ABE: Adult Basic Education

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Use this online dictionary in class whenever students need to know a definition of a word or learn words with similar meanings to a given vocabulary word. You can also assign students to use the Web site to look up definitions, synonyms, and see sample sentences of given vocabulary words on word lists and hear pronunciations of words.

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Money Management International has a dedicated site for Financial Literacy month (April), encouraging sound use of one’s finances throughout the year with Thirty Steps to Financial Wellness, which includes resources and worksheets to get organized and make a financial plan. The steps include:

1. Commit to Change
2. Assess Your Finances
3. Clear out the Financial Clutter
4. Set yourself up for Success
5. Get copies of your Credit Reports
6. Clean up your Credit Report
7. Make your Money Count
8. Identify your Starting Point
9. Review your Debt Situation
10. Set your Priorities
11. Set SMART Financial Goals
12. Set short-, mid-, and long-term Goals
13. Pay down your Debt
14. Expect the Unexpected
15. Secure your Financial Future
16. Make a Committment
17. Save for your Goals
18. Follow where the Money Goes
19. Identify and Document Fixed Monthly Expenses
20. Identify and Plan for Periodic Expenses
21. Document your Spending
22. Indentify ways to Reduce Spending
23. Save Money on Groceeries
24. Start an Open Dialogue
25. Document your Desired Spending
26. Protect yourself by Performing Financial Check-ups
27. Understand the Cost of Credit
28. Assemble a Financial Team
29. Appreciate the Benefits
30. Keep Moving Forward

For this activity determine how much time and how many steps you want to include, divide the class into pairs/groups to investigate each step, write a summary/report and present to the class.

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This activity introduces students to NASA’s Artemis missions (II–V) through interactive research, collaborative learning, and STEM exploration. Using the official NASA Artemis website, students investigate the goals, technology, astronauts, and future plans of NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program.

Students work in pairs or small groups to explore mission information, read informational texts, analyze visuals and videos, take research notes, and create presentations or digital projects to share their findings with the class. The lesson strengthens reading comprehension, scientific vocabulary, digital literacy, collaboration, and presentation skills while helping students understand how the Artemis missions are preparing humans for future exploration of the Moon and Mars.