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Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan

Before you begin

Title: Let’s Go Shopping

Setting: ABE/ASE

NRS Level(s):

Level 3: Low Intermediate Basic Education
Level 4: High Intermediate Basic Education

Open entry/exit: Yes

Context: Family

Standard(s): Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate

Benchmark(s): 1.3, 1.4, 4.3, 10.3, 15.4

Objective: To learn to work within a budget, compare sales ads, write checks, and balance a checkbook.

Materials: Overhead, chalkboard, store ads, simulated checks, simulated check register, chart to record selections, calculators, paper and pen

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 30 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: Several class periods

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the lesson:
Review basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (inverse operation) principles. Students should use calculators or pen and paper to work teacher selected problems that illustrate these principles. Explain to students how these principles can be used to calculate sales tax and balance their checkbooks.

Teach the lesson:
Using the overhead, demonstrate to students how to properly fill out a blank check. Further explain to students that each time a check is written, the amount is recorded in a check register. Demonstrate a sample check register, how to document a purchase, substrate the amount and determine the remaining checking account balance.

Practice the lesson:
Each student gathers at least 3 store ads. Students will be provided simulated checks and a simulated check register. Students will then “shop” for work shoes appropriate for their work needs from the store ads. If more than one shoe is found that suits the students’ needs, each student should construct a chart (see Figure 1) similar to the one below to compare prices, brands, and quality (e.g. vinyl vs. leather). A sample chart might be projected on the overhead or the chalkboard as an example. Students will calculate the cost of the shoes, including an 8% sales tax.

 

Figure 1.

Brand	Quality	Price	Tax	Final Cost

After making a final selection, students write a check for their purchases and balance their checkbooks.

Assess the lesson:
Teacher gives individual feedback.

Apply the lesson to the real world:
This lesson should help students learn to work within a budget, compare sales ads, write checks and balance a checkbook.

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