Everyday Teaching Autism Resources

When it comes to a basic operation of addition and subtraction practice with decimals, I figured one of the best ways to teach this concept is using money, which is a real-life math.

For older students with special needs in middle and high school, you might have heard modified curriculum called Grocery Store Math, Department Store Math, or Restaurant Math. It has been a popular and more functional way to teach the subject of math in a special education classroom.

I have created a set of grocery store math worksheets to tailor my students’ needs and skill levels.

One day, I found a whole bunch of Sunday weekly ad circulars in my mailbox. They are all vividly colored and show exactly what we see in the real grocery store. Can you imagine how much ink I can save if I use these pictures in my math activity? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

First, we role-played shopping in the grocery store and talked about what the budget means. We then flip through the ads to find and make our own grocery list using one of the worksheets.

What can be the total or sum? If I handed out a $20 bill, what my change should be? If available, using a calculator with older students is also a great learning opportunity

It is so much fun to cut and play around with those vivid colors of pictures! They are so real.