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! :)
Useful word mats with names of African animals from the Savannah, classification groups and features, verbs and adjectives – could be put back to back and laminated together to create one lasting document.
For additional resources based on African Savannah Animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Set of posters for introducing different groups of animals from the African Savannah including mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians and insects – show on IWB
For more useful activities, please check my other African Savannah Animals resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Set of posters to introduce and learn about key features of insects and non- insects.
For more useful activities, please check other Minibeasts resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Useful word mats with names of minibeasts, classification groups and features, verbs and adjectives – could be put back to back and laminated together to create one lasting document.
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 :)
Fact sheets - for reading activities and independent research
A4 fact sheets (A5 folded in half) with clear information about each animal - for a Reading Corner, Topic Board or Writing Corner. Includes:
Animals from Africa
Animals from the Rainforest
Under the sea Animals
Minibeasts
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A useful Word Mat for writing and spellings with names of dinosaurs, verbs and adjectives.
For additional resources based on Dinosaurs, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Fact sheets - for reading activities and independent research with clear information about most popular dinosaurs – use them as visual display resources in a Reading Corner, Writing Corner or on Topic Board.
If you would like follow-up activities, please check my set of Dinosaurs Worksheets (sold separately).
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dinosaurs-worksheets-11534907
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary associated to the topic Under The Sea. Lots of key information about different groups of sea creatures - fish, mammals, reptiles, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, worms, coelenterates and sponges - as well as for different species. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities.
The set includes now 3 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning.
PPP LA: Suitable for early KS1 - 41 slides - key words to introduce the ocean environment, names & features of animals
PPP MA: Suitable for KS1 - 47 slides with key sentences & adjectives - to learn about the environment, animal groups, names & habits of animals
PPP HA: Suitable for KS1 (early KS2) top readers - 77 slides which includes more extended reading material & information, key facts & useful vocabulary
The PowerPoints have been created with sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file.
Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary associated to the rainforest. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities.
The set includes 3 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning.
PPP LA: Suitable for early KS1 - 21 slides - key words to introduce the rainforest environment, names and features of animals
PPP MA: Suitable for KS1 - 36 slides with key sentences and adjectives to learn about the environment, animal groups, names and habits of animals
PPP HA: Suitable for KS1 (early KS2) top readers - 64 slides which includes more extended reading material and information, key facts and useful vocabulary
The PowerPoints have been created with sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file.
10 slides – sheep, cows, goats, horses, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, dogs, cats - which highlight:
• name of adult & young animal
• early stages in life
• eating habits / food
• behaviour
• name of the sound they make
• shelter
• name of animal group
plus 3 slides to guess the names of all the young animals to reinforce learning.
Suitable for KS1
2 PowerPoints to introduce minibeasts & key facts – suitable for KS1 & lower KS2.
Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities.
The set includes now 2 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning.
• Minibeasts Easy - 25 slides
• Minibeasts – 31 slides – with more extended reading information
Explains what minibeasts are & where they live; how to recognise insects; sorting minibeasts into ‘insects’ & ‘not insects’ categories; matching names to pictures; the role insects have with plants; life cycle of the butterfly; key facts for each minibeasts; recognising features; key words (meaning)
Includes:
• ladybird
• beetle
• caterpillar
• butterfly
• moth
• woodlouse
• ant
• centipede
• millipede
• worm
• bumble bee
• wasp
• fly
• dragonfly
• slug
• snail
• grasshopper
• spider
The PowerPoints have been created with animation & sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file.
I have created 3 worksheets that can be used during or after – simple questionnaire, record answers in a table, illustrate & label body parts of an insect & write information.
Please check more of my resources on Minibeasts on TES
Use unique PowerPoints as a fun way to introduce and teach facts and vocabulary associated to African animals and the environments they live in. Ideal for whole class teaching or set up as independent reading / researching ICT activities.
The set includes now 3 differentiated PowerPoints to suit each and everyone’s diverse levels of learning:
PPP LA: Suitable for early KS1 - 22 slides - key words to introduce the African environment, names and features of animals
PPP MA: Suitable for KS1 - 33 slides - to learn about the African environment, names and features of animals (sentences) , facts about mammals, birds and reptiles, recognising herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, endangered species and animal features
PPP HA: Suitable for KS1 (early KS2) top readers - 50 slides – which includes more extended reading material and information about the African environment, facts about African animals, facts about mammals, birds and reptiles, recognising herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, endangered species, animal features and useful vocabulary
The PowerPoints have been created with sounds – create a file and ensure that you save ALL PPPs and sounds in the same file.
Includes 3 activity worksheets – writing facts about the lion, the elephant, the zebra and the rhinoceros
Please check more of my resources on African animals on TES
Based on animals from the ocean
A Bingo game that will encourage a lot of discussions as you play :)
I have created a bingo game for children to learn about different animals, their groups (classification), and features. There are 5 different boards, each with matching sets of pictures, names, group names, descriptions.
Playing: Children attempt to match each animal with a picture card; then a name card; use the additional sets of cards to match each animal with its group; and then guess which animal it is when reading the description card.
Children can check their answers - answer sheet for each bingo board included.
For more useful activities, please check my set of Under the Sea Classification activities in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
DT Textiles Fabrics Vocabulary Posters & Labels
A set of vocabulary posters listing textures, appearances and properties of different types of fabrics.
The labels can be used to match with different types of fabrics while investigating their properties.
I have also created a set of flashcards and a set of worksheets that can be used along with the posters and labels.
Flashcards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-flashcards-12964802
Worksheets https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-text-worksheets-12964816
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Set of food clipart flashcards, Food Groups labels and Nutrients labels for sorting activities.
Encourage children to identify foods that are healthier than others and the benefits that each type of food provides to stay healthy, and find out that nutrients can belong to more than one food group.
You will need to cut and separate them to have individual flashcards and labels. Suggest laminating too for durability.
I have also created additional resources (sold separately)
Healthy Diet Nutrients Poster
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-poster-12934944
Healthy Diet Fact Sheets & Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-fact-sheets-and-worksheets-12934946
Healthy Diet Nutrients Flashcards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-nutrients-flashcards-12934949
The whole set also comes as a bundle – planning included!
Healthy Diet Bundle - with planning
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-bundle-with-planning-13020247
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This unit encourages children to learn why it is important to have a balanced and healthy diet. They learn that different
foods provide different nutrients and what benefits they have on our health. They learn how to look at food labels on commercial packages in order to make comparisons. Planning included.
Healthy Diet Poster
Based on the Eatwell Guide which shows how much we should eat from each food group to achieve a healthy balanced diet.
Healthy Diet Food Clipart & Nutrients Labels
Set of food clipart flashcards, Food Groups labels and Nutrients labels for sorting activities.
Healthy Diet Fact Sheets & Worksheets
Set of resources to help understand why we need to have a balanced diet to stay healthy, know what nutrients do, and how food labels help to make better choices.
Healthy Diet Nutrients Flashcards
Set of clear illustrated flashcards which provide information about individual food groups and essential vitamins and minerals. Includes 2 follow up activities.
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A Bingo game that will encourage a lot of discussions as you play :)
There are 3 different boards, each with matching sets of pictures with names, group names (insect, not insect), descriptions.
Playing: Children attempt to match each animal with a picture card; match additional sets of cards, wherever it is an insect or not an insect; and then guess the minibeasts when reading the description cards.
Children can check their answers - answer sheet for each bingo board included.
For more useful activities, please check my set of Minibeasts Classification activities in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
The Three Little Pigs / Science / Materials
This unit can be used alongside the story of The Three Little Pigs. It provides opportunities for the children to use science to investigate the materials product are made of and link it to their storytelling.
Planning included! Through this small unit, children learn about the materials used in the story of The Three Little Pigs, found out where straw, wood and bricks (clay) come from, how they are used as building materials and their properties.,as well as describe and compare every day objects made of the same materials, and carry out 2 science experiments.
Includes
• Planning - for 5 lessons.
• PowerPoint – found out what straw, wood and clay comes from, how they are used as building materials and their properties
• Text for reading activities (similar as powerPoint)
• Flashcards – objects made of straw, wood and clay
Worksheets:
• What do you know about these materials? (Using key vocabulary to describe materials and their properties) Complete sentences or/ and use writing sheet – using
• Sort objects (cut & Paste) made of straw, wood and clay
• Describe what straw, wood and clay feels like (use word bank)
• Found out which material absorbs water the most
• Found out which material can be move the furthest
For additional resources based on the story of The Three Little Pigs, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)