Junior Journal – Series introduction
Junior Journal is an instructional reading series for year 3 students who are working at early level 2 in the New Zealand Curriculum.
About this resource
This page describes Junior Journal, a Ministry of Education publication primarily for year 3 students preparing to move to the School Journal series.
Junior Journal – Series introduction
Junior Journal supports students to make the transition from early instructional readers to the miscellany format of the School Journal. Each issue is aligned to level 2 of The New Zealand Curriculum.
Texts in Junior Journal have fewer illustrations than early readers and denser text layouts to prepare students for reading longer texts. Junior Journal builds on students’ previous learning and provides opportunities to learn across the curriculum.
Digital copies
Digital copies of Junior Journals are available to download on Tāhūrangi.
You can find digital copies by searching for them on the Literacy (incl. Instructional Series) page on Tāhūrangi.
Select the Junior Journal series filter from the left side of the page to aid your search.
You will find entire journals, as well as individual articles from within the journals available to download. Teacher support materials (TSMs) are also available for some articles.
Order copies
Copies of Junior Journals are distributed free to primary schools that use the New Zealand Curriculum.
Schools can re-order print copies of Junior Journal issues at Down the Back of the Chair.
Other literacy series for New Zealand primary schools
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School Journal – Series introduction
The School Journal series supports students in years 4−8 to develop the knowledge and skills required to meet the reading demands of all the curriculum areas. Each issue is aligned to either level 2, level 3, or level 4 of the New Zealand Curriculum.
1 of 3CHAPTERS – Series introduction
The CHAPTERS series is designed to support students in year 3 to make the transition to reading longer texts.
2 of 3School Journal Story Library – Series introduction
School Journal Story Library is a targeted instructional reading series for teachers to use to accelerate literacy learning with students in years 5–8.
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