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.
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.
Articles - PowerPoint and worksheets -
Articles are easy to teach when you use this no-prep interactive PowerPoint and worksheet set. Your students will love the bright colors, sound and animation!
Contents:
- Articles PowerPoint (59 Slides)
- Articles Printabes (6)
The six printables are perfect for literacy centers or to send home for extra review.
CCSS ELA LITERACY L.1.1.H
Use determiners (e.g., articles).
Created by Lindy du Plessis (stsore: 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)
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)
Place Value PowerPoint - This interactive PowerPoint helps students understand place value and expanded notation. It is problem-based (Alex needs help with his shopping list) and interactive, they use their personal whiteboards to work out answers. This is great fun and keeps all the students actively stimulated and on task during the lesson.
Place Value PowerPoint (9 slides).
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
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)
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)
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 (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).
Attendance is so much fun when you use an interactive attendance PowerPoint. Enjoy January with your penguin attendance pals!
Directions:
Edit the heading and names by clicking on the text boxes. Start the file in slide show mode (this will allow the sound and animation to work). Students click on their names and watch how their penguins disappear off the board!
This attendance file is also an interactive class list. You can edit the heading and use it for anything: reading logs, taking turns, tracking homework, handing in of assignments etc.
Complete and Incomplete Sentences PowerPoint Game (20 question slides).
Complete and incomplete sentences are easy to review when you play this interactive PowerPoint Game!
Join the children in class and help them practice the identification of complete and incomplete sentences (read each sentence and choose the answer by clicking the correct button). The slides are self-correcting, and the illustrations are bright and beautiful. This is perfect for test prep or review.
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
Name labels (editable) - Retro style name labels
Here are bright retro name labels for your students. Print, write the names and laminate for durability.
All name labels are available in 15 bright retro designs (PDF - print and write or use the editable PPT and type the names).
There are four options:
Name labels with the alphabet and numbers 1 - 20
Name labels with the alphabet and numbers 1 - 30
Plain name labels (just writing lines)
Plain name labels (just writing lines) and pencils
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).
Word Wall Headers (Happy & Bright) & word labels with matching patterns. Perfect for back to school!
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).
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)
Types of Sentences {PowerPoint and Worksheets} -
Types of Sentences PowerPoint (53 slides)
Types of Sentences Worksheets (4)
Types of sentences are easy to learn when you use this no-prep PowerPoint! This is a highly visual, interactive and fun introduction to the four different types of sentences (interrogative, declarative, exclamatory and imperative). Students discover how to identify the different types of sentences and also how to correctly punctuate the various types of sentences. Interactive learning is promoted through the use of whiteboards, and there are links to online activities.
By the end of this lesson, your students will know how to identify and punctuate the four types of sentences.
Also included are four printables (info sheet, two worksheets and a flip flap foldable booklet) to further consolidate the four types of sentences.
Created by Lindy du Plessis (store: Lindy loves to teach).