NAPLAN Teaching Resources
Teaching year 3 or year 5? Then you know NAPLAN 2024 is on the horizon. If you're looking for curriculum-aligned resources for your NAPLAN preparation, you've landed in the right place!
The Teach Starter teacher team has you covered with reading, writing, conventions of language and numeracy resources all created with your teaching needs in mind.
Explore writing prompts, assessment rubrics, persuasive writing and narrative writing worksheets and activities, resources designed to help students learn to make inferences while reading, and more ways to build literacy skills. You'll also find a host of maths resources that boost students' ability to understand patterns, recognise equivalences, work mathematically and more numeracy skills.
If you're new to teaching a NAPLAN testing year or just want to get prepared, read on for a look at important ACARA testing dates for 2024, plus a look at the history of NAPLAN.
When Is NAPLAN 2024?
There was a major move in NAPLAN testing dates in 2023, with the announcement from ACARA that NAPLAN has permanently moved to March.
The 9-day NAPLAN testing window in 2024 will be Wednesday 13 March to Monday 25 March 2024.
To help you get ready, our teacher team has put together a list of the important dates for year 3 and year 5 teachers to prepare for NAPLAN testing in 2024.
- Beginning of Term 4, 2023 — Practice testing in the NAPLAN training environment open to all schools
- Wednesday 13 March — Monday 25 March 2024 — NAPLAN 2024 test window
- Wednesday 13 March 2024 — Year 3 and Year 5 will commence reading and writing tests on day 1 of the NAPLAN test window
- Thursday 14 March — Year 3 and Year 5 will commence conventions of language and numeracy testing on day 2 of the NAPLAN test window. This day will also be used for writing for Year 5 if there are technical or logistical limitations.
- Thursday 14 March — Monday 18 March 2024 — Year 3 writing catch-up tests will be offered
- Thursday 14 March — Monday 25 March 2024 — Other catch-up tests will be offered for year 3 and year 5
- May 2024 — NAP Opt-in assessment in science literacy for year 6
The transition to online NAPLAN was officially completed in 2022, so most students will take computer-based tests in 2024 with one exception — writing will be completed on paper by year 3 students.
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Persuasive Device Examples – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Match the persuasive writing techniques with the correct examples using this simple cut-and-paste worksheet perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Persuasive Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' persuasive writing.
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Rhetorical Questions Interactive Activity
Explore rhetorical questions with your students using this digital game perfect for your persuasive writing lessons.
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Persuasive Writing Planning Flipbook
Explore the persuasive writing structure in this engaging persuasive writing flipbook.
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 5 - PowerPoint
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 5 on PowerPoint.
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Naked Mole Rat - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Read and learn facts about the naked mole rat with a printable reading comprehension worksheet pack for year 4 and 5.
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Persuasive Device Definitions – Match-Up Worksheet
Have students match the persuasive devices with their definitions using this simple one-page worksheet.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Informative Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' informative writing.
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Persuasive Paragraph Topic Sentences – Digital Template
Unlock persuasive writing paragraph starters with this ready-to-use slide deck designed to inspire confident, well-structured writing.
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Analysing Persuasive Devices Worksheets
Get students analysing persuasive techniques and their effects on audiences with this set of three texts with accompanying questions.
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Modal Language Sorting Activity
Explore examples of modal language with your students using this set of 24 sorting cards perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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Modal Language Interactive Activity
Explore the language of modality with your students using this digital game perfect for your persuasive writing lessons.
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Using Persuasive Devices Worksheet
Use this persuasive devices worksheet to help your students create persuasive device examples based on a specific topic.
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Testing Gift Tags for Students
Give a confidence boost to your students before heading into a test or exam with these testing gift tags.
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Persuasive Devices Worksheet Pack
Explore persuasive language techniques with your students using this nine-page worksheet pack perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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Narrative Writing Checklist Pack
Use this narrative checklist pack when teaching your students how to edit their narrative writing.
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Exaggeration and Hyperbole Interactive Activity
Explore hyperbole examples with your students using this digital game perfect for lesson warm-ups or lesson wrap-ups.
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Rhetorical Questions Sorting Activity
Explore rhetorical question examples with your students using this set of 28 sorting cards perfect for literacy groups
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Year 5 Numeracy Exit Tickets
20 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Year 3 Numeracy Exit Tickets
21 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Narrative Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' narrative writing.
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Testing in Progress Sign Bundle
Use these printable Testing in Progress signs to alert those outside your classroom to keep their voices down while your students are testing.
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Story Ideas – Character, Setting, and Complication Cards
Help your students choose a topic to write about with this set of 36 character, setting and compilation task cards.
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Exaggeration and Hyperbole Sorting Activity
Explore examples of hyperbole with your students using this set of 24 sorting cards perfect for your collaborative group work.
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Persuasive Techniques Posters
Support students to improve their persuasive writing with these persuasive techniques posters.
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Grammar and Punctuation Assessment Tool – Year 3
A set of 5 grammar and punctuation assessment tools suited to Year 3 students.
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Seven Sensational Story Starters PowerPoint
Inspire creative and catching narrative story starters with this story starters set of teaching slides.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Procedural Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' procedural writing.
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 3 - PowerPoint
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 3 on PowerPoint.
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Writing Prompt Wheel Set
Download this writing prompt wheel set to give your students access to dozens of fun story starters.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric for Poetry
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess student's poetry.
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Bare Assertions Worksheet Pack
Strengthen student writing by helping them turn bare assertions into well-supported opinions using these engaging and practical worksheets.