I'm a primary school teacher with a passion for education, creativity and technology. I have 15 years experience teaching reception to year 5. In addition to developing interactive teaching resources, I also create and sell educational clip art.
I'm a primary school teacher with a passion for education, creativity and technology. I have 15 years experience teaching reception to year 5. In addition to developing interactive teaching resources, I also create and sell educational clip art.
Name labels (editable) -
Here are bright name labels for your students. Print, write your students names on the labels and laminate for durability.
Name labels are available in 8 different patterns and two styles (plain or with Melonheadz clipart kids). Use the labels (without pictures) to label everything and anything in your class!
Perfect for back to school!
Name Labels (PDF - write the names)
Name Labels (PPT - type the names)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (storeL Lindy loves to teach).
Collective Nouns (PowerPoint & Worksheets) -
Collective nouns are easy to teach when you use this interactive and entertaining PowerPoint! It introduces collective nouns (40 slides/examples) to students. This is a great PowerPoint for the review or introduction of collective nouns. It also includes a 10 slide collective nouns quiz and 3 worksheets and a flip flap booklet!
Students are encouraged to use their whiteboards throughout the PowerPoint
Common Core Aligned: L.2.1a
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
Commas in a series (PowerPoint and Worksheets) - Commas are easy to teach when you use this no-prep PowerPoint! This is a highly visual, interactive and fun PowerPoint explaining the use of the Oxford comma. Students learn to write sentences using commas correctly. This is a great PowerPoint for the review and introduction of the Oxford comma.
Included:
30 PowerPoint Slides
3 Worksheets & 3 answer keys
Created by Lindy du Plessis 2016. This is a single user license only. Please do not share or place on the internet.
Conjunctions (PowerPoint and Worksheets) - Conjunctions are easy to teach when you use this no-prep PowerPoint! This is a highly visual, interactive and fun introduction to conjunctions. Students discover how to identify conjunctions in sentences and how to combine sentences using coordinating conjunctions. Students are encouraged to use their whiteboards throughout the PPT.
This is a great PowerPoint for the review and introduction of conjunctions.
45 PowerPoint slides
3 Worksheets and 3 answer keys
CCSS: ELA-LITERACY L.1.1.G
Created by Lindy du Plessis 2016. Single classroom license. This PPT may not be shared or placed on the internet.
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs PowerPoint & Worksheets -
Included:
- Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs PowerPoint (49 slides)
- Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs Anchor chart
- 3 Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs worksheets and answer sheets
The PowerPoint consists of 49 fully animated slides. The degrees of comparison are explained with animated examples. Spelling rules and tips are also explained with animated examples. Students are encouraged to use their whiteboards during the PowerPoint. This helps them to stay actively involved.
Three worksheets and answer sheets cover all the spelling rules and tips. The last worksheet has sentences that students have to complete with the correct form of the degree of comparison.
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach). Single user license only.
Fact or Opinion (PowerPoint and worksheets) - This is a highly visual, interactive and fun introduction to fact or opinion! Students often struggle to distinguish between fact or opinion. This PowerPoint introduces and explains fact or opinion with 52 farm themed slides. Students work through the interactive slides to practice identifying facts and opinions. It's easy to use, you just click and teach!
Also included are four worksheets (including a flip flap book) to further reinforce and consolidate fact or opinion. The worksheets are perfect for literacy centers or to send home for extra review.
This product is linked to CCSS (W.1.1; W.1.2; W.2.1; W.2.2). Students have to understand fact and opinion before they can write opinion pieces or informative texts.
Included:
55 Fact or opinion PowerPoint slides
4 Fact or opinion worksheets (including a flip flap booklet)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Fact or Opinion PowerPoint Game (20 question slides). Fact and opinion is easy to review when you play this interactive PowerPoint Game! Read about penguins and identify facts or opinions (read each sentence and choose the answer by clicking the correct button). The slides are self correcting and the illustrations are bright and beautiful!
Please remember to view the PPT in slide show mode for the animation and sound to work.
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Helping Verbs Powerpoint and Printables. Community helpers are here to help your students understand helping verbs! Students learn about helping verbs through fun visuals and exercises. This PowerPoint introduces helping verbs and help students identify helping verbs in sentences. Students are encouraged to stay on task by using their whiteboards during the lesson. This is a great PowerPoint for the review and introduction of helping verbs (auxiliary verbs). Also included are five printables to further reinforce and consolidate helping verbs.
Included:
44 PowerPoint Slides
5 Printables / worksheets (answer keys included)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
Alphabet Posters - Retro
This product contains alphabet posters. The images are bright, doodly and very child friendly. They are available in full color and black line filled with white. I've also included multicultural options for "girl" and "queen".
I've included the following graphics:
* Apple
* Bee
* Cat
* Duck
* Egg
* Fish
* Girl (two multicultural images - to suit the needs of your class)
* Heart
* Igloo
* Kite
* Lion
* Moon
* Numbers
* Octopus
* Pig
* Queen (two multicultural images - to suit the needs of your class)
* Rabbit
* Sun
* Tomato
* Umbrella
* Vest
* Worm
* X-ray and Xylophone
* Yogurt
* Zebra
You will receive four options with this pack:
Option 1:
Letter formation and picture.
Option 2:
Letter formation, picture and word
Option 3:
Black line version of option 1 (perfect for tracing pictures).
Option 4:
Black line version of option 2 (perfect to send home for extra reinforcement).
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Calendar Classroom Decor (Retro) - You are going to adore this bright and bold retro style calendar decor!
Contents:
Today / Tomorrow / Yesterday
Days of the week
Months of the year
Weather chart (including temperature clip card)
Seasons
Calendar numbers 1 - 31
Calendar numbers 1 - 31 (even numbers in orange)
Tally the date (laminate and use whiteboard marker)
100 days smarter (laminate and use whiteboard marker)
Countdown poster (laminate and use whiteboard marker)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teacch)
Birthday Chart (Retro) - write and wipe!
Here's a cheerful retro birthday chart for your classroom wall. Laminate the pages and use a whiteboard marker to fill in birthdays. You can use it year after year :)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Word Wall Bunting (Retro Style) - You'll love this bright and bold retro style word wall bunting set!
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Alphabet Posters (Rainbow) - This product contains alphabet posters. The images are bright, doodly and very child friendly. They are available in full color and black line filled with white. I've also included multicultural options for "girl" and "queen".
I've included the following graphics:
* Apple
* Bee
* Cat
* Duck
* Egg
* Fish
* Girl (two multicultural images - to suit the needs of your class)
* Heart
* Igloo
* Kite
* Lion
* Moon
* Numbers
* Octopus
* Pig
* Queen (two multicultural images - to suit the needs of your class)
* Rabbit
* Sun
* Tomato
* Umbrella
* Vest
* Worm
* X-ray and Xylophone
* Yogurt
* Zebra
You will receive four options with this pack:
Option 1:
Letter formation and picture.
Option 2:
Letter formation, picture and word
Option 3:
Black line version of option 1 (perfect for tracing pictures)
Option 4:
Black line version of option 2 (perfect to send home for extra reinforcement)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Following directions (listening skills) - Following directions are easy to develop when you use this no-prep packet. This is a fun way to develop and enhance auditory sequencing and development.
This product can be used for whole class practice or the directions can be recorded and listened to for independent practice.
You can also use this product for reading comprehension. Instead of listening to the directions students can read the directions and complete the activity sheets.
Answer keys are supplied for hassle free marking. You can print or project the answer keys so that students can check their own work.
Included:
- Listening skills workbook for students (15 activities)
- Listening skills directions booklet (15 pages)
- Listening Skills Answer Keys (15 pages)
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Nouns or Verbs PowerPoint Sorting Game. Do your students need extra practice with the identification of nouns and verbs? This game is perfect to review nouns and verbs!
DIRECTIONS:
This PowerPoint must be in Slide Show view or the animation won’t work.
STUDENTS:
Read the word on the hot air balloon.
Is it a noun or a verb? Click on the correct button to
answer.
If you are incorrect, click BACK and try again.
If you are correct, click NEXT and go to the next slide.
TIP:
Use individual whiteboards to promote whole-class participation.
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)
Nouns - Common Nouns and Proper Nouns (PowerPoint & Printables) - Nouns are easy to teach when you use this interactive and entertaining PowerPoint! Students discover what nouns are through games and exercises. This PowerPoint introduces common and proper nouns to students. They have to eventually identify common and proper nouns in sentences. By the end of this lesson, your students will know exactly what common and proper nouns are. This is a great PowerPoint for the review and introduction of nouns.
Also included are four common and proper noun worksheets to further reinforce and consolidate nouns.
Included:
27 PowerPoint slides (nouns)
4 Printables (nouns)
Common Core Aligned: 3.L.1.A
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store name: Lindy loves to teach)
Pronouns (QR Codes - Clip and Scan - Task Cards) - Do your students love task cards? Here are pronoun task cards with a twist!
- Pick a task card.
- Complete the sentence by choosing a suitable pronoun.
- Use a clothespin to clip the correct pronoun.
- Use an iPad, iPod, tablet or smartphone and scan the QR code to check the answer.
Alternatively you can place a small dot on the other side of the card to indicate the correct answer. For extra variation, you can use the cards without the clothespins or QR codes. Students have to write their answers on the answer sheet that is provided with this product. You can use these cards for read and write the room, scoot or you can even project them on your whiteboard for whole class work.
32 Color Pronoun QR Code Task Cards
32 Black and White Pronoun QR Code Task Cards
1 Student Answer Sheet
1 Answer Key
1 Mini Pronoun Anchor Chart
By Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
These are fun little bracelets that reinforce the eight parts of speech. Cut out the bracelets and color. Fold the right side of the bracelet under the other side of the bracelet and stick. Use an iPad, tablet or smartphone to scan the QR code on the bracelet. The QR code will link to TEXT that provides the definition of the particular part of speech. That way all students will be able to use the QR code at home (they won’t need an internet connection).
Contents:
Eight color bracelets
Eight black and white bracelets
By Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
Pronouns (PowerPoint and Worksheets) -Pronouns are easy to teach when you use this no-prep PowerPoint! This is a highly visual, interactive and fun introduction to pronouns PowerPoint. Students discover what pronouns are through games and exercises. By the end of this lesson your students will know exactly what pronouns are. This is a great PowerPoint for the review and introduction of personal pronouns. Also included are three worksheets to further reinforce and consolidate pronouns.
Included:
55 PowerPoint Slides
3 Worksheets (answer keys included)
By Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
Commas and quotation marks in dialogue (PowerPoint and Printables) - Quotation marks and commas are easy to teach when you use this no-prep PowerPoint and worksheet set! This is a highly visual and interactive way to learn about quotation marks and commas in dialogue.
Students often struggle to punctuate direct speech. This PowerPoint explains the components of direct speech (speaker tags and spoken words) and the how to punctuate sentences depending on the position of the speaker tag.
Students work through the interactive slides with their whiteboards to learn about the correct use of quotation marks and commas in dialogue. It's easy to use, you just click and teach!
Also included are seven worksheets (including a flip flap book) to further reinforce and consolidate the use of quotation marks in dialogue. The worksheets are perfect for literacy centers or to send home for additional review.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.C
Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
Included:
51 Quotation marks and commas in dialogue PowerPoint slides
7 Quotation marks and commas in dialogue worksheets
By Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).