End of the Year 3D Memory Book Mobile: This end of the year activity is so much fun, your students will love creating this 3D memory book mobile! Students use the 9 template pages to reflect on the past school year. Each template consists of a large writing prompt and two smaller disks that are perfect for illustrations. A blank template page is also provided. Fold the templates in half (on the dotted line) and stick them back to back creating a 3D memory book. Stick the smaller disks back to back and hang them from the 3D book. This is a lovely end of the year activity, it's educational and hands-on fun! Please note this product provides US and UK spelling options. Created by Lindy du Plessis (shop: lindy loves to teach)

Christmas Interactive Bulletin Board. Christmas is just around the corner! Create this interactive Christmas collaborative bulletin board with your students. It's a fantastic way to build community and promote teamwork. They'll be so proud of their class bulletin board! Students use a key to colour 30 unique squares that form the background of the bulletin board. Students also colour and complete their own Christmas decoration printable by writing or illustrating something about Christmas (you can decide what you would like your students to write or draw). Combine the background and the individual Christmas decorations for a lovely Christmas display! Use the bulletin board as a starting point to discuss the importance of teamwork and individual accountability. This is such a great way to build community. Completed size: 90 cm x 108 cm Please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions (duplessislindy@gmail.com). Have fun teaching! Lindy du Plessis (Shop name: Lindy loves to teach) Copyright © Lindy du Plessis. Please do not share or place on the internet.

Christmas Crafts Are you ready for some fun Christmas crafts? Here are 24 pages of Christmas fun! Your students will create 3D boxes, ornaments, houses and Christmas cards out of paper. Contents: Square boxes (5 different designs) Pyramid boxes (5 different designs) Square base trapezium boxes (5 different designs) 3D Houses (4 options) Christmas cards (5 different designs) Each craft template has an empty space where students can write a message. This personalizes the activities and encourages students to use their language skills. I hope your students enjoy the Christmas fun! Please email me if you have any questions (duplessislindy@gmail.com). Have fun teaching, Lindy du Plessis (Shop name: Lindy loves to teach)

Character Education - Let's build Character and improve behavior! Character education is very important, teach your students about positive character traits and improve their behavior in the process. This easy to implement program is perfect for classes (or students) that struggle with social skills. Focus on one character trait per week, use the posters, armbands and awards to motivate your students. Watch how their behavior improves and their emotional intelligence grows! Included: 35 Character education definition posters (color and black & white). 35 Character education armbands (color and black & white). Character education goal and star of the week posters & flashcards (color and black & white). 35 Character education print and go awards PDF (color and black & white). 35 Character education type in name and date awards PPT (color black & white) Character education awards checklist. Character education traits: Attentiveness Boldness Compassion Creativity Dependability Determination Endurance Enthusiasm Fairness Faithfulness Fearlessness Friendliness Generosity Gentleness Gratitude Helpfulness Honesty Humility Humor Ingenuity Kindness Loyalty Neatness Obedience Optimism Patience Politeness Punctuality Respect Responsibility Self-control Sincerity Spontaneity Thoughtfulness Wisdom Please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions. Happy teaching! Lindy du Plessis duplessislindy@gmail.com © L du Plessis 2016. Single classroom license. This product may not be shared or placed on the internet.

Adverbs Task Cards & QR Codes (Penguins)- Penguins are on the loose! Identify an adverb in every sentence and use the QR code to scan the answer. You will receive 32 task cards that ask students to identify an adverb in every sentence. There is a full color and a black and white set. Also included is a student answer sheet and an answer key. All cards contain QR code answers. Common Core Aligned: ELA - 3.L.1.a Use the task cards for scoot, scavenger hunt, read and write the room, individual practice, pair work or project the task cards for whole class teaching. QR codes are fun and easy to use. Download a QR code reader onto your iPad, tablet or smart phone and you are ready for some serious classroom fun. Students can identify adverbs, write their answers on their answer sheets and immediately check their work by scanning the QR code on their task card. You could even use these task cards without using the QR codes. Students simply use the answer key to check answers. Created by Lindy du Plessis (Store: Lindy loves to teach)

Contractions Task Cards Clip It! 32 color contractions clip it task cards 32 black and white contractions clip it task cards Contractions student answer worksheet Contractions answer key Here are contraction task cards with a twist! Every task card has a contraction on it. Students have to clip clothespins to the two words that combine to form the specific contraction. It's hands on and fun! Common Core Aligned: L.2.2c Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)

Collaborative Class Bulletin Board (Superhero Theme) - Build community and improve behavior with this collaborative classroom bulletin board. Each student receives a unique square to color in according to a key. Once completed the students use their squares to create the big classroom poster. Students complete their individual superhero templates and add them to the class bulletin board. This is a wonderful way to demonstrate the benefits of teamwork and individual accountability. 24 bulletin board pages 2 superhero templates Completed size: 47 x 17 inches Please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions (duplessislindy@gmail.com). Have fun teaching! Lindy du Plessis (Store name: Lindy loves to teach) Copyright © Lindy du Plessis. Please do not share or place on the internet.

Nouns Interactive Display - Nouns are easy to understand when you create this hands-on interactive noun display! This noun activity is a fantastic way to learn about nouns, build community and promote teamwork. Your students will love it! Students use a key to colour 30 unique squares that form the background of the noun display. Students also color and complete individual noun pencils that are then later added to the display. Completed size: Completed size: 35.5 x 42.5 inches. Nouns Interactive display. - © Lindy du Plessis 2015

Valentine's Day Crafts Are you ready for some Valentine's Day fun? Here are 31 pages of Valentine's crafts! Your students will create 3D boxes, crowns, cards and bracelets. Contents: Square boxes (5 different designs) Pyramid boxes (5 different designs) Square base trapezoid boxes (5 different designs) Crowns / headbands (6 options) Cards (5 different designs) Armbands / bracelets (5 different designs) I hope your students enjoy their Valentine's Day crafts!

Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game Do your students need extra practice with the identification of adjectives and adverbs? This game is perfect to review adjectives and adverbs! Your students will love the bright colors, animation and sound effects. DIRECTIONS: This PowerPoint must be in Slide Show view or the animation won’t work. STUDENTS: Read the word on the car and the sentence below the car. Is the word on the car an adjective or an adverb? 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. *Please note, this PPT contains 20 question slides* CCSS ELA-Literacy L.1.1.f (adjectives) CCSS ELA-Literacy L.2.1.e (adjectives) CCSS ELA-Literacy L.3.1.a (adjectives) CCSS ELA-Literacy L.2.1.e - Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Created by Lindy du Plessis (Store: Lindy loves to teach) Please do not share or place on the internet.

Cause and Effect - Cause and Effect PowerPoint and Printables - Join us on our camping trip and learn about cause and effect! Students work through the interactive PowerPoint slides with their whiteboards and learn how to identify cause and effect. This PowerPoint simplifies this challenging topic, all you have to do is click and teach! Also included are five printables (including a pencil topper) to further reinforce and consolidate cause and effect. The printables are perfect for literacy centers or to send home for extra review. Included in your zip file: 41 Cause and Effect PowerPoint slides 5 Cause and Effect printables Common Core Standards Covered: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.8 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5 © L du Plessis 2015. Single classroom license. This product may not be shared or placed on the internet.

Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint Game! Subject Verb Agreement is easy to review when you play this interactive PowerPoint Game! Help the cool kids complete twenty sentences by clicking the correct verb to ensure subject verb agreement. The slides are self correcting and the illustrations are bright and beautiful! Please view the PowerPoint in slide show mode. Created by Lindy du Plessis 2015.

Contractions (PowerPoint and Worksheets) - Contractions are easy to teach when you use this entertaining and interactive contractions PowerPoint. Students discover what contractions are through fun games and exercises. 70 Contractions PowerPoint slides 4 Contractions worksheets The slides are fully animated and show how two words blend to form a contraction. This makes the correct placement of the apostrophe easy to understand and remember. By the end of this lesson your students will know exactly what contractions are and where to place the apostrophe when creating a contraction. This is a great PowerPoint for the review and introduction of contractions. Students are encouraged to use their whiteboards throughout the PowerPoint - interactive learning always produces better results. Common Core Aligned: L.2.2c Created by Lindy du Plessis 2016. Single classroom license. Please do not share or place on the internet.

Fact or Opinion QR Code Task Cards - These are task cards with a huge twist! Join us on the farm and identify facts or opinions! Clip the answers with clothespins and scan the QR codes to check for accuracy. This is perfect for literacy centers! For extra variation you can use the cards without the clothespins. Students can underline their answers on the answer sheet that's provided with this product. You can use these task cards for read and write the room, scoot or you can project them on your whiteboard for whole class work. You can even print out the black and white task cards and ask your students to color in the answers. Contents: 32 Fact or opinion color cards 32 Fact or opinion black and white cards Student answer sheet Answer key 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. Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)

Irregular Past Tense Verbs (PowerPoint and Printables) - Irregular verbs are easy to teach when you use this PowerPoint! This is a highly visual, interactive and fun introduction to irregular past tense verbs. Students often struggle to form irregular past tense verbs. This PowerPoint introduces and explains irregular past tense verbs with 74 slides. Students work through the interactive slides to practice forming irregular past tense verbs. It's easy to use, you just click and teach! Also included are five printables to further reinforce and consolidate irregular past tense verbs. The printables are perfect for literacy centers or to send home for extra review. This product is linked to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.D Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told). Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach)

Prepositions {PowerPoint and Worksheets} - Prepositions are easy to teach when you use this no-prep PowerPoint! This is a highly visual, interactive and fun introduction to prepositions. Students discover what prepositions are through games and exercises. Active learning is encouraged throughout the PowerPoint. Students play games and use their whiteboards to maximize engagement. Included: 52 PowerPoint slides 4 Worksheets (with answer keys) Common Core Aligned: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.i *Please note, this PPT does not cover prepositional phrases* Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).

Nouns - Common Nouns and Proper Nouns (PowerPoint & Worksheets). 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: 29 PowerPoint slides (nouns) 4 Worksheets (nouns) Please email me if you have any questions (duplessislindy@gmail.com). Have fun teaching! Lindy du Plessis (Shop name: Lindy loves to teach) © L du Plessis 2015

Awards: End of Year Awards - 50 Editable Kids Awards. You are going to love these colorful awards! Use them as end of year awards, or use them throughout the year to encourage and reward your students. There are 50 awards to choose from and you can also create your own awards by using the editable PPT. I've done all the hard work for you, add your students' names and you'll be ready for your awards ceremony! Included: 50 Print and go awards (PDF). 50 Type in names and dates awards (PPT). 14 Fully editable awards (PPT). Checklist (PDF) to help you plan your awards. 50 Awards (you can also create your own with the editable PPT file): Animal Activist Amazing Artist Outstanding Attendance Positive Attitude Future Author Bright Bookworm Coloring In Genius Creative Genius Neatest Desk Supreme Determination Exceptional Engineer Excellent Entrepreneur Fabulous Fact Finder Caring Friend Faithfull Friend Gifted Gardener Handwriting Hero Happy Helper Homework Superstar Best Improvement IT Whiz Kid Jolly Joker Exceptional Kindness Outstanding Leadership Lining Up Master Lovely Listener Magnificent Manners Mathematical Mastermind Marvelous Messenger Magnificent Motivator Future Movie Star Musical Maestro Outstanding Neatness Future Olympian Perfect Patience Future Poet Perfect Problem Solving Future Scientist Singing Superstar Social Butterfly Super Speller Super Sharing Sensational Sports Star Superb Story Teller Improved Reading Reading Superstar Future Teacher Terrific Team Player Wonderful Worker World Class Writer Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).

Synonyms 10 Mark PowerPoint Quiz * Please note that this is not a PowerPoint that teaches synonyms, it is a 10 question quiz :) Ten question slides. Children must replace the underline word in each sentence with the correct synonym (multiple choice). You click, and they write their answers on their whiteboards or a piece of paper. Ten answer slides are provided for easy checking and discussion. This is a great review or assessment tool. Includes: 10 question slides 10 answer slides Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).