I work with many students who need real-life money skills, including just figuring out if they have enough money to make a purchase. This product is designed for students to practice reading relevant information from sales ad flyers, finding prices, adding prices, determining if there is enough money to make a purchase, adding purchase prices, writing checks, and making change….
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Click to shop.One functional life skill that every student needs to know is how to effectively make purchases for groceries. This requires that they understand how to find the prices in the store, how to navigate sales flyers and potentially to use coupons effectively. I have had a number of personal and professional experiences with individuals with developmental disabilities…
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Another in our frequently asked questions is how do you plan independent work tasks and organize them to be put into the students’ systems. I typically do independent work as a center in the classroom, so each system has to work for multiple students. To do this does require organization so that whoever is zoned to supervise independent work knows…
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I recently had someone ask me if the independent work area needs to be a separate area of the classroom. In short the answer is that no, they don’t have to be in a separate area. But there are some advantages that I thought I would share.Advantages of a Separate Independent Work AreaSPACEI like to set up my work systems…
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I wanted to continue on from my last post about winter holiday resources for the classroom. This post will focus on holiday independent work tasks that can help to keep your students attention on their work. So, grab a hot beverage of your choice and I’ve got some resources for work systems, language skills and more. And there are some…
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