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! :)
Printable story of Jack and The Beanstalk and comprehension worksheets for assessing understanding.
Activities include reading and answering questions and comparing different versions to write a book review.
Set includes:
• Story of Jack and The Beanstalk – text
• Comprehension - text, questions, write a different ending
• True or False - identify which sentences are true or not and rewrite the false sentences so that they are true
• Book Review – compare 2 versions of the same story and record preferences
For additional resources based on the story of Jack and The Beanstalk 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. Includes blank writing sheets.
For additional resources based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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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.
For additional Design and Technology resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
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A set of posters to learn about dinosaurs, dinosaur groups, time line, size, their diets (predator or prey) and types of food they ate.
A lot of useful information that can be used for independent research and for display.
If you would like follow-up activities, please check my set of Dinosaurs Worksheets and Word Mat (vocabulary) for independent writing (sold separately).
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Suitable for Year 2 - 5 parts PowerPoint that can be used over 5 lessons. Includes worksheets for follow up activities.
Part 1 – Storytelling
To know the beginning, middle and end of the story
To retell the story orally
Includes diagram of elements of a traditional tale; the story of The Three Little Pigs; prompt for oral storytelling
Part 2 – Sequence
To sequence the main events of the story
To match text with pictures
Activities prompting children to order story pictures and to match text with pictures; think of a good sentence opener for each picture
Part 3 – Sentence Starters
To know how to start sentences differently
To retell the story orally using sentence openers
Includes looking at different sentence openers for each part of the story; think of a good sentence opener for each picture
Part 4 – Characters
To talk about the characters in the story and say what you think about each one
To describe each characters using adjectives
Includes adjectives for each character, asking children to explain why; complete sentences with best adjectives
Part 5 – Story Plot
To know the different parts that makes a story
To give some reasons why things happen
Includes story plot diagrams; a question for each part of the story with a prompt to answer
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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Printable story of Hansel & Gretel and comprehension worksheets for assessing understanding.
Activities include reading and answering questions and comparing different versions to write a book review.
Set includes:
• Story of Hansel & Gretel – text
• Comprehension - text, questions, write a different ending
• True or False - identify which sentences are true or not and rewrite the false sentences so that they are true
• Book Review – compare 2 versions of the same story and record preferences
For additional resources based on the story of Hansel & Gretel please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
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.
For additional Design and Technology resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Learn about men and women who volunteered for different duties to help the country in Britain during the Second World War and how the war affected people’s lives.
The set includes facts sheets/posters, real pictures (use as flashcards or posters), worksheets and planning.
Facts sheets/posters and real pictures:
• Work Volunteers
• Air Raid Precaution Wardens
• Women Working During the War
• Women’s Land Army
• Home Guard / Dad’s Army
Worksheets:
• How did the war affected people’s lives? – 1. Write captions. 2. Describe different jobs. 3. Draw a poster asking people to help
• Air Raid Precaution wardens - What duties did Air Raid Precaution wardens have? Use word bank
• Land Girls - Describe who were the land girls, what their duties were and illustrate their typical work clothes.
• Home Guard / Dad’s Army - What was the Home Guard and why was it nicknamed Dad’s Army? What duties did the Home Guard have? Use word bank
I have also created additional sets (sold separately)
BRITAIN IN WW2 – The Blitz
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BRITAIN IN WW2 – Children Evacuees
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BRITAIN IN WW2 – Food Rationing
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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.
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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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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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Set of worksheets to learn about characters and story structure based on the story of Jack and The Beanstalk.
Activities include oral retelling, sequencing events, identifying different parts of the story, describing characters & setting, 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
• Character Portrait – illustrate and describe one character
• Describing Characters – use adjectives word bank
• Describing Setting – list adjectives for the castle; describe how it feels walking inside the giant’s castle
• 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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
A handy word mat for independent writing with sentence starters for each part of the story, verbs and adjectives.
Includes blank sheets for story writing.
For additional resources based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, 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!
This set also comes with worksheets, for this please look for Animal Classification Posters & Worksheets in my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources
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This Bingo set is designed to reinforce the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and provides lots of opportunities for teachers and children to talk about characters and story plot as they play!
Enables to identify and match different parts of the story and captions with pictures.
There are 3 different picture boards with matching sets of pictures and captions.
Captions and speech bubbles will need to be cut separately to create flash cards. Boards and flashcards can be laminated for durability if you wish to.
For additional resources based on the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, please check my PowerPoint and worksheets.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
Useful word mats with names of animals from the Amazon rainforest, 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 Amazon Rainforest Animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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Writing prompts – to look at non-fiction text and layout and to write sentences using the information from a fact sheet.
Links to animal classification – includes a fact sheet of an animal from each category – mammal, reptile, bird, fish, amphibian, insect
For additional resources based on Amazon Rainforest Animals, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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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.
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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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
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.
mariesteachingresources@gmail.com
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)