ABE: Adult Basic Education

Create a Google Classroom and add a first assignment where students introduce themselves.

Google Classroom allows teachers to create a classroom to organize classwork, communication,  and assessment in one place. 

All students need to know how to effectively and efficiently search the Internet for information they need. These instructional videos made by Google can be used to in and out of the classroom to help students learn this skill. For an in class activity, show each video and then discuss it and do the activities. There are also two assessments that can be helpful - one after the third class and one after the sixth class. Each "class" has several videos and activities to do.

Grammar Bytes has many activities for intermediate and advanced ESL, and ABE students. A contemporary looking site with an Index of Grammar Terms, Interactive Exercises with accompanying Handouts For students, and Grammar Rules. It includes PowerPoint presentations which will cut down on your preparation time and a few YouTube videos. Makes a difficult topic enjoyable.

• Adjectives Word Choice
• Adverbs Word Choice
• Causative Verbs
• Conditionals
• Conjunctions
• Nouns Word Choice
• Prepositions
• Pronouns Word Choice
• Similar Words
• Verb Tense
• Mock Test (randomly-selected questions from each topic).

Hands on Banking from Wells Fargo offers free, online financial courses that students can do on their own, as well as a Financial Curriculum for Educators that includes lessons and activities with scenarios and discussions. Anyone can download the free PDF instructor guides. Iinstructor guides are centered on financial literacy topics. We will be looking at the unit on Banking Basics [pdf] which covers financial institutions, savings accounts, checking accounts, ATM & debit cards, and using and managing bank accounts.