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! :)
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.
Thanks for looking :)
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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
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
Thanks for looking :)
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
Thanks for looking :)
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 :)
I have created a set of clear illustrated flashcards which provide information about individual food groups and essential vitamins and minerals. Each card describes how nutrients help our bodies stay healthy and lists the relevant foods.
Suggest using them for reading/research activities or for display.
Includes 2 worksheets to use along with the flashcards + answers sheets.
• Questionnaire – find out what some vitamins and minerals do.
• Table – use the table to record which vitamins and minerals are in the foods.
There are 2 flashcards on each A4 - you will need to cut and separate them to have individual flashcards. 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 Food Clipart & Nutrients Labels
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-food-clipart-and-nutrients-labels-13020181
Healthy Diet Fact Sheets & Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/healthy-diet-fact-sheets-and-worksheets-12934946
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
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
A lot of useful information about different and most common minibeasts – includes insects, arachnid, molluscs, crustacean, arthropods and annelid.
A5 fact sheets (A4 folded back to back) for a Reading Corner, Topic Board, Writing Corner, Science Resources – or alternatively used as A4 posters.
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 :)
The set includes information sheets to introduce the topics of the Solar System, Planets, the Sun, the Earth, and of the Moon each with follow-up activities.
Activities:
Our Solar System
• Reading
• Questionnaire
• Diagram (cut & Paste pictures and labels)
Types Of Planets
• Reading
• Match Descriptions
• Temperatures – record degrees from coldest to hottest, identify which planet is the coldest and which one is the hottest
The Sun
• Reading
• Facts About The Sun - questionnaire
The Earth
• Reading
• 5 Facts About The Earth - writing
• Day and Night – complete sentences, colour and label diagram
The Moon
• Reading
• Facts About The Moon – questionnaire
• Phases of the Moon – complete sentences, colour and label diagram
Sun, Earth and Moon In Orbit - complete sentences and label diagram
What Is It? – write meaning/ definition of words (independently or with a dictionary)
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Thanks for looking :)
A lot of useful information about different groups of most common animals from the African savannah – 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 African Savannah, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
A set of posters (text) to introduce different groups of animals - mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, insects and animals which belong to ‘other’ classification groups! - worksheets and posters to check answers.
Worksheets:
• Complete a table - match each feature with an animal group
• Complete a table – which group does each animal belong to?
• Circle around in different colours mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects
• Classification keys – use a series of questions to identify each animal
• Complete a Venn Diagram – list key features to compare reptiles and fish
• Name the group to which each animal belongs to – use posters (text) as reference
For more useful activities, please check other Animal Classification resources in 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 animals into vertebrates and invertebrates, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects, and match key features while cooperatively making decisions and discussing the different possibilities. Also includes animals which belong to ‘other’ classification groups!
The set has instructions, posters (text) to introduce different groups of animals, animal pictures, group and features labels, recording worksheets and posters to check answers.
Follow up activities – worksheets:
• Complete a table - match each feature with an animal group
• Complete a table – which group does each animal belong to?
• Circle around in different colours mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects
• Classification keys – use a series of questions to identify each animal
• Complete a Venn Diagram – list key features to compare reptiles and fish
• Name the group (crustacean, mollusc, arachnid, annelid, arthropod,
echinoderm, coelenterate) to which each ‘other’ animal belongs to – use posters (text) as reference
For more useful activities, please check other Animal Classification resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
A lot of useful information about different groups of most common aquatic animals – includes fish, mammal, reptile, crustacean, mollusc, echinoderm, coelenterate, worm and sponge.
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 Under the Sea, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
Animals from Africa - Worksheets
Set of worksheets to learn about Africa, the African savannah and different groups of most popular African animals.
African Savannah Animals - Animal Classification
This is a great activity for children to learn how animals are grouped into different categories. Includes teaching suggestions, activity set (pictures and labels), instructions, worksheets, posters and answer sheets.
Animals from Africa - Word Mats
Useful word mats with names of African animals from the Savannah, classification groups and features, verbs and adjectives
For additional resources based on African Savannah Animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
Fact sheets and worksheets to learn about what it’s like to go on the Moon.
The set includes information about the Moon, about the first astronauts who walked on the Moon, including newspaper front page article written in 1969, description and labelled parts of a space suit, and description on how gravity affects walking on the Moon
Worksheets include:
• 2 Questionnaires: use fact sheets to find answers and label pictures
• Label the different features of a newspaper report (use word bank)
• Use template to complete a Newspaper Report based on the Moon landing
• Follow instructions to find out how much you weigh in Newtons on Earth and on the Moon
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Thanks for looking :)
Useful information/vocabulary for independent writing about Space and the planets in our solar system – can be used for a Reading Corner, Topic Board or alternatively used as A4 posters.
The set includes:
• A diagram of our solar system showing planets orbiting around our Sun
• A table with information about each 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)
• 2 posters describing different parts and objects that we see in space
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
Thanks for looking :)