This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and record different pages that can be read in a non-fiction book that can provide facts and information about a range of keywords related to animals.

The class can explain and model how to use an index to find information about a range of keywords about mini-beasts that can be found around the school grounds.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and record different pages that can be read in a non-fiction book that can provide facts and information about a range of keywords related to animals

Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to find and record different pages that can be read in a non-fiction book that can provide facts and information about a range of keywords related to animals such as the names of their habitats and how they use body parts for feeding and protection.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore different pages that can be read in a non-fiction book that can provide information about a range of keywords related to animals.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise different ways of finding information about animals in non-fiction information books, investigate words spelt with the or sound and use commas to write lists about groups of animals. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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