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.
Introducing our comprehensive teaching package for prepositions! This preposition unit will teach your students how to use the most frequently occurring prepositions (to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
This unit consists of the following:
A detailed lesson plan on how to conduct the lesson and how to use the various resources
Teaching slides (PowerPoint needed)
definition of on/in/with/for/to/from/by/off/out/of
sentence examples of the above prepositions
The following resources are included to enable you to check for understanding.
An interactive multiple choice quiz of 9 questions (Eg: The cat is on/in/to/off the chair.)
8 preposition cards (Clip or circle the correct sentence in each box.)
Create a sentence (Choose the given preposition and noun to create a sentence)
Preposition dice activity (Roll a die and create a sentence)
This unit is designed to meet the Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten and Grade 1. With this package, you’ll have everything you need to make prepositional instruction fun and easy for your students. Don’t wait; order now and see the difference it makes in your students’ understanding of prepositions!
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 additional license for usage by any additional teacher.
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn to describe what scarcity is and identify the opportunity cost incurred when making a choice. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concepts of opportunity cost and scarcity in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a consolidation component and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson
PDF slides with questions to practice the concepts of opportunity cost as a group
3 different printable worksheets
Circling the opportunity cost
Listing down a choice made and the opportunity cost involved
Creating a poster to illustrate an opportunity cost that was made
Don’t wait, add this product to your library of teaching resources today!
Introduce the concept of needs and wants to your K to 2nd grade students with our comprehensive teaching resources. In this teaching package, you will receive a lesson plan, a video link, teaching slides, printable task and word wall cards and worksheets for you to use during your lesson. This comprehensive teaching package contains a bumper crop of activities, which will save you lots of preparation time.
Your download includes:
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a consolidation component and independent practices
24 task cards for you or your students to quiz each other on the concept of needs and wants
12 pages of teaching slides providing definitions and examples
A video link to engage your students and consolidate the concepts taught
3 word wall cards
4 different sets of worksheets for you to use during the independent stage
drawing out their needs and wants
identifying if an item is a need or want
Don’t wait; add this product to your library of teaching resources today! This holistic lesson package will help you save time and allow you to feel confident that your students are engaged and meeting their learning objectives!
This Demand and Supply teaching package comes with a lesson plan, video, whole-class practice questions and independent worksheets to help your students master this new economics concept.
This package is designed specifically for elementary school students and makes learning economics easy and fun. By purchasing this package, your students will learn to identify factors that contribute to changes in demand and supply of goods and services.
Don’t miss this opportunity to give your students the tools they need to succeed in this topic of economics. Purchase our lesson package and watch their understanding of economics soar!
*Please note that the video is hosted on YouTube.
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!
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
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!
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.
Do your students want to understand the problems of barter trade and why we use money to buy things? This lesson package will cover the definition of barter trade, the problems faced and why money is used today.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a closure component and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
A deck of teaching slides with a story provided to teach the concept of barter trade
A set of barter trade cards for students to take part in a barter trade simulation
Case study cards - identifying the problems faced
3 different printable worksheets
Barter trade evaluation worksheet
Comparing barter trade vs. money
Identifying if a scenario is one where barter trade or money is used
*The lesson plan, slides, cards and worksheets will be downloaded as a PDF.
If you are looking for a lesson package that contains a variety of instructional methods, look no further! Our video, simulation cards and worksheets will ensure that every child is gainfully engaged throughout your lesson. In addition, with our detailed lesson plan, we provide the ideas and teaching resources needed for you to conquer each part of the lesson. Use our package to help your students enhance their economic knowledge. Our comprehensive package will ensure your students walk away liking this subject even more!
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!
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!
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!
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 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!
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!
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn how to spend wisely and the importance of saving and budgeting. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concepts of saving and budgeting.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the concepts of budgeting, spending and saving.
Printable group activities in the form of PDF worksheets for students to practice the concept of saving
Ready-to-print play store for students to practice spending within a budget
Printable worksheets to practice budgeting for breakfast and a birthday party
Budgeting worksheet: Students will write down what they earn and how much they plan to spend, save and donate.
Savings worksheet: a template for students to track their savings on a monthly basis
Don’t wait, add this product to your library of teaching resources today!
In this fun and interactive lesson about earning money, your students will learn the concepts of wages, rent, interest and profit. This lesson package includes a board game, an engaging video and a hands-on worksheet. In addition, there is also a ready-made deck of practice slides for you to assess your students.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and an independent practice.
A video that can be used to introduce or consolidate the lesson.
A printable board game that comes with a set of play money
Ready-made practice slides with questions and answers
A Printable worksheet with answers
All files will be downloaded in PDF format.
Don’t wait, add this product to your library of teaching resources today!
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn to how to plot the supply and demand curves and identify the equilibrium price. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concepts of supply and demand in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, direct instruction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson.
PDF worksheets with numbers provided to practice plotting the demand and supply curves
A PDF template for students to plot their own demand and supply curves based on the data they collect
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn about the features of the traditional, command, market and mixed economy. They will also learn about the advantages and disadvantages of each type of economy and get to know which type of economy is used by which community or country. Through video activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about economic systems in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
Four different printable worksheets
Listing the characteristics of each system
Making a table to compare the advantages and disadvantages of each system
Reading different scenarios and identifying the type of economic system
each country belongs to