Amazon Rainforest themed informational text writing activities. Are you teaching your students how to write an informational text, non fiction text or non chronological report? Then this fun and engaging activity could be just what you are looking for. Suitable for lower KS2
How to use this product:
This product is designed to help children learn how to write an informational text, non fiction text or non chronological text.
It includes a set of activities for them to complete before writing their own text.
Activity 1:
Identify title, subtitles, diagram and caption.
Students read the text.
Students can write a suitable title to match the text.
They can then write suitable subtitles, draw a suitable diagram and write a caption to go with the diagram.
Activity 2:
Identify title, subtitles, diagram, caption, conclusion and key facts/words.
Students read the text and highlight the above features.
Activity 3:
Identify title, subtitles, diagrams, captions, concluding section.
Students cut out the parts of an information text and stick them back together in the correct order.
Also included:
Cut out and laminate the key features of an information text bookmark. Students can keep these and refer to them when needed.
Key features checklist. Give each student a checklist for them to refer to and ensure they have included the key features. They can tick them off as they include them.
50 Geography Worksheets suitable for KS1 in the UK. 50 print and go, no prep geography worksheets. Ideal for use throughout the year to support your topics, as one off lessons, small group work and homework activities. Includes my local area activities, map activities, flags, puzzles, word searches, colouring sheets, coordinates and directions, sorting and location activities. A must have for any key stage one teacher. Answers included where appropriate.
Activities included:
Label the continents
Colour the UK countries
Design map symbols
Label compass points - cut and paste
Compass points - cut and paste
Weekly weather chart
7 coordinates activities
Colour the UK flags
Colour world flags
Flags of the world reference sheet
Sorting activity - cut and paste - 4 seasons
Where do I live? cut and paste x 3
Local area walk tick list
Nature walk tick list
My journey to school - draw
My local area - drawing activity
My school - draw map
My classroom - draw map
5 cut and paste labelling activity - items, symbols, buildings, landforms, bodies of water
4 jigsaw puzzles - globe, UK map, World map, treasure map
4 word searches - vocabulary, buildings, weather, countries
12 colouring sheets - spring, summer, autumn, winter, 4 seasons, globe, rainforest, forest, beach, Arctic, desert, locations
Mary Anning. Learn all about the life of Mary Anning. This product includes a power point, fact sheets, timeline, mini book, leaflet, word search and bookmarks. Are you learning about Mary Anning, fossils, rocks? Then this could be the perfect accompaniment to your studies. Find out about the woman behind some of the most important discoveries around the Earth’s history.
There is a power point for you to share with your students. They can then read through their fact sheets. (The PPT and fact sheets are the same so you have the choice to use both or just the fact sheets)
Students must then use the fact sheets to complete the timeline activity.
There is also a fun one page mini book OR a leaflet that students will love making. Again, they must use their fact sheets to fill in the book.
Writing a biography of Mary Anning? Then use this blank biography sheet for students to fill in as they research. They can then use this sheet as their writing plan.
Early finishers can make a bookmark and complete a word search.
This product includes:
Power point
2 x differentiated fact sheets
2 x differentiated timeline activities
Make a one page mini book
Make a leaflet
Blank biography sheet
Make a bookmark
Word Search
Instructions
Answer key
Grasslands teaching Power Point plus print and go, no prep activities.
The power point teaches students all about the grasslands biomes around the world - savannas and temperate (prairies).
The 28 slide power point covers grasslands around the world and looks in more detail at the African savanna and North American prairies. It includes adaptations of animals and plants in both of these locations.
Also included are fun, print and go activities that will keep children engaged whilst learning at the same time. Word cards and real life pictures for display, colourful information posters, make a bookmark, pictures for sorting and colouring activity for early finishers are all included in this product. Most activities are differentiated for inclusion.
Suitable for lower KS2.
What’s Included:
28 slide teaching power point - meaning no time spent researching for you!
Print and go, no prep activities:
Maps - colour the savanna x 2 differentiated
colour the temperate grassland x 2 differentiated
Giraffe adaption activity x 2 differentiated
Prairie Dog adaptation activity x 2 differentiated
Giraffe/Prairie dog adaptation sorting statements activity
Savanna/Temperate animals sorting activity
African Savanna activity sheet x 2 differentiated
Research sheet (blank) for children to research a grassland or grassland animal
End of unit quiz x 2 differentiated
PLUS
20 A5 real life photos for display
20 word cards for display
3 colourful posters
Pictures for sorting - colour and bw
Make a book mark, Giraffe life cycle and colouring for early finishers
Suitable for children aged 7+ years.
US and UK spellings
Oceans teaching Power Point lessons plus print and go activities.
4 lessons to teach students all about oceans around the world, ocean zones and adaptations of ocean animals. Suitable lower KS2.
The 31 slide power point is divided up into 3 lessons. Lesson 4 is a consolidating, fun scavenger hunt. Each lesson has no prep, print and go differentiated activities as a follow up. Plus a reading comprehension. Meaning no time spent researching or prepping for you!
These fun, print and go activities will keep children engaged whilst learning at the same time. Also included are word cards and real life pictures for display, colourful information posters and make a bookmark and colouring activity for early finishers.
What’s included:
Instructions for use.
Lesson 1
Oceans of the world
Power point looks at the 5 oceans of the world.
Label the oceans activity x 2 differentiated
Reading comprehension x 2 differentiated
Lesson 2
Ocean Zones
Power point looks at the different zones of the ocean
Colour and label the zones x 2 differentiated
Lesson 3
Ocean Animals
Power point looking at the adaptations of an octopus, shark and anglerfish
Label and describe the adaptations of an octopus x 2 differentiated
Design your own ocean animal with adaptations
Lesson 4
Scavenger Hunt
Use the colourful posters around the classroom, hall or outside area and complete the fun, scavenger hunt fact sheets x 2 differentiated question sheet
PLUS
14 A5 real life photos for display
28 word cards for display
8 colourful posters for use in the scavenger hunt and display
Make a book mark and colouring for early finishers
Suitable for children aged 7+ years.
Deserts teaching Power Point lessons plus print and go activities.
5 lessons to teach students all about deserts around the world, types of deserts and adaptations of plants and animals. Suitable for lower KS2.
The 45 slide power point is divided up into 4 lessons. Lesson 5 is a consolidating, fun scavenger hunt. Each lesson has no prep, print and go differentiated activities as a follow up. Plus a reading comprehension. Meaning no time spent researching or prepping for you!
These fun, print and go activities will keep children engaged whilst learning at the same time. Also included are word cards and real life pictures for display, colourful information posters and make a bookmark activity for early finishers.
What’s included:
Instructions and plans for use.
Lesson 1
What are deserts?
Power point looks at the 4 different types of desert.
True or false statements cut and paste activity x 2 differentiated
Reading comprehension x 2 differentiated
Lesson 2
Deserts of the world
Power point looks at different deserts around the world and desertification
Locate and label deserts on a map. x 2 differentiated
Reading comprehensions x 2 differentiated
Lesson 3
Desert Plants
Power point looking at the adaptations of desert plants
Label and describe the adaptations of a cactus plant x 2 differentiated
Reading comprehension x 2 differentiated
Lesson 4
Desert Animals
Power point looking at the adaptations of desert animals
Label and describe the adaptations of a camel x 2 differentiated
Design your own desert animal with adaptations
Lesson 5
Use the colorful posters around the classroom, hall or outside area and complete the fun, scavenger hunt fact sheets.
Make a book mark for early finishers
Suitable for children aged 7+ years.
Save 30% when you purchase this Amazon Rainforest bundle. This Rainforest bundle includes fun, hands on activities that children will love, keeping them engaged whilst learning at the same time. These Amazon Rainforest activities are low prep, print and go, saving you valuable time. Includes flip books, layered book, reading comprehensions, posters, scavenger hunt, matching, book marks, word cards and activity for early finishers. Check out the individual previews for more details of what’s included.
Amazon Rainforest Layers
Amazon Rainforest Layers teaching PPT and activities.
Are you learning about the Amazon rainforest? This product includes a teaching PPT and fun activities that will really help children learn about the different layers of the rainforest, the animals and plants that can be found in the Amazon and how the animals and plants have adapted to life in the Amazon rainforest.
This Product Contains:
Everything you need to make a flipbook of the different layers - children to write about each layer and draw pictures of the animals and plants that can be found in each layer.
Everything you need to make a flip book about how animals have adapted to life in the Amazon rainforest and a book about how plants have adapted to live in the Amazon rainforest.
4 reading comprehensions and questions - one on each layer,
A color and stick activity - animals that live in the different layers.
A power point detailing each layer - the animals and plants that thrive there and how they have adapted.
3 Bonus activities for early finishers
By the end of these activities children should have a good knowledge of the different layers of the Amazon rainforest, the animals and plants that can be found there and how they have adapted.
Amazon Rainforest Animals
Amazon Rainforest activities and posters. This product could be just what you need if you are teaching children about the animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest. It includes fun, hands on activities that keep children engaged and motivated, whilst learning at the same time. These print and go activities include a scavenger hunt and matching activity. Children can also make a bookmark and create their own fact poster of their chosen animal. Word cards, real life photos and colorful fact posters of 15 Amazon Rainforest animals are included. Suitable for 2nd - 4th grade.
Included in this product: 15 colourful fact poster on the following animals:
leopard
panther
scarlet macaw
hummingbird
blue morph butterfly
anaconda
boa constrictor
green iguana
poison dart frog
piranha
toco toucan
sloth
howler monkey
capybara
armadillo
Scavenger hunt activity for use with the posters - questions have 3 levels of difficulty
Pictures and descriptions for matching - 2 choices of activities - instructions included
Blank fact posters for children to complete with an animal of their choice
15 bookmarks - children to make one of their own choice
Word cards and real life photos for display
Colouring for early finishers
**Rainforests **
Rainforests graphic organizer and vocabulary activities. Help your students learn and remember the important facts about rain forests and the associated vocabulary with these fun, interactive activities.
Print out and laminate the graphic organizers for students to keep and use throughout your topic work. Use the vocabulary cut and stick activity at the beginning of the topic as an introduction/guide to their existing knowledge OR as an end of topic assessment.
Topic word cards for display and word search.
This product includes:
Graphic organizer - color and black and white version
Vocabulary activity - cut and stick match words/pictures/definitions - color and b/w
20 topic word cards for display
Word search
Amazon Rainforest activities and posters. This product could be just what you need if you are teaching children about the animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest. It includes fun, hands on activities that keep children engaged and motivated, whilst learning at the same time. These print and go activities include a scavenger hunt and matching activity. Children can also make a bookmark and create their own fact poster of their chosen animal. Word cards, real life photos and colorful fact posters of 15 Amazon Rainforest animals are included. Suitable for years 3 and 4.
**Included in this product: **
15 colourful fact posters on the following animals:
leopard
panther
scarlet macaw
hummingbird
blue morph butterfly
anaconda
boa constrictor
green iguana
poison dart frog
piranha
toco toucan
sloth
howler monkey
capybara
armadillo
Scavenger hunt activity for use with the posters - questions have 3 levels of difficulty
Pictures and descriptions for matching - 2 choices of activities - instructions included
Blank fact posters for children to complete with an animal of their choice
15 bookmarks - children to make one of their own choice
Word cards and real life photos for display
Colouring for early finishers
European capital cities word search. Are you teaching your students all about Europe? Use this free capital cities word search as an activity for early finishers, starter or plenary of a lesson, homework or as part of a lesson itself. You decide.
This word search is taken from my unit on Europe which you might might useful.
All About Europe KS2https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12575368
Let’s learn all about Europe. This product includes planning, teaching power point, print and go activities and work for early finishers. Everything you need to teach students all about Europe in KS2. Ideal for Year 3 and Year 4.
*Now includes a workbook for SEN/EAL students. This includes a workbook and resources for students who find it difficult to access the KS2 curriculum but follows the same subjects as the main product lessons *
The 76 slide power point includes 9 lessons, each with an end of lesson quiz. Each lesson has printable activities to accompany the power point, answer sheets included.
Lesson 10 is an end of unit quiz for assessment.
Each activity is differentiated 2 ways.
Also included are some extra activities and task cards for early finishers.
This Product Includes:
Teaching Power Point and activities for the following lessons -
Lesson 1
Where Is Europe - Label continents, colour Europe on a map, label areas of water
Lesson 2
Countries of Europe - Label the countries of Europe, Countries of Europe quiz
Lesson 3
Capital Cities of Europe - Match capital city to correct country
Lesson 4
Landmarks of Europe - Match pictures with descriptions, match pictures with labels - both cut and stick, draw a well known landmark
Lesson 5
Flags of Europe - Color the flags, design your own European flag
Lesson 6
Weather and Climate of Europe - Compare climates x 2 cut and stick
Lesson 7
Physical Features of Europe - Draw features on a map, match places and descriptions cut and stick
Lesson 8
Environmental Regions Of Europe - compare environmental areas of Europe - writing activity
Lesson 9 Human Characteristics of Europe - Trade in Europe research activities
Lesson 10 - End of unit quiz for assessment
Extra Activities
European Union Comprehension x 2 differentiated
Compare a European and non European Country research worksheet
European Country Study
European Capital Cities Word Search
8 task cards for early finishers
planning sheets
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Rainforests graphic organizer and vocabulary activities. Help your students learn and remember the important facts about rainforests and the associated vocabulary with these fun, interactive activities.
Print out and laminate the graphic organizers for students to keep and use throughout your topic work. Use the vocabulary cut and stick activity at the beginning of the topic as an introduction/guide to their existing knowledge OR as an end of topic assessment.
Topic word cards for display and word search.
This product includes:
Graphic organizer - colour and black and white version
Vocabulary activity - cut and stick match words/pictures/definitions - colour and b/w
20 topic word cards for display
Word search
Amazon Rainforest Layers teaching Power Point and activities. Updated version.
Are you learning about the Amazon rainforest? This product includes a teaching PPT and fun activities that will really help children learn about the different layers of the rainforest, the animals and plants that can be found in the Amazon and how the animals and plants have adapted to life in the Amazon rainforest.
This product also includes activities for students with special educational needs and those that are learning English as an additional language, allowing them to access the curriculum at their own level.
Updated Product Includes:
14 slide informational power point
differentiated reading comprehension x 2
cut and paste vocabulary activity
place the animals in the correct layer cut and paste activity
choice of writing activities:
4 part writing frame
choice of 3 flipbooks
design an Amazon animal
exit tickets for assessment
4 colourful posters for display
real life pictures for display
Amazon Activities for special educational needs/ESL students:
Make an Amazon Rainforest Layers vocabulary book - colour and b/w version
Picture word cards to use with activities
Reading comprehension x 2 differentiated
Match words and picture cards
Mixed up sentences - match to picture
Writing frames with word bank x 2
Word search and label activity
Colour and label activity
Original Product Contents:
Everything you need to make a flipbook of the different layers - children to write about each layer and draw pictures of the animals and plants that can be found in each layer.
Everything you need to make a flip book about how animals have adapted to life in the Amazon rainforest and a book about how plants have adapted to live in the Amazon rainforest.
4 non fiction reading comprehensions and questions - one on each layer,
A colour and stick activity - animals that live in the different layers.
A power point detailing each layer - the animals and plants that thrive there and how they have adapted.
By the end of these activities children should have a good knowledge of the different layers of the Amazon rainforest, the animals and plants that can be found there and how they have adapted.
Suitable for children aged 7 years+
All about the Arctic activities and power point for KS1. Students will love learning all about the Arctic with these fun, interactive, print and go activities and teaching power point. Everything you need to teach this topic.
The Power Point discusses where the Arctic is, the environment, adaptation and animals that live there - polar bear, Arctic fox, Arctic wolf, walrus, snowy owl and Arctic hare. No prep, print and go activities to save you time, word cards for display, word search for early finishers and fun bookmarks to make. Activities are differentiated for inclusion.
Printable activities include:
Label the Arctic animals
Am I a carnivore, omnivore or herbivore?
Label the animal babies
What would you need in the Arctic?
Mark the Arctic on a map
Compare the Arctic to where you live
Label a polar bear
How animals have adapted
Blank fact sheet for children to complete
8 labelled pictures for display.
Word cards for display
Make a bookmark - colour and b&w versions
Wordsearch for early finishers.
Each activity is differentiated two ways for use across the year groups.
The activities cover many of the outcomes required by the National Curriculum for KS1 science.
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Year 1 science and geography
Over 30 pages of activities
Weather recording sheets for Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer
Months/weather/clothes/celebration for each season
I know it’s Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter because… writing template
Draw/List what you observe in Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter
Weather word cards
Order months of the year - cut and stick activity
sort clothes/trees - cut and stick activity
what do people do in Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter
Find a tree activity
Sun safety activity
Draw the weather
Blank fact sheets for each season for children to complete
Seasons and weather display pictures
Months of the year poster
Seasonal pictures for sorting
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Suitable for year 1, maybe year 2 .
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Winter activities, worksheets, comprehension.
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Geography activities for year 1 and year 2. Teaching Power Point and print and go activities to teach The UK unit in KS1.
**This product includes: ** Planning and resources for 2 weeks worth of lessons.
A power point for each lesson, plus an end of lesson quiz.
Printable activities for each lesson.
Lesson 1
Name and locate the 7 continents and 5 oceans
Choice of 4 worksheets
Lesson 2
Name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 UK countries and capital cities
Activities - Colour UK Countries, label capital cities, label seas and oceans, UK landmarks cut and stick
Lesson 3
Use basic geographical language
Match words and pictures
Label the locations
Geographical questions
Lesson 4 and 5
Identify physical and human features
Local walk worksheet, Where I live, Draw a map, draw/label/sort physical and human features.
Lesson 6
Use simple compass directions
Label a map, directions, my school
Lesson 7
Understand geographical differences and similarities
Compare locations, compare countries,
Lesson 8
Identify daily and seasonal weather patterns in the UK
Daily weather charts
Seasonal sorting
Lesson 9
Identify hot and cold areas of the world
Hot and cold climates of the world sorting
Lesson 10
Assessment Quiz
Weather and seasons activities and teaching power point for year 1.
This product is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old who are learning about the weather and seasons.
This product includes a child friendly 16 slide Power Point for you to use as a teaching tool. You could watch the whole thing, or just use sections, stopping to complete the printable activities. 22 activities plus display pictures and extra activities for early finishers.
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Topics covered in the PPT:
Types of weather
Weather forecasting
Severe weather conditions
The Sun
Sun Safety
Shade and shade structures
The 4 seasons.
Each of these subjects have print and go worksheets for you to use alongside.
Some activities have 2 options for differentiation.
Print and Go Activities:
Make a weather wheel template
26 word cards for display or use in the classroom
Label the weather - x 2 differentiated
Keeping safe in the sun - x 2 differentiated
Draw the weather - x 2 differentiated
What clothes should I wear - cut and stick activity
Yearly weather report
Monthly weather report
Weather for month recording sheet
Weekly weather recording sheet
Daily weather recording sheet x 2 differentiated
4 seasons activity sheet
Draw a spring scene
Draw a summer scene
Draw an autumn scene
Draw a winter scene
Draw the seasons
Order months of the year
Seasons picture match
Find a tree x 2 differentiated
Months of the year poster
Seasonal pictures for sorting
real life pictures of weather and seasons
Make a weather book
Weather snap cards
PLUS 4 activities for early finishers:
Day and night cut and stick sorting activity
Hot and cold cut and stick sorting activity
Colour and count activity
Colouring page
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This unit includes:
Simple and colourful 20 slide Power Point
Bingo/lotto game
Snap cards - can be used to play games such as snap, pairs, go fish
16 word cards for display, word wall, writing activities
6 real life pictures for display
Label pictures x 2 differentiated
Colour and describe
Colourful water cycle poster
Black and white water cycle poster for students to colour
Make a bookmark
Colour a rainbow
Colour the clothes for a rainy day
Colouring sheet
Make a rain cloud mobile - templates
Match the words to the definitions
Check your students’ understanding of vocabulary related to volcanoes topic
Active learning - cutting and sticking activity