Make your Ready to Read Phonics Plus Tupu 2 lessons easier to extend with this set of structured writing, handwriting and comprehension activities.
These printable worksheets have been created to accompany the current Tupu 2 readers used in New Zealand schools. Each activity draws on the vocabulary, phonics patterns, characters and events in the corresponding book, helping children move from reading a decodable text to writing about it.
Rather than completing unrelated handwriting sentences, students practise writing words and sentences that are connected to the book they have just read.
I have 'test driven' these in my own classroom which is predominantly neurodivergent and ELL learners very successfully.
What is included?
This 28-page printable PDF includes activities for 13 Tupu 2 books:
- Splash!
- Ride to the Top
- Vote for Fin
- A Theme Tune
- Be Brave
- Hoot, Hoot
- Swim Day
- Tūī Has a Plan
- Home Time
- Time to Hide
- The Tall Cone
- The Long Swim
- I Miss Tinā
Activities include
- completing sentences using focus words;
- tracing and copying sentences;
- practising words containing the phonics patterns from each reader;
- answering comprehension questions;
- giving reasons and personal responses;
- drawing in response to the text;
- sequencing events using first, next and then;
- creating simple story maps;
- retelling parts of a story;
- extending ideas beyond the original book.
The activities are scaffolded so that beginning writers can first work with supplied words and sentence frames before moving towards more independent written responses.
Why teachers will find this useful
These pages help students connect:
reading → phonics → handwriting → sentence writing → comprehension
They can be used for:
- guided-reading follow-up;
- BSLA or structured-literacy rotations;
- independent literacy work;
- handwriting practice;
- teacher-aide activities;
- intervention groups;
- homework or home learning;
- revision after completing a Tupu 2 reader.
The large drawing spaces, clear layouts and supported sentence structures make the activities approachable for early writers while still providing opportunities for more confident students to expand their ideas.
Please note
Students will need access to the corresponding Ready to Read Phonics Plus Tupu 2 books. The readers themselves are not included.
This resource is supplied as an A4 PDF and uses New Zealand/British spelling.
Pages: 28
Answer key: Not included
Format: Printable PDF
Recommended level: Junior primary / early Year 1–2 literacy learners
