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German Food Vocabulary - Drinks, Condiments, Dishes and More

allychevalier
Categories : German lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

Knowing your way around food is one of the first steps to German fluency—and a good meal. This article provides an overview of German food vocabulary …

Health Tips for Teachers: Tips for a New School Year and the Year Long

Trent Lorcher
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

What makes an effective teacher? Answers vary but everyone agrees that an effective teacher should be able to motivate his or her students. In order …

How to Calculate Fractional Exponents

Keren Perles
Categories : Help with math homework

You’ve already learned about positive and negative exponents. Did you know that fractions can be exponents too? Fractional exponents can seem …

How to Discuss Seasons & the Weather in Italian!

R. H.
Categories : Italian language study guides

Learning to discuss the seasons and the weather in Italian is a good idea if you plan to visit Italy. Knowing the words and phrases for weather and …

How to Divide & Multiply Exponents with the Same Bases

Keren Perles
Categories : Help with math homework

Need a reminder on multiplying and dividing exponents? Follow these simple steps…

How to Use the Google Translator Toolkit to Translate and Edit Documents and Articles

R. H.
Categories : Software reviews & second language acquisition ideas

The Google Translator Toolkit allows you to organize your documents, obtain machine translations of them and edit the translations line by line with …

Julie Danneberg Books & Activities for the Elementary Classroom

Marlene Gundlach
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

Julie Danneberg writes a series of picture books that all focus on the classroom. These lively books contain vivid pictures that bring to life the …

Kissing, Hugging, Bowing & Shaking Hands: the Body Language in Communication

R. H.
Categories : Software reviews & second language acquisition ideas

How do people greet one another around the world? A kiss, a hug, a handshake, a bow: one of these, or something different, could be the proper way to …

Learning French: Expressing Love, Desire, Adoration

R. H.
Categories : French lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

To speak a language well, you need to be able to express your feelings and desires in that language–to say what you love, what you like, what …

Measuring Change & Growth Through a School Year: Time Capsule Ideas

Kathy Foust
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 3 to 5

Part of good human body lesson plans includes learning about human development.This last lesson plan in the human body series will explain how to wrap …