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New Zealand Curriculum · Year 5

76 curriculum codes

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English

Reading

NZ-Y5-ENG-OL-C-SDC-1 — opens in a new tab

identify the central theme or main idea of a text, summarise the key details that support the theme or idea, and draw a conclusion

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NZ-Y5-ENG-OL-C-TFG-1 — opens in a new tab

recognise and describe the main differences between types of text, including cultural texts from their own and others’ cultures

30 resources

An Event Becomes History - Year 4

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Belonging in Places and Times - Year 4

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Character, Setting and Plot – Year 4

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Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

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Fables Unit – Year 4

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Friendship Stories, Different Worlds - Year 4

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From Opinions to Findings - Year 4

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History Inside an Australian Story: Storm Boy Context Unit – Year 5

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Just Tricking Years 3–6 English Unit

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Multimodal Texts — Year 5 Unit

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Narrative Writing Unit - Year 4

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Objective and Subjective Language – Year 4

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Peeling Paragraphs - Year 4 English Unit

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Perspective & Context English Unit

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Persuasive Texts Year 4 Unit

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Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

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Reading Country and Community in Bindi - Year 5 Unit Plan

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Sport, Memory and the Missing Moment — Year 4 English Unit

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Text Purpose, Structure and Features - Year 5

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Two Anniversaries, Different Emphasis - Year 4

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Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

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World Stories, Contextual Lenses — Year 5 English

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Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

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Year 4 Poetry Unit

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Year 4 Procedural Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games, Quiz and Assessment

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Year 4 Text Purpose, Structure and Features Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 5 Narrative Texts Unit

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Year 5 Persuasive Writing Unit

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Year 5 Persuasive Writing Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Years 4–5 Data, Chance & Paragraph Writing | 7 Unit Bundle

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NZ-Y5-ENG-OL-C-TSSF-1 — opens in a new tab

identify and discuss how authors use text features, language features, and structures in purposeful ways
identity and discuss how authors use text features, language features, and structures in purposeful ways in texts from their own and others’ cultures
explore how language is used to effect within texts, including the use of figurative and literal language to convey meaning

34 resources

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

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Book Week Primary Celebration Bundle | Foundation–Year 6

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Book Week Unit – Foundation to Year 6

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Character, Setting and Plot – Year 4

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Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

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Follow the Clues Online - Year 4

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Genre: How Stories Work - Years 3-6

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History Inside an Australian Story: Storm Boy Context Unit – Year 5

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Just Tricking Years 3–6 English Unit

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Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

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

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Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

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Multimodal Texts — Year 5 Unit

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Narrative Writing Unit - Year 4

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Online Texts Year 4 Unit

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Peeling Paragraphs - Year 4 English Unit

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Persuasive Texts Year 4 Unit

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Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

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Reading Country and Community in Bindi - Year 5 Unit Plan

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Sneetches Year 4 English Unit

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Text Purpose, Structure and Features - Year 5

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Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

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World Stories, Contextual Lenses — Year 5 English

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Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

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Year 4 Literary Devices Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 4 Making Inferences Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 4 Poetry Unit

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Year 4 Procedural Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games, Quiz and Assessment

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Year 4 Text Purpose, Structure and Features Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 5 Narrative Texts Unit

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Year 5 Persuasive Writing Unit

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Year 5 Persuasive Writing Unit

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Year 5 Persuasive Writing Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Years 4–5 Data, Chance & Paragraph Writing | 7 Unit Bundle

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NZ-Y5-ENG-OL-C-V-1 — opens in a new tab

infer from context clues and use an increasing knowledge of morphology to independently determine the meaning of words with more than one affix (e.g., ‘exportable’ is made up of ‘ex’ (out of) , ‘port’ (to carry), and ‘able’, turning it into an adjective describing an item that can be carried out of a place)
use knowledge from other year 5 learning areas and topics to determine the meaning of base words, whole words, and phrases in a text

12 resources

NZ-Y5-ENG-OL-WRRE-D-1 — opens in a new tab

decode multi-syllable words by applying their knowledge of the alphabetic code, morphology, and syllables
develop reading stamina and read longer texts independently

5 resources