This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about dinosaurs!
The booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets. The higher and middle ability booklets each have five pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 4 questions per page. The lower ability booklet has five pages of pictures with simpler passages and 3-4 questions per page. Answers are also included.
There is a colour and black & white booklet for each of the three levels.
PDF file format
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Year 2 Dinosaur themed Maths:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-dinosaur-maths-all-topics-differentiated-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-12125325
Year 1 comprehensions on dinosaurs:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-comprehensions-dinosaurs-3-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-11852530
Explore rocks and fossils with your KS2 class with this set of ready-to-use resources. This bundle, particularly suitable for year 3 science, contains activities, PowerPoint presentations and a rocks classroom display.
Here’s what’s included:
Resource 1: Rocks Classroom Display
8 rock example photos (granite, chalk, sandstone, flint, marble, pumice, limestone, slate).
3 rock type description cards (sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, igneous rock).
Cut-out letters with rock design - R, O, C, K, S
A4 Rock Cycle Poster
Rocks frame image file - this can be copied and pasted into other documents that you want to add to your display.
Resource 2: A-Z Rocks and Fossils PowerPoint
Consolidate learning on rocks and fossils with this 26 slide PowerPoint presentation.
Each letter is a different themed word which will help pupils re-cap their learning, as well as introduce some new vocabulary. Questions within the presentation provide an opportunity for pupils to share their thoughts and knowledge.
**Resource 3: How A Fossil is Formed Activity **
A 5 page PDF including 8 full colour pictures with the corresponding labels. Print, cut out individual pictures/labels and laminate.
A 4 page PDF as above but with the labels included on the pictures for lower ability.
**Resource 4: Mary Anning PowerPoint **
A look at the life and work of Dorset paleontologist Mary Anning.
Resource 5: How a fossil is formed folding craft
Teach the stages of fossilisation with this folding ammonite craft. Print on A4 card ready for pupils to colour and fold like a concertina. When closed, you’ll just see the large fossil ammonite but when opened, the fossilisation process will be revealed!
Instructions are provided as well as some questions for discussion.
Resource 6: Fossil identification activity
Your class can become palaeontologists! This activity consists of 15 full colour photos of different fossils with labels to match (pictures can be printed with or without a background). Fossils include ammonites, a mosasaur tooth, megalodon tooth, shells, coral and a plesiosaur backbone.
There are 2 sets of labels to choose from (1 set requiring some internet research, the other more descriptive to allow pupils to try to identify without needing to go online).
Order the stages of fossilisation with this printable sequencing activity. This science resource uses the example of an ammonite (a marine creature with a spiral-shaped shell) to explore 8 steps in the fossilisation process. Laminate to use as a science center again and again.
This resource includes:
-Teacher notes
-8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in color without text.
-8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in color with a short description on each card.
-8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in black and white without text.
-8 fossil sequencing cards (2 to a page) in color with a short description on each card.
-Labels to print and use with the card sets that don’t have text.
-8 fossil sequencing cards (4 to a page) in black and white without text.
The PDF is not editable. Uk and US paper sizes included.
National Curriculum link: Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock.
This 34-slide PowerPoint presentation is designed to deepen your pupils’ understanding of what fossils and the fossil record can tell us about pre-historic life. It is particularly suitable for KS2 science.
There is a FULL VIDEO PREVIEW so that you can check the suitability of this resource for your learners before purchasing.
The presentation covers a variety of examples including:
Why are woolly mammoth bones found in the sea?
How can a chipped tooth reveal what a giant megalodon shark ate?
Can fossils tell us how animals and plants were connected in a food chain?
Full of high-quality images and questions, this slide-show lesson will get your students thinking about what fossils can and can’t tell us about animals from the past.
Can I edit this?
Parts of the presentation are not editable (pictures and headings). However, you can edit any body text to best suit your learners. 2 spare slides are included at the end in case you wanted to add anything.
Curriculum links
Year 3
describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are
trapped within rock
Year 6
‘Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide
information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago’
Introduce your KS1 children to the life cycle of a dinosaur with this fun, foldable activity. In this no-prep science resource, there are 4 similar dinosaur life cycle templates to choose from. Children have options to colour and fold, as well as a sequencing option.
Use to support a lesson or topic about dinosaurs, or as a life cycle activity linked to reptiles or prehistoric life.
In addition to being a fun and engaging alternative to a worksheet, this resource also encourages fine motor and scissor skills.
The four stages on each template are:
egg
egg hatching
young dinosaur
adult
The templates
Templates 1 and 2: Colour, cut, and fold. Template 2 has an easy-cut straight edge.
Template 3: Colour, sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 4: Colour, match the pictures to the words, glue, cut, and fold.
A printable of the full life cycle in colour and in black and white is included for children to reference if required.
There is also a folding guide and options for both US and A4 paper sizes.
Please note, this 10 page PDF is not editable.
A set of science PowerPoint to complement evolution and inheritance in year 6.
There are 4 resources in this bundle:
Insect adaptations PowerPoint.
Discover the wonderful world of insect adaptations with this 22 slide presentation. This resource gives pupils the opportunity to identify adaptations on a variety of insects from around the world including the atlas moth, hissing cockroach, thorn bug and stag beetle.
At the end, pupils are set the challenge of designing their own insect for a named habitat, outlining its adaptations to survive there.
Who was Charles Darwin PowerPoint
A 20 slide presentation covering information about Darwin’s early life, Beagle voyage and theory of natural selection.
Mary Anning PowerPoint
Introduce your class to this remarkable British paleontologist with this 15 slide presentation detailing her life and major discoveries including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and winged reptiles!
What can fossils tell us?
How can a chipped tooth reveal what a giant shark ate? Why are mammoth teeth found in the North Sea?
Find out how fossils can unlock the secrets of ancient creatures with this informative 25 slide presentation. Full of high quality images and questions to get your pupils thinking about what fossils can and can’t tell us about the past.
Inheritance PowerPoint and monster activity
26 slide PowerPoint presentation ntroducing inheritance and inherited characteristics.
Printable monster activity. Pupils meet the 3-eyed monsters and draw what their offspring might look like, with a focus on inherited physical traits.
Please note, it is not possible to edit the text or images in these resources.
Script for a dinosaur assembly. Includes facts about dinosaurs and a drama retelling the story of Tyrannosaurus Drip. This was used with a year 1 class.
Dinosaur Extinction Lesson
This download teaches children about the events that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs in one complete lesson.
There is a detailed 51 slide PowerPoint which explains the different dinosaur time periods, the current theories about the dinosaurs’ extinction and discusses what happened afterwards. There are also differentiated, 10 page, dinosaurs worksheets to allow students to demonstrate their understanding. I have also included a video of my own dinosaur lesson (using these resources) which took place online for teacher’s understanding or to show the class.
This pack is great for teaching kids all about dinosaurs extinction.
This download includes:
Complete 51 slide PowerPoint
10 page printable worksheets (x3 differentiated)
Blank worksheets
Answer sheets
Lesson video
30 x display lettering designs
This is a digital product, simply download your chosen design and edit however you wish - you can change the size, font, letters/numbers/symbols by simply typing in the text boxes. Your chosen design will then be applied! After that, you are ready to print, laminate and display.
This designs included in this product include:
Floral Pinks
Daisy Green
Easter eggs
Retro Orange
Golden Crown
Multicolour Stripe
Watercolour Blue
Dots
Animals
Zebra Yellow
Blue & Gold
Pastel Pink
Polka
Blue Polka
Pink Polka
Botanical
Flamingo
Bees & Bunting
Black & White Stripes
Yellow Watercolour
Snowflake Blue
Ladybirds
Blue Clouds
School Essentials
Green Watercolour
Pink Sunset
Pink Stripes
Blue Crown
Pink Bunnies
Round Pastels
You will need PowerPoint to view and edit this product. Please note, due to file size, the designs are split across the two attached files.
Dinosaur Palaeontology Lesson
This download teaches children about the science of palaeontology in one complete lesson.
There is a detailed 45 slide PowerPoint which explains what palaeontologists do, the different types of palaeontology and looks at how you become a palaeontologist. There are also differentiated, 9 page, dinosaurs worksheets to allow students to demonstrate their understanding. I have also included a video of my own dinosaur lesson (using these resources) which took place online for teacher’s understanding or to show the class.
This pack is great for teaching kids all about dinosaur palaeontology.
This download includes:
Complete 45 slide PowerPoint
9 page printable worksheets (x3 differentiated)
Blank worksheets
Answer sheets
Lesson video
Everything you need to make a fabulous interactive Characteristics of Effective Learning display!
In my class I encourage the children to think about how they are learning / which characteristic they are demonstrating. They each have a card with 9 squares on it & aim to collect all the 9 different dinosaurs, which I've reduced in size for sticking onto their cards.
There are 3 dinosaurs for each of the 3 Characteristics of Learning making 9 in total. For example Active Learning is represented by Stickosaur, Triatops & Happy-Rex. Each dinosaur comes with it's name and colour coded attibutes describing the dinosaur e.g Stickosaur - I stick at tasks, I pay attention to detail, I am not easily distracted. Also included are the display headers, dinosaur collecting cards and mini dinos.
The files included are:
- Dinosaur pictures x9
- Dinosaur names x 9 in different colours
- Dinosaur attributes for each dinosaur (colour coded to the dino names)
- Display Headers
- How I learn cards (blank)
- How I learn cards (with dinos to show where they go)
- Mini Dinosaur pictures (to stick on the cards)
Please note my daughter created these dinosaurs herself to avoid any potential copyright issues.
10 Audiobooks (100 minutes) | 20 Comprehension Question and Answer Worksheets | 10 Answer Sheets | 10 Ebooks. Apart of the Ancient Civilisations Curriculum.
When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth:
Unit 1 – Evolution and the Origins of Life
Unit 2 – The Dinosaurs
Unit 3 – Biology, the Biggest, the Smallest, and the Strangest
Unit 4 – The Discovery of Dinosaurs Existence
Unit 5 – Modern-day Study of Dinosaurs
Unit 6 – The T-Rex, King of Dinosaurs
Unit 7 – Velociraptor, the Smartest Creature to ever walk Earth?
Unit 8 – The Herbivores
Unit 9 – The Extinction
Unit 10 – Could we bring dinosaurs back?
The first dinosaurs lived on a large landmass called Pangaea and evolved from an earlier form of reptile named Chordates around 230 million years ago. All of the different continents on Earth were once connected so a dinosaur could walk from America all the way to Australia if it chose. Dinosaurs were all cold blood and like their reptile cousins, they have all the heat they need from the sun to warm their blood. The cold-blooded dinosaurs would lay their eggs and waited for their offspring to hatch and some of them may at this stage have been warm-blooded. Many dinosaurs were bigger than any of the animals we see today on earth. Some of the largest dinosaurs had over 1,000 trillion cells, like the Ultrasaurus. To put it in perspective we as humans have only 70 trillion cells. These huge animals could have weighed up to 50 tons, which is the same as a fully loaded truck. Then, there were other smaller dinosaurs, even smaller than a chicken and some could even fly and had feathers.
Designed for both classroom & home / independent learning. Aimed at children and young adults who are looking to further their knowledge in all things Ancient History and Science. Audiobooks are all under 10 minutes, packed full of information that is easy for children of all ages to understand. Typically taking around 30-45 mins to complete per lesson. Written and narrated by Cambridge University archaeologist Matthew Brooks.
Perfect for Special Education and EAL Students
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Downloadable audio files (mp3)
Comprehension questions (.docx)
Comprehension activities (.docx)
Answer sheets (.docx)
EBook scripts (.docx)
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The Ancient Greeks
The Rise of the Roman Empire
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth
a bundle of decodable sentences with a range of topics
great for phase 2/3
tricky words in red
those that will need further help in red and underlined
all on natural hessian background
Dinosaur themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years)
There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, counting, size or measuring weights are involved.
Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar.
This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.
Light hearted assembly script for LKS2 based on general topic of dragons - can link to How to Train Your Dragon, Vikings, Chinese culture, or the Natural World.
A fun and engaging story told in rhyme for KS1 pupils, exploring the true tale of the greatest fossil hunter who ever lived! Mary Anning was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent for finding fossils. Join her as she searches the beaches and cliffs around her seaside home and discovers clues about animals from long ago.
This resource is a 28 page PDF book which you could display on a screen for a whole class story time. Ideal to support a dinosaurs topic.
The paperback of this book is available on Amazon.
Mary Anning was one of the world’s greatest fossil hunters. Despite her humble background, she was a pioneer, although she didn’t receive the credit for her achievements that she deserved.
Introduce your class to this remarkable British palaeontologist with this 19-slide PowerPoint detailing her life with facts and images. It outlines her major discoveries including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, winged reptiles, and fossil poop!
The presentation ends with some discussion questions.
This presentation would complement a rocks and fossils earth science unit, or support learning about women in science (e.g. for International Day of Women and Girls in Science). You could also use it for a history lesson, or biography project.
Is the presentation editable?
Yes, partially. All titles and images are secured and not editable, but you can amend the body of the text should you need to adapt anything for your pupils.
I also offer a Fossils as Evidence PowerPoint in my shop, suitable for KS2. Find it here
Set of Simple Dinosaurs Posters, includes details like What is a dinosaur? How big were the dinosaurs? What did dinosaurs look like? etc.
Can be put up as posters, made into a book or shared on the whiteboard.