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New Zealand Curriculum · Year 3 · English · Reading

19 curriculum codes

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English

Reading

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-C-V-1 — opens in a new tab

use knowledge of context clues, prefixes, and root words to understand new vocabulary in texts that are read to them

19 resources

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-CA-CR-1 — opens in a new tab

make connections within and between texts and their own knowledge of topics, their experiences, and their knowledge of the world
discuss differences and similarities in how texts are interpreted or viewed
respond to texts by sharing opinions and personal thoughts and feelings about the ideas in texts.

41 resources

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

$4.99

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

$4.99

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

Character Development in Narratives - Year 3

$4.99

Characters Belong in Places - Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Characters I Like and Why - Year 2

$4.99

Characters in Words and Pictures - Year 3

$4.99

Compare Texts and Explain Your Choice - Year 2

$4.99

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

$4.99

Digger Book Study Unit | Years 1–2

$4.99

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

$4.99

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

If the Setting Changed - Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

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

$12.99

Julia Donaldson Author Study F–2

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox Literature Bundle | Years 3–6

$6.99

Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

$4.99

Mem Fox Author Study F-2

$4.99

Our Reading Choices and Reasons - Year 3

$4.99

Our Story-Place Gallery - Year 2

$4.99

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Predicting Comprehension Foundation–Year 6 English Unit Bundle

$19.99

Predicting Reading Comprehension Unit

$4.99

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

Responding to Literature Year 3

$4.99

Say What You Like and Why - Year 2

$4.99

The Impact of Images in Texts — Year 2

$4.99

Types of Texts — Year 2 English Unit Plan

$4.99

Visualising Comprehension Foundation–Year 6 English Unit Bundle

$19.99

Visualising Comprehension Year 3

$4.99

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

$4.99

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

$4.99

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

$4.99

Year 3 Inferencing Unit | Reading Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 3 Making Connections Unit Plan

$4.99

Year 3 Questioning Unit | Reading Strategy Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 3 Summarising Unit | Reading Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-CA-IP-1 — opens in a new tab

share what they notice is included and missing from texts (e.g., perspectives shown or not shown) and explain the effect of this
discuss how language, text features, and visual images are used to influence feelings, thoughts, and actions

29 resources

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

$4.99

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

Character Detectives — Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Character Development in Narratives - Year 3

$4.99

Characters in Words and Pictures - Year 3

$4.99

Compare Texts and Explain Your Choice - Year 2

$4.99

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

$4.99

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

How to Catch a Star Book Study (F–2)

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox Literature Bundle | Years 3–6

$6.99

Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

$4.99

Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

$4.99

Narrative Writing & Retelling F-2 Unit

$4.99

Our Reading Choices and Reasons - Year 3

$4.99

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Reading Picture Clues - Year 2

$4.99

Responding to Literature Year 3

$4.99

Say What You Like and Why - Year 2

$4.99

The Impact of Images in Texts — Year 2

$4.99

The Shopping Basket Book Study

$4.99

Types of Texts — Year 2 English Unit Plan

$4.99

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

$4.99

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

$4.99

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

$4.99

Year 2 Narrative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-WR-COP-3 — opens in a new tab

identify and explain the purpose of punctuation features such as speech marks, commas, exclamation marks, question marks, and parentheses, and print features such as bold print and italics

10 resources