Hi! I'm Marie. From experience as a primary teacher, I enjoy creating sets of teaching resources (often with my own illustrations!) for introducing and teaching school topics, and with practical activities. Hope you find something useful. Happy teaching! :)
Hi! I'm Marie. From experience as a primary teacher, I enjoy creating sets of teaching resources (often with my own illustrations!) for introducing and teaching school topics, and with practical activities. Hope you find something useful. Happy teaching! :)
DT Textiles Fabrics Text and Worksheets
Text included:
• ‘Different Fabrics’ describing differences between various types of fabrics.
• ‘Properties of Woven fabrics’ and ‘Properties of Knitted fabrics’ – to find out advantages and disadvantages between woven and knitted fabrics, including appearance, texture, usage, sewing, longevity, ironing, wash and cost.
Worksheets included:
• Reading descriptions and naming different fabrics (word bank)
• Sticking fabric samples into 2 groups, natural fibres and synthetic fibres
• Sticking different types of fabrics and describing their appearances and textures
• Sticking samples of fabrics to match properties
• Comparing woven and knitted fabrics – tick (advantage) or cross (disadvantage) of each one’s appearance, texture, usage, sewing, longevity, ironing, wash and cost – write a conclusion
• Questionnaire
I have also created a set of flashcards and a set of Vocabulary Posters & Labels that can be used along with the worksheets.
Flashcards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-flashcards-12964802
Posters + Labels https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-vocabulary-posters-and-labels-12964810
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DT – Focus: Food
Included:
• Planning
• Posters - text, cereal bars fact sheets , recipe, sensory vocabulary
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
These activities encourage children to investigate different types of commercial cereal bars through text and tasting, and compare them describing their appearance, texture, smell and taste. They learn why cereal bars are not as healthy. They look at food labels to compare nutritional benefits and allergy advise. They follow a basic no bake/ no nuts recipe for making 2 different types of cereal bars, compare them and find out which one everyone liked best using a tally chart. Children then design their own cereal bars creating a new recipe, illustrate how their cereal bars will look and taste, list ingredients and equipment, write in which order they will work using the recipe template, and record their evaluation.
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DT – Focus: Structures/ Packaging
Included:
• Planning
• Poster – Instructions for using a net
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
The children investigate different types of familiar commercial packaging for cereal bars, finding out how they are made from disassembling them.
They learn the parts of a net used to make a 3D shape and follow a set of instructions with a template to make a small package. They learn about layout for commercial uses and practise using different font sizes and styles. Children then design their own package specifically for cereal bars, list materials and equipment, illustrate the net they have used, and record their evaluation.
These activities can be used as a follow up to DT – Food / Yummy Cereal Bars – or on their own.
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Animal Classification -Groups of Sea Animals
Includes teaching suggestions, activity set (pictures and labels), instructions, worksheets, posters and answer sheets.
This is a great activity for children to learn how animals are grouped into different categories. The objective is to match each animal (pictures) under the correct group name (labels) – vertebrate, invertebrate, fish, mammal, reptile, crustacean, mollusc, echinoderm, coelenterate, worm and sponge – and match its features (labels) - while cooperatively making decisions and discussing the different possibilities.
Set consists of:
• Introduction - Information Posters: text about the different groups of sea animals – show on IWB
• Classification Activity : Animal Flashcards, Group Name labels, Feature Labels
• Worksheets: to record from activity
• Answer Posters: to check at the end of the sorting activity as well as worksheets – show on IWB
For more useful activities, please check my other Under the Sea resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Set of worksheets to learn about the Amazon rainforest including text for reading activities.
• What is the Amazon rainforest? - to know how to describe the Amazon rainforest : text followed by questions
• A Map of south America – to know the names of seas and oceans around south America and most well known features: label names
• Where is the Amazon Rainforest? – to know where the Amazon rainforest is situated among other areas : colour areas
• War and Wet – to know about climate and how it affects the environment how seasons affect the environment and animals: text followed by questions
• Parts of the rainforest – to know that each forest layer is different: text
• Where the animals live – to name the different layers of the rainforest; name types of animals the live in each layer: use word bank
• Exceptional Explorer! – text about English naturalist Henry Bates
• Exploring the Amazon – to know which type of clothes and shoes are best when walking through the rainforest: text, illustrate suitable clothing
• What do you know about the Amazon? – use word bank
For more useful activities and resources about animals from the Amazon rainforest, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
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A lot of useful information about different groups of most common animals from the Amazon Rainforest – includes mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians and insects.
A5 fact sheets (once folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters.
For additional resources based on animals from the Amazon rainforest, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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A handy word mat for independent writing with sentence starters for each part of the story, verbs and adjectives.
For additional resources based on the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Set of worksheets to learn about living underwater and different groups of sea animals
• Living Underwater – to know how living things need to breathe underwater: text followed by questions
• Aquatic Animal Groups – to know that animals are put into different classification groups: text followed by questions
• Parts of the Ocean – to know the names and features of the different sea zones: text followed by questions
• Sea Zones – colour zones in different shades and name each zone
• Sea Mammals and Sea Reptiles: text followed by questions
• Fish – use word bank to complete sentences + label body of a fish
• Crustaceans and Molluscs: text followed by questions
Can be used as shared reading activities (Literacy)
For more useful activities, please check my Under the Sea Animal Classification set and Bingo in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
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Fact sheets about the planets in our solar system, the Sun and our Moon.
A5 fact sheets (once A4 folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters.
A lot of useful information!
Each fact sheet includes information about the planet, its size, distance from the Sun, how many hours in a day, how many days in a year, temperature on the surface, number of moons, when and who first recorded it. Each one has the space craft which was used to explore the planet.
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Set of worksheets to learn about Africa, the African savannah and different groups of most popular African animals. Can be used as shared reading activities (Literacy)
• Africa – to know about the African continent: text followed by questions
• A Map of Africa – to know the names of seas and oceans around Africa and most well known features: label names
• Where is the African Savannah? – to know where the savannah is situated among other areas : colour areas
• Seasons – to know how seasons affect the environment and animals: text, colouring, questions
• African Savannah Animals - to know what is found in the savannah: text with blanks (use word bank to complete)
• Looking For Food – to know the groups of animals that live in the savannah: text followed by questions
• Predator or Prey? – to know which animals are hunted by others: circle the predator in each pair of animals
• Diets, Animal Groups – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: complete table
• Diets, Animal Groups (easier) – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: circle animal pictures in different colours
• What’s For Dinner, Food Chain – to know that plants and animals are part of a food chain, and who eats what: label animals and plants in the correct order
• An African Animal – to describe in details an animal: illustrate and use word bank to label body parts and complete sentences
• What Do You Know About The African Savannah? – use word bank
For more useful activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Learn why children were evacuated in England during WW2, what it was like to be an evacuee away from home, how the local area was affected by the war and what it was like to be a child living in this area.
The set includes facts sheets/posters, real pictures (use as flashcards or posters), worksheets and planning.
Facts sheets/posters and real pictures:
• What was it like to be an evacuee?
Worksheets:
• Being a young evacuee - Explain why children were evacuated, what it was like to be an evacuee.
• A Young Evacuee’s Letter (template) - imagine being an evacuee and write a letter home
• What was it like to be a child living in this area during the war? - Interview (preset questions or blank page)
I have also created additional sets (sold separately)
BRITAIN IN WW2 – The Blitz
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/britain-in-ww2-the-blitz-facts-and-worksheets-11995137
BRITAIN IN WW2 – Work Volunteers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/britain-in-ww2-work-volunteers-11995179
BRITAIN IN WW2 – Food Rationing
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/britain-in-ww2-food-rationing-11995169
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Set of worksheets to learn about pirates of the Caribbean Islands. Activities include reading (comprehension) with options to tick the right answers; labelling; use of word banks; writing information/ facts from own research….and for fun finding facts about Captain Hook and Jack Sparrow, and creating a Wanted Poster :)
Sequence of the worksheets – or use individually as you wish:
The Golden Age of Piracy
Caribbean Islands
Fearsome Thieves
Spanish Treasure
Port Royal
Pirate Ships
Strict Rules
Life Onboard
Buried Treasure
Famous Pirates
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Set of worksheets to learn about minibeasts, their body parts, their features and habitats (minibeasts hunt), life cycle of a butterfly, butterflies colours and patterns (camouflage).
Activities include reading and answering questions, labelling, highlighting answers in different colours, completing a table, using word banks to complete sentences, sorting cut and paste, and illustrating.
For more useful activities, please check other Minibeasts resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Set of worksheets to learn about the different groups of animals from the Amazon rainforest including text for reading activities.
• Animals From The Amazon Rainforest – to know about groups of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects and spiders) found in the rainforest: text (2 pages) followed by labelling animals and questionnaire
• Where Do Animals Look For Food – to know how animals search for food among the different rainforest layers: text followed by questionnaire
• Predator or Prey? - to know which animals eat others: circle predator in each pair of animals
• Diets – Animals Groups – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: complete table
• Diets – Animals Groups – easier: circle animals in different colours
• What’s For Dinner? Food Chain – to know that animals and plants are part of a food chain and who eats what : label in correct order
• An Animal From The Amazon – to describe in details an animal: illustrate and use word bank to label body parts and complete sentences
For more useful activities and resources about the Amazon rainforest and its animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Set of posters: text about the different groups of animals from the Amazon Rainforest including mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians and insects. Can be displayed on big screen to introduce topic.
For more useful activities, please check my other Amazon Rainforest Animals resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Set of posters and worksheets to learn about dinosaurs, time line, dinosaur groups, size, their diets (predator or prey) and types of food.
Activities include reading, completing sentences using word banks, and cut and paste pictures into different groups.
• Dinosaurs What do we know? - Complete information using word bank
• Facts About… 3 different worksheets - Complete information about a dinosaur using word bank
• Which One Is It? – Complete by choosing the right name
• Sorting Dinosaurs into herbivores and Carnivores – cut and paste pictures
• What Do You Know? 3 different worksheets - Write information, use word bank and Information Mat
• Dinosaurs Size – 2 different worksheets – Write number in sequence, write name of the dinosaur which is the shortest and longest, lightest and heaviest
• Dinosaurs Groups - Sorting into bird-hipped and lizard-hipped groups– cut and paste pictures
Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Set of resources for introducing differences and similarities, features of different types of homes at home and around the world, and how homes changed over time.
Resources:
• Flashcards of different types of homes
• Set of Bingo – with cards of pictures, names and descriptions
• PowerPoint – Different Types of homes – Bingo – to use along side
• PowerPoint – Homes Around the World
• Homes A Long Time Ago – fact sheet
Worksheets:
• To know that we live in many different types of homes: match names to pictures
• To know the features of different types of homes: match each home with a description
• To know the name of different buildings and the main features: label the different features and materials used for each type of home
• To know that homes are different around the world: draw arrows to show where the different types of homes come from (map)
• To know the similarities and differences between homes: use key words to explain why
• Homes a long time ago: cut and paste: put pictures in the correct order to show how homes have changed over time
• Non – Chronological Report blank sheet
Useful Tip! Use the PDF doc with your IWB to work through the pages with your children :)
Hope that you like and find them useful.
If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
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A handy word mat for independent writing with sentence starters for each part of the story, verbs and adjectives.
For additional resources based on the story of The Three Little Pigs, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
I have also created a 5 part PowerPoint that can be used over 5 lessons with worksheets for follow up activities.
Hope that you find the word mat useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
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Suitable for Year 2
• Story of The Three Little Pigs – text
• Tell The Tale – story pictures for sequencing and oral retelling
• What Happens Next? –cut and paste pictures and text
• Story Map - complete a map with words and/or pictures
• What’s The Problem? – What happened when the wolf blew on the houses? use adjectives to describe each house and give a reason
• Story Structure – list characters, settings, events and resolution
• Character Portrait – illustrate and describe one character
• Describing Characters – use adjectives word bank
• Wolf’s Challenge - tick which statements are true
• True or False - identify which sentences are true or not and rewrite the false sentences so that they are true
• Story Sequence – blank sheet
• Story Plan – blank sheet
• writing sheet – blank x 2
• Wanted Poster x 2
• Word Mat - including verbs, adjectives, sentence starters
• Missing Words - use word bank to complete sentences
• Capital Letters – add the missing capital letters
• Speech Marks – add the missing speech marks
• Where is the punctuation? – add missing capital letters, full stop, commas, speech marks, exclamation marks
• Comprehension - 3 pages
Useful Tip! Use the PDF doc with your IWB to work through the pages with your children :)
Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so.
For additional resources based on the story of The Three Little Pigs including Science & DT, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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A great whole class teaching activity or group activity – children use labels and pictures to sort minibeasts into insect or not insect, and match key features while cooperatively making decisions and discussing the different possibilities.
Includes instructions, posters (text) to introduce Minibeasts, minibeasts pictures, group and features labels, recording worksheets and posters to check answers.
Follow up activities – worksheets:
• Complete a table, matching minibeasts with features and identifying if it is an insect or not
• Identify insects and not insects by circling in different colours
• Classification keys – use a series of questions to identify each minibeast
• Complete a Venn Diagram – list key features to compare insects and not insects
For more useful activities, please check other Minibeasts resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)