Planning a Healthy Meal and Shopping Template (Special Education)

This is a meal planning guide that incorporates the 5 basic food groups. Students will use a cookbook to decide on the main course of the meal, and from there will add on side dishes to help balance the food groups presented in the meal. Students will then make a shopping list of the needed materials. If applicable, they can shop for the food items at the store, working to find the total cost of purchase, use the "dollar up" method to pay, and calculate the amount of change they should get back. This activity is a great way to get students motivated while working on health, reading, shopping, math, and cooking skills.