Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify vocabulary that can be used to describe common materials, a set of cards to select and sort different types of materials into groups by their matching common types and a template to record the design for the front of a particular type of shop built from different materials.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the different materials that can be used on a range of shop fronts.

This lesson is part of topic scheme of work to get the children to identify and describe the layout of different types of shops by role-playing running a classroom shop to sell a range of products made by the class. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.