Life Skills Reading and Math: Budgets, Unit 1

Budgets are an essential life skills that many students unfortunately have not mastered. Since they are such an important facet to living an independent life, it is important students are able to comfortably learn to manage them on their own.

With this download, students have the chance to do just that! With a strong emphasis on real world learning, things like shopping, needs vs. wants, dining out, and much more are all covered.

Although this is designed with special education students in mind, ANY student can benefit from this unit as a fun way to learn about budgeting in the real world!

Purchase Includes:

- 1 worksheet on What is a Budget?

- 1 reflection worksheet on Budgets

- 1 Needs vs. Wants worksheet

- 1 Needs vs. Wants reflection

- 1 Needs vs. Wants Sort

- 5 budget calculation worksheets (scaffolded)

- 3 shopping budget worksheets

- 2 restaurant menus with dining budget prompts

- 2 worksheets to scaffold budgeting answers