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Marine Animals - Year 1 Leveled Reader

  • Updated

    Updated:  29 Jan 2024

Learn about the creatures under the ocean’s surface with a printable leveled reader book about marine animals.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  10 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 2

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teaching resource

Marine Animals - Year 1 Leveled Reader

  • Updated

    Updated:  29 Jan 2024

Learn about the creatures under the ocean’s surface with a printable leveled reader book about marine animals.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  10 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 2

Learn about the creatures under the ocean’s surface with a printable leveled reader book about marine animals.

The Perfect Beginning Reader Book for Teaching About Marine Animals!

Are you looking for a hands-on activity to teach your students about different ocean animals? Do they need more engagement than monotony? If so, our Marine Animals Printable leveled reader book is the perfect tool! This decodable book takes a fun topic and pushes your students’ decoding abilities to learn about different ocean animals.

This printable mini-book PDF file contains an easy-to-assemble mini-book for students in years 1 and 2. Students will learn about ocean creatures while building their vocabularies and reading comprehension skills. 

This printable ocean book for kids contains the following special features

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

Pair this book with an ocean writing centre for cross-curricular fun! It also makes an excellent starting point for informational writing in Year 1!

Use Our Marine Animal Levelled Readers In A Variety Of Ways

There are so many ways to use a levelled reader! 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 Ocean Unit for Year 1 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.


Even More Engaging Ocean Animal Activities for Year 1 and 2!

While you’re here, check out more ocean activities designed for early years’ classrooms!

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