Dinosaur Lady

Dinosaur Lady by Linda Skeers

“Dinosaur Lady” is the true story of a brave and curious girl named Mary Anning, who lived a long time ago in England. She didn’t let the fact that girls weren’t supposed to be scientists stop her. Instead, Mary spent her days exploring the cliffs near her home, hunting for strange-looking rocks that turned out to be ancient fossils!

Mary made amazing discoveries, like the bones of huge sea creatures called ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs—animals that lived way before there were people. Even though many people didn’t believe a woman could be a real scientist, Mary proved them wrong with her hard work and sharp eye for fossils.

This colorful and exciting book, written by Linda Skeers and illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns, shows how Mary’s love for science helped her become one of the first paleontologists ever. It’s a great read for kids who love dinosaurs, adventures, and learning about real-life heroes who changed the world with their curiosity.

Main Focus: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives

This is a word class, proper nouns, verbs and adjectives activity.

Your class will read the sentences and identify the different classes of words.

Main Focus: Multiple Choice Comprehension (First 10 pages)

This is a multiple choice comprehension resource aimed at Year 1 / Year 2 children.

Your class will read the first 10 pages of the book and answer the questions as accurately as possible.

Main Focus: Alphabetical Order (Pages 13-15)

This is an alphabetical order activity linked to pages 13-15 of the Dinosaur Lady book.

We have differentiated this a number of ways to cater for your class to include first and second letter ordering.

Main Focus: Homophones

This worksheet pack focuses on homophones and your Year 1 / Year 2 class must identify the incorrect use of the word and correct it.

Main Focus: Adjectives

This worksheet focuses on descriptions used for various fossils. This doesn’t include text from the book but is a summary of a few fossils that explain in simple terms.

Main Focus: Alliteration (Whole Book)

This activity encourages your KS1 class to read the chosen sentences and identify the alliteration in each case.

Main Focus: Vocabulary (Whole Book)

This activity encourages your class to identify key vocabulary used in the book and place them within the context of the story.

This activity is best completed after reading the whole book with your KS1 class. This gives an opportunity to discuss the words as you progress through the book and check understanding.