Welcome to The Teacher Lab, your one-stop destination for high-quality teaching resources designed to empower educators in the fields of English, Mathematics, and Economics.
At The Teacher Lab, we understand how time-strapped teachers are, and we're here to support you every step of the way. Our carefully curated collection of teaching resources is crafted to enhance your teaching experience, engage your students, and foster a love for learning.
Welcome to The Teacher Lab, your one-stop destination for high-quality teaching resources designed to empower educators in the fields of English, Mathematics, and Economics.
At The Teacher Lab, we understand how time-strapped teachers are, and we're here to support you every step of the way. Our carefully curated collection of teaching resources is crafted to enhance your teaching experience, engage your students, and foster a love for learning.
Are you looking for differentiated writing prompts for your Christmas writing? Look no further! Introducing our 9 Christmas writing prompts, a thoughtfully crafted resource designed to inspire and enhance the writing skills of your 2nd to 4th grade students.
This lesson package has been specially crafted to cater to the varied learners in your classroom. Each prompt is further differentiated into three levels, ensuring that every student feels challenged and supported.
Titles of Writing Prompts
Preparing for Christmas
How to decorate a Christmas tree
Christmas in my neighborhood
Best Christmas traditions
Favorite Christmas treat
The perfect gift
My Christmas pet
A present for Rudolph
Santa’s surprise visit
Differentiated prompts at each level
Beginning Writers: Your beginning writers will receive a worksheet that has been crafted with sentence starters and a word bank to support them in their writing.
Intermediate Writers: Your intermediate writers will receive a worksheet with a word bank to help them construct their sentences.
Advanced Writers: Your advanced writers will receive a worksheet which challenges them to write on their own.
All worksheets come with an allocated space for spelling help, a common problem faced in many classrooms!
Explore different writing genres
Our collection features 3 different genres:
narrative writing
opinion writing
writing an information report
Differentiated Checklists
That’s not all! We’ve also differentiated our checklists. We’ve created checklists for the beginning, intermediate and advanced writers. We are all about making sure that your students can manage the work that is given to them!
Product Type
This resource can be printed or used in Google Classroom.
Make this holiday season both festive and educational with our Christmas Writing Prompts! Download now and witness the joy of writing unfold in your classroom. Happy writing!
Introducing our Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages for Year 5 and 6 students - the perfect resource to help your students gain more knowledge on the customs and traditions of Christmas!
What you’ll receive:
Our 3 reading passages include a rich variety of text types, such as a narrative, an information report, and a procedural text. These passages are thoughtfully designed to captivate young readers’ interests and expand their literary horizons. The titles of the three passages are:
The Magical Christmas Tree
Christmas Traditions
DIY Holiday Ornaments
Each passage is accompanied by three types of questions: two true/false questions, three multiple-choice questions, and five open-ended questions. These questions are designed to challenge students’ comprehension abilities and encourage critical thinking.
Teachers and parents can rest easy knowing that every question comes with a detailed answer key. This makes it effortless to assess students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
Flexibility is key, and we’ve got you covered! These reading comprehension passages can be printed for in-class use or utilized digitally on Google Slides.
For an enriched learning experience, we have provided the files to the audio narration for each of the 3 passages.
Order our Christmas Comprehension Passages today and watch your students grow in their reading comprehension skills!
Introducing our comprehensive banking package! This package will empower you with the resources needed to teach the topic of checking and savings accounts, as well as the art of calculating simple and compound interest.
If you would like your students to learn more about the features of checking and savings accounts as well as how the interest on these accounts is calculated, you’ve come to the right place.
What’s included
Checking and Savings Account
A ready-made deck of Google Slides to teach the features, advantages and disadvantages of a checking account and a savings account. (You will receive a link to the Google slides.)
Ready-made multiple choice questions to assess your students’ learning on the topic of checking and savings accounts
3 different printable worksheets
A worksheet to help identify the best bank or financial institution to open a checking account
A worksheet to help identify the best bank or financial institution to open a savings account
A worksheet to practice writing checks
Simple and Compound Interest
10 Simple Interest Problems
4 questions to calculate interest earned
2 questions to calculate the principal amount
2 questions to calculate the time taken
2 questions to calculate the interest rate
10 Compound Interest Problems
4 questions to calculate interest earned
2 questions to calculate the principal amount
2 questions to calculate the time taken
2 questions to calculate the interest rate
4 questions to compare the interest collected based on simple and compound interest rates
These 24 word problems are packaged in the following formats:
Printable PDF file
PDF form filling file for students to fill up digitally
Google Slides
In this fun and enjoyable lesson, your students will learn to create a bar graph with a bar graph template and answer worksheet questions related to the topic on bar graphs. With a engaging video attached in this lesson resource, you will be able to hook your students on this topic and have the concepts explained to them in a simple and understandable manner.
What’s included
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson.
A classroom hands-on activity idea with a bar graph template provided
7 slides of questions (Each slide has an average of 4 questions)
All questions can be used by teacher to demonstrate the concepts or as independent practices for the students
Can be printed as hardcopy practices or used as distant learning
Available in PDF or Google slides (You will be provided with a link)
All answers provided
Don’t wait, add this product to your library of teaching resources today!
In this bundle, you will be equipped with the resources to teach your students about checking accounts, saving accounts, credit cards, debit cards, simple interest & compound interest.
What’s included:
Credit and Debit Cards
A ready-made deck of Google Slides to teach the features, advantages, disadvantages, similarities and differences between a credit and debit card. (You will receive a link to the Google slides.)
Ready-made multiple choice questions to assess your students’ learning on the topic of credit and debit cards.
3 different printable worksheets
A worksheet to identify the different features of a debit card
A worksheet to state the advantages, disadvantages, similarities and differences between a credit and debit card. (An answer key is provided)
A worksheet to conduct research and make a decision on the most suitable type of credit card based on one’s needs.
Checking and Savings Accounts
A ready-made deck of Google Slides to teach the features, advantages and disadvantages of a checking account and a savings account. (You will receive a link to the Google slides.)
Ready-made multiple choice questions to assess your students’ learning on the topic of checking and savings accounts
3 different printable worksheets
A worksheet to help identify the best bank or financial institution to open a checking account
A worksheet to help identify the best bank or financial institution to open a savings account
A worksheet to practice writing checks
Simple and Compound Interest
10 Simple Interest Problems
4 questions to calculate interest earned
2 questions to calculate the principal amount
2 questions to calculate the time taken
2 questions to calculate the interest rate
10 Compound Interest Problems
4 questions to calculate interest earned
2 questions to calculate the principal amount
2 questions to calculate the time taken
2 questions to calculate the interest rate
4 questions to compare the interest collected based on simple and compound interest rates
This is a teaching package filled with a bumper crop of teaching ideas and activities for you to choose from, one that will save you lots of preparation time.
Say goodbye to all those late nights trying to come up with new lesson ideas. We’ve done the work for you! This is an absolute classroom time saver! Download your copy today and see the difference it makes in your classroom.
Unleash the power of learning about animals with our innovative unit! Our materials are designed to help your 5 - 8 year old students master essential english, mathematics and science skills through a series of animal-related activities. This product comes with lesson plans, instructional aids and activity sheets to help you print and go! This is a great time saver for all teachers out there!
This product contains the following teaching points and activities:
26 real-life images of animals
26 animal facts
List of animals: ant / bear / cat / dog / elephant / fish / goat / hippopotamus / iguana / jellyfish / kangaroo / lion / monkey / nightingale / octopus / pig / quail / rabbit / snake / turtle / unicorn / vulture / whale / xerus / yak / zebra
hear real animal sounds
learn about animals with stripes and spots
learn about nocturnal animals
Through this animal unit, students will also be given opportunities to improve their reading and penmanship skills through different fun and engaging activities. These include a word search, a bingo game, domino cards and animal riddles for them to solve!
For mathematics, students will learn the following topics through a series of animal related hands-on activities:
shapes
numbers from 1 to 20
addition and subtraction within 1 to 20
picture graph
Other skills taught
science : classification, observation, comparison
If you are looking for an animal unit that can be integrated across different subjects, look no further! This is the perfect product to use in your classroom!
This product is copyright The Teacher Lab and is for single classroom use only. It may not be placed on any public or shared database or website. Please purchase an additional license for any additional teachers.
Do you need to teach your students to analyze advertisements and for them to create their own? This resource will provide you with advertisements for your students to analyze and step-by-step templates for them to create their marketing plans.
Don’t wait! This is a set of teaching materials on marketing that will save you lots of preparation time! Get yours today!
Do you need to teach your students about different types of marketing promotions?
This resource will provide an explanation of the different types of marketing promotions which businesses use. This resource also includes a multiple-choice quiz to test your students on what they have just learnt.
The marketing promotions taught include:
discounts & coupons, loyalty programs, contest & giveaways, referral programs, bundling & cross-selling, free samples & trials, sponsorships & partnerships, cause-related marketing, trade-in or upgrade programs
If you need a set of teaching slides with quizzes on this topic, don’t wait, this is the resource that will help you save lots of preparation time!
Do you need to teach your students about the elements of advertising?
This resource will provide an explanation of the different types of elements of advertisings and the persuasive writing techniques used to make people purchase a product. This resource also includes a multiple-choice quiz to test your students on what they have just learnt.
The elements of advertising taught include:
headline/tagline, visual elements, copy/text, branding, call to action, unique selling proposition, target audience, emotional appeal, storytelling and repetition
If you need a set of teaching slides with quizzes on this topic, don’t wait, this is the resource that will help you save lots of preparation time!
Do you need to teach your students about different marketing channels?
This resource will provide an explanation of the different types of marketing channels that are available in the market. This resource also includes a multiple-choice quiz to test your students on what they have just learnt.
The marketing channels taught include:
print, television, radio, online, outdoor, direct mail, mobile, product placement and influence marketing
If you need a set of teaching slides with quizzes on this topic, don’t wait, this is the resource that will help you save lots of preparation time!
Introducing our Winter Reading Comprehension Passages for your year 2 to 4 students - the perfect resource to ignite young minds and foster a love for reading this winter season!
Our 5 reading passages include a rich variety of text types, such as a narrative, an information report, a poem, a procedure, and a recount. These passages are thoughtfully designed to captivate young readers’ interests and expand their literary horizons.
Each passage is accompanied by three types of questions: one to two true/false questions, three multiple-choice questions, and two open-ended questions. These questions are designed to challenge students’ comprehension abilities and encourage critical thinking.
Teachers and parents can rest easy knowing that every question comes with a detailed answer key. This makes it effortless to assess students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
Flexibility is key, and we’ve got you covered! These reading comprehension passages can be printed for in-class use or utilized digitally on Google Slides.
For an enriched learning experience, we have provided the files (.mp3) to the audio narration for each of the 5 passages.
Order our Winter Comprehension Passages today and watch your students grow in their reading comprehension skills!
Introducing our Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages for your year 2 to 4 students - the perfect resource to help your students gain more knowledge on the customs and traditions of Christmas!
What you’ll receive:
Our 3 reading passages include a rich variety of text types, such as a narrative, an information report, and a procedural text. These passages are thoughtfully designed to captivate young readers’ interests and expand their literary horizons. The titles of the three passages are:
Staying up for Santa
The story of Christmas
How to decorate a Christmas tree
Each passage is accompanied by three types of questions: two true/false questions, three multiple-choice questions, and two open-ended questions. These questions are designed to challenge students’ comprehension abilities and encourage critical thinking.
Teachers and parents can rest easy knowing that every question comes with a detailed answer key. This makes it effortless to assess students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
Flexibility is key, and we’ve got you covered! These reading comprehension passages can be printed for in-class use or utilized digitally on Google Slides.
For an enriched learning experience, we have provided the files to the audio narration for each of the 3 passages.
Order our Christmas Comprehension Passages today and watch your students grow in their reading comprehension skills!
Introducing our Halloween Reading Comprehension Passages for year 2 to 4 students - the perfect resource to ignite young minds and grow their comprehension skills this Halloween!
What you’ll receive:
Our 3 reading passages include a rich variety of text types, such as a narrative, an information report, and a procedural text. These passages are thoughtfully designed to captivate young readers’ interests and expand their literary horizons. The titles of the three passages are:
Timmy’s Halloween experience
Halloween traditions and history
How to carve a jack-o’-lantern
Each passage is accompanied by three types of questions: two true/false questions, three multiple-choice questions, and two open-ended questions. These questions are designed to challenge students’ comprehension abilities and encourage critical thinking.
Teachers and parents can rest easy knowing that every question comes with a detailed answer key. This makes it effortless to assess students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
Flexibility is key, and we’ve got you covered! These reading comprehension passages can be printed for in-class use or utilized digitally on Google Slides.
For an enriched learning experience, we have provided the files to the audio narration for each of the 3 passages.
Order our Halloween Comprehension Passages today and watch your students grow in their reading comprehension skills!
Introducing our Fall Reading Comprehension Passages for your year 2 to 4 students - the perfect resource to ignite young minds and foster a love for reading this autumn season!
Our 5 reading passages include a rich variety of text types, such as a narrative, an information report, a poem, a procedure, and a recount. These passages are thoughtfully designed to captivate young readers’ interests and expand their literary horizons.
Each passage is accompanied by three types of questions: one to two true/false questions, three multiple-choice questions, and two open-ended questions. These questions are designed to challenge students’ comprehension abilities and encourage critical thinking.
Teachers and parents can rest easy knowing that every question comes with a detailed answer key. This makes it effortless to assess students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
Flexibility is key, and we’ve got you covered! These reading comprehension passages can be printed for in-class use or utilized digitally on Google Slides.
For an enriched learning experience, we have provided the files (.mp3) to the audio narration for each of the 5 passages.
Order our Fall Comprehension Passages today and watch your students grow in their reading comprehension skills!
Are you looking to teach your students how to calculate the interest incurred from a loan? Or do you need a resource to help your student calculate a monthly loan repayment amount? In this lesson package, your students will learn more about the different types of loans, commonly used terms when dealing with loans (amortization, principal, interest) etc and how to calculate the interest and monthly repayment amount of a loan.
What’s included
A ready-made deck of Google Slides to teach:
the definition of loan
the different types of loans
secure vs unsecure
fixed vs variable interest rate
mortgages, personal loan, car loan, home equity loan, credit cards, student loan
commonly used terms (amortization, principal, interest, term, grace period, cosigner, default, origination fee)
5 worksheets that can be printed or used digitally
1 crossword puzzle to test your students on their understanding of the different terms used in the loan industry
1 loan sorting worksheet
1 budgeting worksheet to budget for a car loan
1 worksheet to help you compare the impact of choosing different loan periods and different interest rates
1 worksheet to calculate total interest, total payment and monthly payments
A set of 6 printable gamecards to calculate the interest incurred from borrowing a loan and the monthly repayment amount
In this lesson package on insurance, your students will learn more about the different types of insurance that are available in the market and the meaning of commonly used insurance terms. They will also learn about the documents needed to make a claim. Through a card game activity, your students will learn how to calculate the payout made when an insurance claim is made.
What’s included
A ready-made deck of slides to teach:
the definition of insurance,
the different types of insurance (life, health, disability, critical illness, homeowners, renters, auto, travel and pet)
the insurance jargon that is commonly used in the industry (insurance, coverage, premium, claim, deductible, exclusions, coinsurance)
2 crossword puzzles to test your students on their understanding of
the different types of insurance
insurance terms commonly used (Eg: deductible, premium, coinsurance etc)
can be used digitally or printed
A set of printable gamecards to calculate the payout made when an insurance claim is made
Targeted age group: Learners should be able to solve simple subtraction problems.
In this lesson package on credit cards and debit cards, your students will learn more about how credit and debit cards work. Through hands-on activities, your students will learn how to make comparisons between the two cards and make wise financial choices when it comes to using a credit or debit card.
What’s included
A ready-made deck of Google Slides to teach the features, advantages, disadvantages, similarities and differences between a credit and debit card. (You will receive a link to the Google slides.)
Ready-made multiple choice questions to assess your students’ learning on the topic of credit and debit cards.
3 different printable worksheets
A worksheet to identify the different features of a debit card
A worksheet to state the advantages, disadvantages, similarities and differences between a credit and debit card. (An answer key is provided)
A worksheet to conduct research and make a decision on the most suitable type of credit card based on one’s needs.
Don’t wait, add this product to your library of teaching resources today!
In this lesson package on checking and savings accounts, your students will learn more about the features of these accounts. Through hands-on activities, your students will learn how to make the best choice when selecting a bank to open a savings or checking account with.
What’s included
A ready-made deck of Google Slides to teach the features, advantages and disadvantages of a checking account and a savings account. (You will receive a link to the Google slides.)
Ready-made multiple choice questions to assess your students’ learning on the topic of checking and savings accounts
3 different printable worksheets
A worksheet to help identify the best bank or financial institution to open a checking account
A worksheet to help identify the best bank or financial institution to open a savings account
A worksheet to practice writing checks
Don’t wait; add this product to your library of teaching resources today!
As part of our Economics curriculum, The Teacher Lab has created this set of simple and compound interest mathematics problems. This set of word problems will complement the topics of banking and finance.
What’s included (24 questions altogether!)
10 Simple Interest Problems
4 questions to calculate interest earned
2 questions to calculate the principal amount
2 questions to calculate the time taken
2 questions to calculate the interest rate
10 Compound Interest Problems
4 questions to calculate interest earned
2 questions to calculate the principal amount
2 questions to calculate the time taken
2 questions to calculate the interest rate
4 questions to compare the interest collected based on simple and compound interest rates
These 24 word problems are packaged in the following formats:
Printable PDF file
PDF form filling file for students to fill up digitally
Google Slides
Do your students want to understand the economic impact of tariffs, quotas, and embargoes? This lesson package will cover the definition of each of the above trade barriers, provide real-world examples and teach students the advantages and disadvantages of each trade barrier.
By purchasing this lesson package, you will get a lesson plan, teaching slides, a video created by our team (hosted on YouTube) and printable handouts and worksheets for your students.
*The lesson plan, slides, handouts and worksheets will be downloaded as a PDF.
Use our package to help your students enhance their economic knowledge and prepare for their examinations. Our comprehensive package will ensure your students walk away liking this subject even more!
