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.
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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 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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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
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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
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 :)
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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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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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
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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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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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
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
A brief history of the Christmas tree
Text includes information about the origins of the Christmas tree, from Pagan celebrations to German traditions and how it became a worldwide custom since Victorian times. Each page has related questions to check comprehension and extend discussion (Guided reading)
Worksheets:
• Use word bank to write a brief history of the origins of the Christmas tree from Pagan times until Victorian Times
• Complete sentences with missing words – use word bank
• Record definition of words using a dictionary
• Illustrate and label Christmas tree decorations from the past and present day
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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.
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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.
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3 Bingo mats with matching picture cards, matching names of African animals, and quiz like cards
For additional resources based on African animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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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
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Based on the ‘Going to the Seaside’ scheme of work, the PowerPoint is divided into 5 parts:
Most popular seaside places in the UK
includes map of the UK with different seaside resorts; information about 10 seaside places
Why do people like going to the seaside?
includes pictures of different seaside landscapes; information; pictures of different activities on the beach and on/in the sea
Seaside Features
includes pictures of different human and physical seaside features; recognise which ones are human or physical features; identify famous seaside landmarks
Seaside holidays in the past
includes pictures and text from Victorian times to 1990s; time line with pictures
Seaside holidays abroad
includes text and pictures; map of the world – recognise most popular destinations; information about Benidorm (Spain), Rhodes (Greece), Cocoa Beach (Florida), Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), Tenerife (Canary Islands) and Antalya (Turkey); compare different seaside holidays at home and abroad
I have also created worksheets as follow up activities. 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 :)
Set of worksheets based on the ‘Going to the Seaside’ scheme of work
Most popular seaside places in the UK – 2 activities
• Draw arrows to show where the places are on the map
• Complete a tally chart to find out which place is the most favourite
Seaside Features – 3 activities
• Use key words to label picture of the seaside
• Cut and paste – sort pictures into human and physical features
• Label pictures of seaside landmarks in the UK
Seaside holidays in the past – 4 activities
• Now and Then Time Line – label pictures with correct dates, and explain why the picture is about the past
• Now and Then – cut and paste – sort pictures into Today and Long Ago
• Write a comparison between seaside holidays today and long ago
• Write about gong to the seaside in Victorian times
Seaside holidays abroad – 3 activities
• Label pictures of different seaside places on the map of the world
• Write a comparison between 2 seaside resorts (Blackpool and Benidorm)
• Complete a holiday brochure
Keeping safe from the sun
Keeping safe in the water
Write a postcard
4 illustrated Word Mats with vocabulary, verbs, adjectives and time connectives - includes Seaside Features and Activities, and Victorian Times
For more useful resources, please check my Going To The Seaside PowerPoint 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 :)