Nature and Animals - Crossword
Identify landscapes, plant parts and wild animals from short clues. The 14 answers include habitat, butterfly and desert, with a teacher note on how to use wildlife.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 14 numbered clues with letter counts
- Student crossword on page 1 and a completed grid on page 2
Describe natural places and link living things to their habitats.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Show a simple landscape picture and ask learners to name a place, a plant part and an animal.
- Ask pairs to label clues as places, plant parts or animals before they solve the grid.
- Have learners compare the clues for habitat and wildlife and explain the difference in their own words.
- Use three solved words to make a sentence about where an animal could live.
Support and extension
Offer a few pictures to support terms such as root and habitat and ask confident learners for another example of each.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
