Budgeting Life Skills

by CSchultz-Sped

Price: 1000 points or $10 USD

Subjects: lifeSkills,specialed,money

Grades: 9,10,11,12

Description: This bundle consists of two decks and one printable to be used with the "Monthly Budget" deck. Monthly Budget Deck: This deck consists of 24 slides that require students to work through weekly scenarios and stay within a monthly budget. The goal of this deck is to stay within the broken down budget and save $200 at the end of the month. Students work through different scenarios, deducting their choices from the miscellaneous expenses portion of their budget. Use this deck with the Monthly Budget Expense Tracker printable to help students keep track of their spending. This deck is a great resource when providing an introduction to how to maintain a budget. This resource is intended for students getting ready for life after school, but it can be completed by students in middle school. Grocery Store Budget Deck: In this deck, students must first decide if the character in the story problem has enough money for their entire grocery list. Students also must find the total price of the groceries. This deck requires students to make decisions about which groceries to purchase within the given budget. This deck is great for teaching students how to manage a budget. Incorporate this deck into a life skills class to provide students with practice exploring budgets in a grocery store! As a way to differentiate, you may want to allow some students to use a calculator to find the total cost of the groceries. *Answers must be submitted with the $ in order to be correct. The total co