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! :)
Worksheets based on DT Unit 2A / Vehicles where children design a space buggy, plan how they will make it and evaluate their finished work.
The set includes:
Information sheets and worksheets that can be to introduce the topic:
• text about space buggies used during the moon exploration followed by a questionnaire
• picture of a space buggy with names of parts followed by one that children can label
Front cover sheet and targets (objectives) sheet
Worksheets for DT activities:
Think of ideas for making your space buggy (purpose)
Draw how your space buggy will look like and label the parts (own design)
Draw how you will make your space buggy move and label the parts (wheels and axels)
Draw a logo for your space buggy, and tick what you will use to make your logo
Write a list of materials and tools that you will need to make your space buggy
Plan in which order you will make your own space buggy
What do you think of your finished vehicle? (Evaluation)
Worksheet for creative writing:
Write an exciting short story for a newspaper report which includes a space buggy (newspaper template)
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check 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.
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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
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The PowerPoint briefly describes the history of the Christmas tree and the differences between modern day Christmas trees.
Part 1: describes the origins of the Christmas tree from Pagan celebrations to German traditions and why it became a worldwide custom since Victorian times. It shows some famous Christmas trees used for public display around the world.
Part 2: describes present day production, sales and impact on the environment of Christmas trees, including real and artificial trees. Children are asked to make comparisons and to briefly describe which tree is better for appearance, cost, convenience, transportation, longevity, disposal, allergies and safety. It ends with reviewing how Christmas trees affect our environments and what people can do better to save them.
The PowerPoint provides questions and answers to check the children’s understanding.
I have also created similar worksheets for follow up activities (sold separately)
The Christmas Tree Origins
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-christmas-tree-origins-12033645
The Christmas Tree - Real vs Artificial
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-christmas-tree-real-vs-artificial-12932310
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I have created fact sheets and worksheets based and adapted from DT unit 2C Winding. It also links History Unit 1‘‘How are our toys different from those in the past?’ Some activities can be linked to Literacy (Reading and Writing, Non-Fiction, Story Telling). The unit can be adapted for a particular class topic.
Planning included!
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Through this unit, children learn about the concept of winding mechanisms, building on previous knowledge of wheels and axles. They learn about different mechanical toys and how they have changed over time. They explore how to make winding mechanisms using construction kits, then, after discussion, make their own toy using a winding mechanism out of reclaimed materials.
Resources
• Fact Sheet: Wind-Up Toys – What is a wind-up toy?
• Fact Sheet: Wind-Up Toys – A History of Wind-Up Toys
• Diagram: How to make a wind-up mechanism
• Making a glossary of new vocabulary
• Story writing: Write a short paragraph that links to the story
History worksheets:
• Draw a picture of each toy (from the past and modern) and label (similarities and differences)
• Put pictures in the correct order (cut and paste) to show how wind-up toys have changed over time
DT worksheets:
• Draw a win-up toy and label the different parts of the mechanism
• Designing (part 1): illustrate idea and label different parts to show how it will work
• Designing (part 2): list materials, equipment and plan stages of making
• Description: Using stages of making as a reference, write a description (word list)
• Evaluation: evaluate own wind-up toy and make suggestions for improvement
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.
mariesteachingresources@gmail.com
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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
Storytelling Picture Prompts – whole class/ group
Enables children to create a story with a mix of characters, settings and objects based on the traditional stories of Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and Hansel and Gretel – includes some time connectives and speech/thinking bubbles.
Includes instructions for using them different ways.
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 Traditional Stories, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Storytelling Boards Game – up to 6 players
Enables children to create a story with a mix of characters, settings and objects based on the traditional stories of Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and Hansel and Gretel – includes some time connectives and speech/thinking bubbles.
You will need set of boards for each pair or group, a dice and a worksheet each to record answers. Instruction sheet included.
For more writing prompts, please check my Storytelling Mats Bundle based on the same stories, with sentence starters, verbs and adjectives.
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 Traditional Stories, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Bundle of helpful word mats base on 5 traditional stories for independent writing - with sentence starters for each part of the story, verbs and adjectives.
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 Traditional Stories, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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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 characters and story structure based on the story of Hansel & Gretel.
Activities include oral retelling, sequencing events, identifying different parts of the story, describing characters & settings, and creative writing.
Set includes:
• Tell The Tale – story pictures for sequencing and oral retelling
• What Happens Next? –cut and paste pictures and text in the correct sequence
• Story Map - complete a map with captions
• Story Sequence – blank sheet for writing
• Story Structure – list characters, settings, events and resolution
• Story Plot – name each part of the story (beginning, build-up, problem, resolution, end); add captions on diagram
• Character Portrait – illustrate and describe one character
• Describing Characters – use adjectives word bank
• Describing Food – List adjectives that mean the same as Delicious; use the adjectives to complete speech bubbles
• Describing Setting x 2 – list adjectives to describe the forest – write how it feels to walk through the forest alone; list adjectives to describe the witch’s house – describe how you feel eating that food.
• Blank sheets for rewriting the story
For additional resources based on the story of Jack and The Beanstalk, please check my PowerPoint and Bingo Game.
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Up And Down The Beanstalk - DT activities
This unit can be used alongside the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. It provides opportunities for the children to use design and technology to create a product and link it to their storytelling.
Included:
• Planning
• Diagram
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
Children explore how to make winding mechanisms using construction kits, and then make their own toy based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk using a winding mechanism out of reclaimed materials.
Worksheets include identifying on diagram parts that can be changed for their design, illustrating and labelling how the toy and mechanism will look, selecting from lists materials and tools, writing in which order they will work, and recording their evaluation.
For additional resources based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears / DT / Food / Yummy Porridge!
This unit can be used alongside the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a healthy food product suitable for a character and link it to their storytelling.
Planning included! Children investigate the characteristics and properties of different varieties of ingredients to add different flavours to a basic dish – porridge – compare 5 recipes and develop vocabulary to describe the appearance, taste, smell and texture. They learn basic food preparation techniques to design and make a yummy porridge! Includes vocabulary sheet.
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4 illustrated Word Mats with vocabulary, verbs, adjectives and time connectives
Covers Seaside Features and Activities, and Victorian Times
For additional resources based on the seaside, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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3 useful sheets with key vocabulary for writing stories about pirates.
Includes: story sequence - sentence starters, nouns, verbs and adjectives.
I have also created Pirate themed worksheets for planning and writing own pirate story.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-pirate-story-writing-worksheets-13049005
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Fact sheets and worksheets to learn about what it’s like to be an astronaut.
The set includes fact sheets about famous astronauts and cosmonauts, male and female, including brief biographies, and text about how to become an astronaut and what work they do during space missions. Can also be used for a reading corner or as topic posters.
Worksheets include:
• Questionnaire: use fact sheets to find answers
• Famous People Time Line/ cut and paste: match each photo with its caption and date, and put them in chronological order to create a time line.
• Look on the internet for information about Tim Peake to complete the fact sheet template
• Job Description: find answers in ‘Becoming An Astronaut’ and ‘An astronaut’s Work’ ( text included) to complete a job description for an astronaut
• Interview An Astronaut: use an astronaut’s fact sheet to write questions and answers
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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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 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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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
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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, mammal, reptile, bird, fish, amphibian, and insect – 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 animals (suggest display on big screen)
• 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 (suggest display on big screen)
For more useful activities, please check my other Amazon Rainforest Animals resources in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)