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New Zealand Curriculum · Year 3

77 curriculum codes

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English

Reading

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

Book Week Primary Celebration Bundle | Foundation–Year 6

Book Week Unit – Foundation to Year 6

Celebrating Book Week Unit — Foundation to Year 2

Character Detectives — Foundation–Year 2

Character Development in Narratives - Year 3

Characters in Words and Pictures - Year 3

Compare Texts and Explain Your Choice - Year 2

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

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

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

How to Catch a Star Book Study (F–2)

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

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

Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

Narrative Writing & Retelling F-2 Unit

Our Reading Choices and Reasons - Year 3

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

Reading Picture Clues - Year 2

Responding to Literature Year 3

Say What You Like and Why - Year 2

The Impact of Images in Texts — Year 2

The Shopping Basket Book Study

Types of Texts — Year 2 English Unit Plan

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

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

Year 2 Narrative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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

Genre: How Stories Work - Years 3-6

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

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

Picture It in Poetry and Prose - Year 3

Proper Nouns and List Commas Year 2

Rhythm Makes Meaning - Year 3

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

Year 2 Excellent Editing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Onomatopoeia Unit

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-WR-D-1 — opens in a new tab

decode words with less-common spellings, using their phonics knowledge

17 resources

Adjectives & Adjective Groups Years 1–5 English Unit Bundle

Adjectives Year 3 Unit

Blending and Segmenting Year 3

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

Evaluative Language - Year 3

Images in Texts – Year 3

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

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

Multisyllabic Words – Year 3

Picture Clues Tell the Story - Year 3

Pictures Speak to the Reader - Year 3

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

Year 3 Adverbs Unit of Work

Year 3 Decoding Unknown Words Unit

Year 3 Past Present Future Tense Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Phonics, Spelling & Word Study Unit Bundle

Year 3 Vivid Verbs Unit | Worksheets, Activities & Assessment

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-WR-D-2 — opens in a new tab

decode words with a wide range of prefixes (in-, dis-) and suffixes (-less, -ful), using their phonics and morpheme knowledge

10 resources

Affixes, Morphemes & Word Origins Years 2–6 Bundle

Fabulous Affixes Year 2

Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Prefixes and Suffixes Year 3

Suffix Decisions that Work - Year 3

Unpack a Longer Word - Year 3

Word Families Across a Text - Year 3

Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Year 2 Morphemes Unit

Year 2 Set 06 Decodable Readers - The prefixes dis-, mis-, pre- and the suffix -ment

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

decode multi-syllable words, including words with unstressed syllables, using their syllable, morpheme, and word knowledge

7 resources

Blending and Segmenting Year 3

Multisyllabic Words – Year 3

Prefixes and Suffixes Year 3

Suffix Decisions that Work - Year 3

Unpack a Longer Word - Year 3

Word Families Across a Text - Year 3

Year 3 Phonics, Spelling & Word Study Unit Bundle

NZ-Y3-ENG-R-WR-D-4 — opens in a new tab

use their phonics and morpheme knowledge to read words that are not entirely regular, including high-frequency words

14 resources

Bases Keep Words Connected - Year 2

Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Silent Letters Year 2 Unit

Spelling Changes with a Reason | Year 2

Tricky Words in Word Families - Year 2

Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Year 2 Set 01 Decodable Readers - Year 2 launch review of the cumulative code

Year 2 Set 02 Decodable Readers - ph as f, ch as k or sh, and wh as h

Year 2 Set 03 Decodable Readers - kn, wr, gn, mb and selected silent l and w

Year 2 Set 04 Decodable Readers - Less common spellings for the ai and ee sounds

Year 2 Set 05 Decodable Readers - Less common vowel spellings, including oe, ou and ough

Year 2 Set 06 Decodable Readers - The prefixes dis-, mis-, pre- and the suffix -ment

Year 2 Set 07 Decodable Readers - Sustained cumulative reading and fluency

Year 2 Set 08 Decodable Readers - Final transfer and targeted revision