New Zealand Reading – Junior Journal 55 - Activity Worksheets

Follow-up activity sheets for ‘NZ Junior Journal 55’ for your classroom reading programme.

This resource will save you hours of time!

A worksheet for every item in the journal (1 story, 3 articles 1 play and 1 poem).

Answer sheets are provided where applicable.

13 Worksheets Included:
♦ Identifying ‘kiwi’ things on NZ money. Acronyms / initialisms.
♦ Design a new coin / note.
♦ Complete a table. True or false?
♦ If you were to design a new banknote …
♦ ‘Who’ questions.
♦ Research task – graphic organiser (Kea bird)
♦ Glossary for Maori words. Comprehension questions. Finish a tukutuku pattern.
♦ Repeat a tukutuku ‘staircase’ pattern on a grid. (Example also provided).
♦ Create a tukutuku pattern on a grid.
♦ Author intention / message. Figurative language. Symbolism.
♦ Graphic organiser – is/can/has. Draw and label a picture.
♦ Cloze activity (fill in the missing words).

Plus 2 BONUS worksheets:
JJ55 contains the final chapter in the story ‘Zapped’ (chapters 1-3 in JJ52, 53, 54) so I have included a couple of extra activity sheets that look at all 4 chapters.
♦ Draw and write about a main event in each chapter.
♦ Book/story review.

Junior Journal Hunt:
Also included is a 'Junior Journal Hunt'. 32 questions - one question for every page in the book. Questions relate to the text (eg comprehension, word study, etc) and the pictures. A word study reference sheet is included for your students to refer to (less interruptions while you're with another group!) and certificate templates to celebrate the children's success and effort.

Head to my store to view my other Junior Journal resources (from JJ 40 onwards).

Topics in Junior Journal 55:
♦ New Zealand money
♦ New Zealand Māori culture – tukutuku panels
♦ New Zealand birds
♦ Robot mayhem


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