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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Year 3 Editing Passages
Use this set of Year 3 editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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5 Narrative Writing Stimulus Sheets
Writing stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.
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Persuasive Text Writing Prompts - Complete Set
A set of 5 persuasive writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
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Epic Editing Workbook – Year 3 and Year 4
Use these paragraph editing worksheets to get your students practising and refining their proofreading skills.
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Epic Editing Workbook – Year 5 and Year 6
Use this edit a paragraph worksheet pack to get your students practising and refining their proofreading skills.
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Identifying Persuasive Language Worksheets
Explore persuasive language with your students using this set of five persuasive texts on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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5 Persuasive Writing Prompts
Inspire your students through these relevant persuasive writing prompts.
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Persuasive Techniques Posters
Support students to improve their persuasive writing with these persuasive techniques posters.
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 3
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 3.
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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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Daily Maths Word Problems – Year 3
A set of 20 problem solving questions suited to year 3 students.
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Emotive Language Cloze Passage Worksheet
Get students using emotive language examples in their persuasive writing with this differentiated cloze passage worksheet.
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Persuasive Writing Checklist Pack
Encourage self-checking with this set of 7 persuasive writing checklists.
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Developing Persuasive Writing Skills PowerPoint (Year 3 and Year 4)
Teach your students about the structure and language features of persuasive texts with these interactive teaching slides.
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Numeracy Assessment Tool for Year 3
A set of 6 numeracy assessment tools suited to Year 3 students.
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Persuasive Devices Teaching Slides
Explore persuasive language devices with your students using this detailed and age-appropriate slideshow perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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List of Persuasive Devices
Download this list of persuasive devices for your students to refer to when writing a persuasive text.
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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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OREO® Persuasive Writing Posters
Help students remember the structure of persuasive texts with this fun OREO® acronym.
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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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NAPLAN - Language Conventions - Spelling Pack (Year 3)
A set of 12 worksheets with spelling words for NAPLAN Language Conventions Year 3.
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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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Modal Language Matching Activity
Have students explore high modality and low modality language with this matching game to use during your persuasive writing unit.
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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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Year 5 Editing Passages
Use this set of Year 5 editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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NAPLAN-Style Reading Magazine – Year 5
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 5.
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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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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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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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Persuasive Writing Graphic Organiser Pack
Help students gather their thoughts during persuasive writing with this differentiated set of graphic organisers.
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Persuade Me Persuasive Writing Prompts
Encourage students to write persuasive texts with these engaging task cards or teaching slides.
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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.