Purple PM Reader Activities Level 19 and 20
Description
Save your time and know that your students are completing follow-up activities featuring a range of reading skills and higher-order thinking. This resource provides follow-up activities for the PM Purple Level readers found in New Zealand schools. An engaging “Must Do, Choose Two” format is used to develop your students’ sense of agency and choice.
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In this set of follow-up activities for PM Purple Level Readers, you will receive:
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1. 8 engaging follow-up activities – one for each reader included.
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Purple-level texts included are:
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Nelson Gets a Fright
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Star and Patches
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A New Friend
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A Spider in my Bedroom
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The Halfway Party
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Rex Plays Fetch
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Emily’s Surprise
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Making a Model Sports Stadium
2. A range of engaging activities. Each activity sheet features seven activities and a range of higher-order thinking skills, including analysing, evaluating and creating.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies and Higher-Order Thinking included:
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Making inferences
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Making connections
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Creating
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Evaluating
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Visualising
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Using vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, synonyms, similes, alternatives to said)
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Identifying text features
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Sequencing
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Analysing characters
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Thinking critically
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Considering the author’s purpose
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3. Two Activity Extras
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Clipboard
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Character Web Example
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4. Two Teacher Guide pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.
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Please note, to use this resource, you need to have access to the Purple Level PM readers, found in New Zealand primary schools.
Answers have not been included due to the open-ended nature of many of these activities.















