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Animals in the Arctic - Free Mini Book

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    Updated:  27 Jan 2024

Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.

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    Editable:  Google Slides

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    Pages:  10 Pages

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    Years:  1 - 2

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teaching resource

Animals in the Arctic - Free Mini Book

  • Updated

    Updated:  27 Jan 2024

Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  10 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 2

Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.

Discover the Arctic – Printable Comprehension Activity for Year 2

Strap on your snowshoes for a trip through the Arctic region, and take your students along for the ride. We’ve put together the perfect blend of decoding, comprehension skills, and animals to inspire your young readers to grow!

Students will love learning about the Arctic with this fun and educational book. The book covers everything they know and love about the coldest animal habitat in the world. Students can learn about arctic animals while they have fun reading and colouring the pictures inside.

This levelled reader is perfect for year 1 and 2 students. It features

  • Decodable text
  • Tracking dots to encourage fluent reading
  • Engaging text and illustrations
  • Comprehension questions to summarise learning.

Use Our Arctic Animal Book In A Variety Of Ways

This download is more than a folded booklet! Use this mini-book to keep your students practising what they’ve learned during those phonics and decoding lessons! You can use this printable book for kids as a:

  • Fast finisher activity
  • Centre activity
  • Homework assignment
  • Guided Reading text
  • Introduction to an Animals in Winter Unit for Year 1 or 2 Students

Before You Download

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the Printable Mini Books PDF or Google Slides version of this resource.


This resource was created by Anna Helwig, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.


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