The English-medium literacy instructional series support teaching and learning through years 1–8. They include:
Each series is designed for a specific stage in students’ learning, providing supports and challenges to scaffold their growing understandings, and to prepare them for the next stage in their learning.
All series include student and teacher support materials, and many are accompanied by audio versions.
An online catalogue has been created for Instructional Series.
You'll find Teacher support materials (TSM), audio files and digital copies of the text where available.
Related content
More information about the literacy instructional series is available in Issue 3 of The New Zealand Curriculum Update.
More information about reading year levels and the process of levelling texts for the instructional series is available in Issue 13 of the New Zealand Curriculum Update.
Ordering resources
These resources are provided to all primary schools. Additional or replacement copies can be obtained from Down the Back of the Chair.
LIFT Education produce the Instructional Series on behalf of the Ministry of Education. If you would like to find out more about contributing to the Instructional Series, further information is available on the Lift Education site.
