grocery store


  • Unit Cost and Actual Shopping

    Unit Cost and Actual Shopping

    I previously shared that grocery shopping has a lot of tasks that are overlooked. One is working with unit costs. There are two math tasks related to unit cost, interpreting what a unit cost is and computing the total cost for buying multiple items. When I take a student into a grocery store to work…


  • Unit Cost and Actual Shopping

    Unit Cost and Actual Shopping

    I previously shared that grocery shopping has a lot of tasks that are overlooked. One is working with unit costs. There are two math tasks related to unit cost, interpreting what a unit cost is and computing the total cost for buying multiple items. When I take a student into a grocery store to work…


  • Counting Money at the Store

    Counting Money at the Store

    The way a student counts money in school on a school desk or table (top photo) is the way he or she will attempt count at the register as seen in the 2nd photo in which the student pulled all bills from his wallet then counted, with some bills folded. (Bonus if you can identify…


  • Shopping at the Grocery Store

    There are numerous hidden tasks that we undertake while at the grocery store. We process them so quickly or subconsciously that we are not aware of these steps. As a result, we may overlook these steps while educating students on life skills such as grocery shopping. Subsequently, these steps may not be part of the…


  • Authentic Activities – Money and Prices

    Authentic Activities – Money and Prices

    Below is a photo of a typical worksheet for money. I worked with a parent of a high school student severely impacted by autism and she explained that her son worked on nothing but worksheets when he worked on math. For students with more severe disabilities the worksheet may not be real or meaningful as…