Time and Culture - Foundation-Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Creating Information Texts – Year 2

$4.99

Creating Narrative Characters – Year 1

$4.99

Creating Persuasives Year 2 Unit

$4.99

Digger Book Study Unit | Years 1–2

$4.99

Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

$34.99

Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

$17.99

Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

$59.99

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

$4.99

How Stories and Reports Are Built - Year 2

$4.99

How to Catch a Star Book Study (F–2)

$4.99

If the Setting Changed - Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Instructions and Opinions That Work - Year 2

$4.99

Julia Donaldson Author Study & Book Units | Foundation–Year 2 English Bundle

$12.99

Julia Donaldson Author Study F–2

$4.99

Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

$4.99

Mem Fox Author Study F-2

$4.99

Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

$4.99

Narrative Writing & Retelling F-2 Unit

$4.99

Narrative Writing Year 1 Unit

$4.99

One Topic, Different Text Purposes - Year 1

$4.99

Our Story-Place Gallery - Year 2

$4.99

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

$24.99

Poems with Rhythm and Rhyme - Year 2

$4.99

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Procedural Texts Year 1 Unit

$4.99

Procedural Texts Year 2 Unit

$4.99

Reading Picture Clues - Year 2

$4.99

Recount Writing Unit – Year 2

$4.99

Recounts Year 1

$4.99

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Rosie’s Walk Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English

$4.99

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Text Clues All Around Us - Year 1

$4.99

The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

$4.99

The Impact of Images in Texts — Year 2

$4.99

The Shopping Basket Book Study

$4.99

The Very Cranky Bear Unit - Year 1

$4.99

The Wall in the Middle Book Study

$4.99

Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Types of Texts - Year 1 Unit

$4.99

Types of Texts — Year 2 English Unit Plan

$4.99

Year 1 Informative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 1 Investigating Images Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 1 Summarising Unit

$4.99

Year 2 Creating Characters and Settings Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 2 Narrative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 2 Navigating Screen Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 2 Poetry Unit

$4.99

NZ-Y2-ENG-R-C-V-2 — opens in a new tab

use knowledge from other year 2 learning areas and topics to determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text

3 resources

Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

$17.99

Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

$4.99

Year 1 Informative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

NZ-Y2-ENG-R-CA-CR-1 — opens in a new tab

identify connections between the ideas expressed in texts and their own knowledge of topics and other texts, their experiences, and their knowledge of the world
respond to texts by sharing opinions and personal feelings about the ideas in texts.

28 resources