Teacher Essentials Issue 7 – Scholastic New Zealand
802. NEW! WHENUA: MĀORI PŪRĀKAU OF AOTEAROA
From sleeping giants to battling mountains, fiery sisters to adventurous trees, dig into Whenua and discover eleven tales of how Aotearoa was formed beneath our feet. 96-pp hardcover.
$39.99 TE $35.00
801. NEW! RĀKAU: THE NATIVE TREES OF AOTEAROA
A beautifully illustrated guide to the evolution, habitats and variety of the rākau (trees) and ngahere (forests) of Aotearoa for young readers. Written and illustrated in award-winning Ned Barraud’s hallmark accessible, informative and captivating style. 48-pp hardcover. $35.00 TE $29.00
SAVE $ 6.00
804. NEW! NEW ZEALAND FISH OF THE WEEK: NGĀ IKA O TE WIKI
Based on the popular Nursery rhyme ‘Monday’s Child’, New Zealand Fish of the Week—Ngā Ika o Te Wiki features fun facts and stunning photography of the sealife found in our oceans—from the majestic eagle ray to the powerful mako shark! 32 pp.
$21.99 TE $18.00
803. NEW! TE NGAHERE I TE PŌ: THE FOREST AT NIGHT
As the sun sets, which creatures come to life as others drift to sleep. A stunning picture book that explores the hidden world of nocturnal creatures in Aotearoa New Zealand’s bush. 32 pp.
805. NEW! DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE SLEIGH! Pigeon has a holiday dream to drive a sleigh! 40 pp. $18.99 TE $16.00
NEW PICTURE BOOKS
812. NEW!
The Wonderful Stranges
When the Strange family moves into town, the villagers treat them with suspicion. A glorious story about accepting differences.
32 pp.
$21.99 TE $15.00
813. NEW! I’m Very Busy Oliver Jeffers’ bold and brilliant art pairs with a powerful story that reminds us friendship matters more than the busyness of a day.
32-pp hardcover.
$29.99 TE $24.00
815. NEW! Duck’s New Words
Duck is back - and this time, Duck has discovered some exciting new words! 24 pp.
$21.99 TE $10.00
814. NEW! Run, Rabbit: Christmas Countdown E Oma, Rapeti: Kua Kainamu te Kirihimete
With Christmas just five sleeps away, Rapeti makes his own preparations for the big day, culminating in a warm family celebration.
24 pp.
$19.99 TE $10.00
$ 9.99
816. NEW! Dinosaur Trail
Mr Luke’s class goes on a magical adventure with dinosaurs! 24-pp hardcover.
$24.99 TE $12.00
818. NEW! Humble Bumble 2-Pack
The Queen Bee delivers a lesson in humility and Humble Bumble discovers ‘kotahitanga’ and the benefits of working together. 32 pp each.
$43.98 TE $16.00
$ 9.99
817. NEW! War Dog A beautiful story about the love and loyalty of dogs and the importance of animal companions. 32 pp.
$21.99 TE $12.00
819. NEW! Boldilocks
Boldilocks is a boy with spectacular, shimmering hair, who finds that differences can be difficult to deal with—and that sometimes, it’s best to be bold. 32-pp hardcover.
$29.99 TE $19.00
A highly illustrated, playful field guide for budding natural scientists and curious observers of the world right under our noses. 120-pp hardcover. $39.99 TE $35.00
821.
The Omnibird describes 12 common birds from habitats around the world. To open your ornithological eyes and ears, meet the Omnibird. 96-pp hardcover.
822. Diary of a Marine Biologist
Follow a week in the life of a marine biologist, and learn about our magical, mysterious watery world. 32-pp hardcover.
$27.99 TE $25.00
823. NEW! Did You Know? 2-Pack
Uncover the secret lives of Kiwi, iconic flightless birds, a national symbol of New Zealand and also get the low-down on Kea, clever and charismatic mountain parrots. Each 24 pp. $33.98 TE $26.00
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Why don’t you try some of these ‘book’ problems with your THE BAR MODEL students can use to help solve word problems. It is fully integrated into
Oliver is reading a book with 87 pages in it. So far, he has read 53 pages. How many more pages does he have to read?
PR1ME Mathematics in New Zealand
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87 – 53 = 34
Oliver has 34 more pages to read.
Max borrowed 3 times as many books from the library as Amy. Jack borrowed half as many books as Amy. Amongst the three children, they borrowed 72 books. How many books did Amy borrow?
borrowed 16
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Mia surveyed her class for the number of fiction and non-fiction books they read in the last month. She found that her classmates read 273 fiction books and 87 fewer non-fiction books. How many non-fiction did Grace’s class read? How many books did they read altogether?
273 – 87 = 186
Grace’s class read 186 non-fiction books last month.
273 + 186 = 459
Grace’s class read 459 books altogether.
Billi read one third of a 180 page book on Monday and three quarters of the remaining pages on Tuesday. How many pages did she have left to read?
There were 120 pages to read after Monday. 1
There were 30 pages left to read.
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MATHS MUST-HAVES!
832. Magna-Tiles Classic
Children
Multiplication Dominoes
Help children to improve multiplication skills and boost critical thinking and problemsolving skills. Comes in a handy collector's tin for easy storage.
836. Number Line Bubble Board
Students pop bubbles on the number line to learn simple counting, skip counting, and number properties skills. Measures 43 x 5cm.
dominoes. $19.99 TE $18.00
835. Mathlink Cubes 11-20 Activity Set
Children see how numbers really work as they build their own Numberblocks from 11 to 20 and master the maths skills of counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing through hands-on discovery and play.
