Year 3 · English · Reading
Kinds of texts
Tell stories, recounts, instructions and reports apart by their purpose and features.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Kinds of texts — Find the problem in a story, tap bossy verbs, put steps in order, sort report facts under headings and work out why each text was written with Kiri.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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