Teacher Essentials, Issue #2 – Scholastic New Zealand by scholasticnz

801. NEW! CROCODILE HUNGRY BOOK & CVC SPELLIGATORS SET

Snap into reading with the CVC Spelligators Set! Build words with colourful letter gators, then practice with the Crocodile Hungry picture book.

40 pp hardcover + 24 piece CVC set.

$72.98 TE $59.00

802. NEW! PLUS-PLUS ® BIG - METAL SUITCASE

The iconic Plus-Plus ® construction system with bigger pieces for smaller hands! Children build fine motor skills, creativity, and focus as they explore endless design possibilities. Includes 70 pieces and guide book.

$75.99 TE $69.00

804. NEW! The Flower Garden: A Changi Secret

A gorgeously illustrated historical picture book about the women and children of the Changi POW camp.

32-pp hardcover.

$27.99 TE $24.00

806. NEW! The Kids’ Guide to Speaking Your Mind Without Losing Your Cool Full of imaginative activities to encourage cool, calm and rational thinking when sharing differing ideas and opinions.

192 pp.

$27.99 TE $25.00

805. NEW! Sand-Play Time on the Sun-Baked Beach

A seaside story with a lesson in subtraction. 32 pp.

$21.99 TE $12.00

807. NEW! The Umbrella Not everyone finds their place under the same umbrella. So what happens when you want to fit, but can’t?

32-pp hardcover.

$28.00 TE $23.00

808. NEW! Wowee! Look At That Tree! Not every tree grows straight and tall. Some twist and turn, some lean and fall. The story of one small tree who chose to grow a little differently. 32-pp hardcover.

$24.99 TE $14.00

809. NEW! Wild Life: An Animal History of Aotearoa Award-winning author, Philippa Werry, brilliantly tells the New Zealand story from the viewpoint of the animals, birds and insects that live here or once did.

100 pp. $29.99 TE $28.00

810. NEW!

A Very Happy Ramadan

A celebratory story of a little boy’s first Ramadan.

32 pp.

$21.99 TE $10.00

812. Wear a Purple Poppy Lest we forget our four-legged diggers. This book combines a poetic tribute with nonfiction text to educate young readers on the honourable work of these animals. 24-pp hardcover.

$29.99 TE $27.00

811. E Oma, Rāpeti: Kia Hīteki i te Rā Whakanui Māmā Run, Rabbit: Hoppy Mother’s Day It is almost Mother’s Day and Little Rāpeti, the rabbit, and his friends are preparing something special to surprise their mothers.

24 pp.

$19.99 TE $10.00

813. Poppy Field

A new wartime classic from two legends of children’s literature, inspired by the history of the poppy and the famous poem ‘In Flanders Field’ set among the trenches of war-torn Belgium.

80 pp.

$19.99 TE $12.00

814. Easter Shared Reads 6-Pack Hop into Easter festivities with six shared reads. 6 hardcover books, 24-32pp. Titles may vary.

$149.94 TE $45.00

815. NEW! Word Builders: Consonants & Vowels

Get children on the path to reading and spelling success with this set of magnetic foam letter tiles that feature consonants and vowels.

WORD BUILDING , DECODING & LITERACY

816. NEW! Word Builders: Blends & Digraphs

45 letter tiles, a write-on/wipe-off magnetic board, and an 8-page teaching guide.

$31.99 TE $27.00

818. Reading Champions Readers Pack

Every title in this bumper collection has been expertly levelled for children aged five and over who are starting to read independently.

30 books, each 24 pp.

$239.00 TE $99.00

Build children’s confidence in reading and spelling as they build words with letter tiles that feature the most common blends and digraphs.

55 magnetic foam letter tiles, a write-on/wipe-off magnetic board, and an 8-page teaching guide.

$31.99 TE $27.00

SAVE $ 25.00

819. Comprehension Strategies Box 5

The box contains a set of full-colour, differentiated literacy cards designed to support the teaching and learning of nine different comprehension strategies. These well-researched and proven strategies—predicting, visualising, making connections, questioning, clarifying, summarising, determining importance, inferring and synthesising—are compiled to help teachers unlock their students’ reading abilities.

162 cards in the box, colour-coded by strategy.

$375.00 TE $350.00

817. NEW! Word Builders: Advanced Phonics Concepts

Step up to advanced phonics skills with this set of magnetic foam letter tiles that feature long and complex vowel teams.

52 letter tiles, a write-on/wipe-off magnetic board, and an 8-page teaching guide.

$31.99 TE $27.00

820. Read & Write Decodables Set A

9 books, each 12pp.

$49.99 TE $49.00

Build phonics and handwriting skills simultaneously! Specifically designed for students in their first year of school, it covers Letter & Sounds phases 2-4.

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Celebrate 30 Years of National Family Reading Month—May 2026

For 30 years, Scholastic’s NATIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH (NFRM) has been bringing families together through the joy of books. We know that when children read regularly with their families and role models, they gain skills, confidence, and a love of reading that lasts a lifetime. This May, let’s make reading A DAILY HABIT, A FAMILY TRADITION, AND A GIFT THAT LASTS FOREVER.

WHY TAKE PART?

• Reading together strengthens bonds and creates cherished memories.

• Just 10 minutes a day can spark imagination and build lifelong learning skills. In a world full of distractions, reading is a powerful way to pause, connect and inspire.

BE INSPIRED

This year’s Challenge will be more inspirational than ever before with our team of supporters: RETURNING AS AMBASSADOR FOR 2026, by ILLUSTRATOR CHRIS KENNETT together with powerhouse couple EVA AMORES AND MATT COSGROVE, CREATORS OF THE HILARIOUS WORST WEEK EVER SERIES, making the NFRM DREAM TEAM!

THE 31-DAY READING CHALLENGE

We challenge families everywhere to: Read together for 10 minutes every day in May. Share stories, discover new books, and make reading a part of everyday life. Be part of a national movement creating lifelong readers.

NFRM WILL LAUNCH ON FRIDAY, 1ST OF MAY 2026, AT 11 AM AEST AND 1 PM NZST, where it will be livestreamed all across Australia and New Zealand via Facebook and YouTube.

Mr Luke will read his book, MR LUKE’S MAGIC LIBRARY, DINOSAUR TRAIL, together with illustrator Chris Kennett, followed by a reading from Matt and Eva from their latest release, WORST HERO EVER: FEET FIRST! and kick off the 31-Day Challenge, as we READ EVERY DAY! READ MORE IN MAY!

Mr Luke NFRM Ambassador

Chris Kennett NFRM Ambassador

Eva Amores & Matt Cosgrove NFRM Ambassadors

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826.

Magnetic Percentage Tiles

These colourful magnets represent percentages in two different ways: circular, to show groups, and rectangular, to show lengths as parts of a whole. The thick foam, magnetic tiles are quiet to handle and easy for all to see.

106 pieces. Full circle pieces 127mm diameter; full rectangle pieces 203mm long. Primary +

$69.99 TE $55.00

828. NEW! Magna-Tiles Classic 100 Piece Set

A must-have open-ended design and construction set featuring 100 high-quality magnetic pieces that connect to support a wide range of developmental skills.

100 magnetic pieces in 6 Classic colours. This set includes 50 Squares, 4 Large Squares and 46 Triangles (20 Equilateral, 11 Right, 15 Isosceles).

$189.99 TE $169.00

830. Time Puzzles

Colour-coding across hours and minutes supports learning. Unique puzzle joins ensures only the correct pieces fit together and provide self-correcting support for solving each puzzle. Contains 72 piece puzzle (24 completed puzzles).

$19.99 TE $18.00

$ 14.99

827. Magnetic Fraction Tiles

Graphically represent fractions with this set of 106 magnetic fraction tiles. Circular pieces show how fractions are part of a whole, and rectangular pieces show how fractions describe part of a length. The thick foam pieces are quiet to handle and easy for all to see.

106 magnetic soft-foam tiles. Primary + $69.99 TE $55.00

829.

NEW! Place Value Discs

Students can use these discs to develop their concrete and pictorial thinking while exploring numeration and place value, operation skills and large number operations. 300 pieces.

$44.99 TE $40.00

831. 50 Base Ten Activity Cards

50 double-sided laminated activity cards covering topics from subitising to problem solving and ordering, Ty numbers, estimation and trading. Junior Learning. Fifty double-sided, laminated activity cards (each 115mm x 180mm). Primary.