Here is a lesson for grocery shopping which can be done at
different skill levels in Grades 3-5.
Everyone goes grocery shopping as a step towards
independence. Students who go grocery shopping need to learn how to check prices
and total prices to make sure that they have the right amount of money. It is
also important to decide which stores have the better bargains in order to save
money.
1. The teacher will get grocery
advertisements from the newspaper or online. It would be best to use several
different grocery store ads. The teacher will cut out individual food items
with prices.
2. Students who need to work on
adding skills will choose the number of items as assigned by the teacher. The
student will add up the items on paper, show the teacher, and then check their
answers using a calculator.
3. Once the students master the
addition skills, they will continue to the next procedure.
4. Students who need to work on
multiplication skills will choose the number of items as assigned by the
teacher. They will roll a die to determine how many of those items would be
bought. The students will multiply the price by that number, show the teacher,
and then check their answers using a calculator.
5. Once the students master the multiplication
skills, they will continue to the next procedure.
6. Students who need to work on
division will choose the number of items as assigned by the teacher. Students
will figure out the unit price for each item. If the item is available in
different grocery stores, the student will decide which store has the best
price.
You can download the free lesson plan from HERE.
You can download the free lesson plan from HERE.
Do you teach grocery shopping in your classroom? What
activities would you add to this lesson? Please share.
2 comments:
I love how this activity works for students of various ability levels. As a teacher, is it important to accommodate for all students ranging from struggling to advanced learners. This activity allows all students to be involved while individuals are asked to complete different tasks. I also like that this teaches a life skill as well as computational skills. Another activity that has the same concept would be to give the students magazines of various products for children, and give them an imaginary amount of money to spend. The students would then create a list of things they would buy from the magazine that would remain in their budget. You could have some students subtracting by starting with the amount of money they were given and deducting prices of the items; or have them add by simply adding the dollar amounts of the products without going over the budget. This activity would be simpler to plan than the grocery shopping one because it would involve less preparation (cutting out the items). Same concept and an equally fun activity!
@Earth Wactor Thanks so much for your input and your suggestions! It sounds like it could be another activity for students to practice their money skills in addition to grocery shopping.
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