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Free life skills projects
Budget Project (Math 6,7,8)
This project has students make a budget for taxes, food, transportation, clothing, entertainment, utilities, and housing. This project takes about a week to guide students through it. The best thing about his project is that is has kids talking about their future. Some kids love it because they realize they can afford a boat and go on vacations while other students it is a wakeup call if they don’t shape up. You could walk 6th graders through this if you make it simple or you can go more in dept
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6th - 8th
MINDFULNESS FLIPBOOK ACTIVITY FREEBIE
This is a small taste of my larger Mindful Rotations Pack, focusing on having a mindful brain and body. Great addition to any growth mindset lessons! A flipbook that get your kiddos thinking about how to be mindful by controlling their breathing, actions, and bodies. If you have any questions or suggestions about this product, please email me at AmandaThompsonsTeachings@gmail.com. Positive feedback is always appreciated! Feel free to also connect with me on Instagram @thompsonsteachingsIntereste
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K - 3rd
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RED RIBBON WEEK FLIPBOOK FREEBIE
Engage your students in learning about staying safe with medicine and making smart choices with drugs and alcohol using this interactive flipbook! Great for using along side of my Drugs and Alcohol pack for Red Ribbon Week. FULL PACK:• Drugs and Alcohol Pack for Red Ribbon Week and BeyondIf you have any questions or suggestions about this product, please email me at AmandaThompsonsTeachings@gmail.com. Positive feedback is always appreciated! Feel free to also connect with me on Instagram @thomps
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1st - 4th
Sales Tax, Tip, and Discount Restaurant Project- High School Special Education
Assess your student sales tax, tip, and discount calculation skills while at a sit-down restaurant! Students complete this project while at a restaurant (after ordering and before receiving food, and after paying for their meal). This project aligns nicely with the Sales Tax, Tip, and Discount Lesson Units found in my store. There is a rubric, step-by-step section for calculating sales tax, tip, and discount. There are also four reflection questions about their actual experience at the restau
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6th - 12th
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FREE Be an Entrepreneur Idea Starter Kit
Make entrepreneurship realistic for high school business students with this fun and engaging start-up venture project. This product was designed to help students reflect on their own skills, experience, interests, strengths, and weaknesses to generate a business idea they could realistically start now or in the next few years. Next, students will conduct brief research on the business concept and name their business. This activity is meant to accompany any of the other components of the Be an En
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Be an Entrepreneur Business Simulation Semester Project
Project Self-Reflection for Students (FREE printable)
After a major project or assignment, each student can fill out look back and answer self-reflecting questions about the project and their own efforts.
This is also a great tool to use for teachers to get an idea of how their students felt about the assignment/project and make improvements or adjustments for the next school year.
FREE word document printable - feel free to add/delete to your classroom needs.
Enjoy :)
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2nd - 12th
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College Planning Guide ~ Our Future is Looking Bright
It is never too early for students to begin thinking about their plan for the future. With the College & Career Readiness that is being discussed in schools now, this gives students the opportunity to look ahead and plan a BRIGHT future!
Included in this FREEBIE are the following:
* Directions page (1 page)
* Three Possible Choices Organizer (2 pages)
* Analyzing Final Choice Organizer (1 page)
* College & Career Planning Page (1 page)
* Research Paper pages (2 pages)
Thank you for sup
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5th - 12th
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Grocery Shopping Estimation Activity
How many times have you heard or groaned yourself, “Why do I need math? I’m never going to use it in real life!”
Well, here’s a chance to prove that wrong! Students will use their excellent estimation skills in a practical, “real-world” situation… grocery shopping!
Students will engage in addition, rounding/estimation, division, and even budgeting.
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4th - 6th
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Party Planning Project Based Learning - Free
Real World Math - Budgeting can be fun with this Party Planning Project! Your students will be given the challenge to plan a party for 10 people with the budget of $10. They will be given a budget page and a spending page. Using the "Grocery Story" page and "Party Store" page, students will go shopping and decide what items they think are most important for hosting a party.
This simple budget project uses dollar bills and ten frames to make spending the money less abstract.
Your student
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Math Projects
Personal Finance Car Buying Project
This project is great for use in any principles of business, personal finance, or other business class. In this project students will work at their own pace as they to go through all the steps necessary to make an informed car buying decision. This project uses the Internet and familiarizes students with sites like Kelly Blue Book, BankRate.com, and insurance websites. Students will be guided through selecting a car, comparing prices, finding what other consumers are paying for the car, finding
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9th - 12th
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FREE Famous Entrepreneurs Web Quest
This web quest activity is the perfect way to start your entrepreneurship unit or course. Students will get engaged in the content as they research famous entrepreneurs and the businesses they're associated with. This activity includes 25 prompts for students to identify the successful entrepreneur or what they are known for and an answer key. This digital and editable activity is perfect for introducing entrepreneurship as a career option to high school students. Entrepreneurs and businesses ca
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Activities and Projects Bundle
Real Life Math: Shopping For Clothes
Teaching Life Skills as part of your curriculum. Real Life Math provides great opportunities to teach students about real lifes situation where they will use basic math skills. This activity centers around online shopping for Fall and Winter Clothing. Directions; lists of clothing needs; and order form are included.
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5th - 12th
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Structured Teaching Job Boxes 1-30
Job boxes are great for students as they have been able to do these tasks on their own and can develop increased independence. Independent job boxes also teach vocational skills and life skills, while emphasizing specific learning targets for the learner. When introducing a new job box, first teach it to the student during work with teacher time. Once the student has mastered the task, the job box moves into their independent work rotation of materials. This is a very easy to put together and ve
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PreK - 12th
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Personal Finance Case Study: A Tale of Two Credit Scores
In this Case Study, students will learn how to analyze credit profiles and then develop strategies to improve credit scores. They will then create a basic debt paydown plan to assist a student client. Case studies allow students to apply knowledge to real-life situations, encourage students to evaluate different courses of action,develop communication skills in group and whole class settings, and force students to make decisions in ambiguous situations where there is no “right” answer. Find more
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9th - 12th
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Career Exploration Research Activity - Free Resource
CAREER RESEARCH ACTIVITY FREEBIEGreat for middle school or high school students! Requires students to research a career of their choice using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupation Outlook Handbook (link provided).One page pdf download.Kami compatible. To make this worksheet Google Slides compatible, save the worksheet as an image and set the image as the background of an 8.5x11 size Google Slide. Students may insert their own text boxes or you can insert them for them ahead of time.
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6th - 12th, Not Grade Specific
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Career Research Choice Board on Google Slides Freebie
Create awesome career research projects with this Career Research Choice Board! Students have 6 choices: Podcasts, Google Sites, Poster, Google Slides, Job Advertisement, and Interview. It is perfect for secondary transition plan goals or just a fun project-based assignment for students! For each assignment, there is a description of the assignment and presentation requirements. At the end, there is a rubric to make grading super easy! Each option has unique requirements and will engage your stu
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5th - 12th
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Trip Itinerary & Budget Project
In this project, students will be asked to plan and budget for a trip, including choosing transportation, lodging, activities, food, etc. You can either give them a pre-set budget or let them set one on their own.
This is great for an adult living course, an economics course, or a technical writing course, which is what I used it for.
Included in this project are directions for each step of the project for students, as well as a sample for them to follow. You can choose how you'd like them to
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10th - 12th
5 Ways To Use Lunch Bags in Counseling and Therapy
Creative strategies to encourage feelings expression and healing with the use of lunch bags and imagination. Fun crafting projects.
Resource includes tips for crafting and therapeutically using:
1. The Mindless Monster (Mindfulness)
2. The Separated Homes (Divorce)
3. The Angry Volcano (Anger and Coping Skills)
4. The Giving Tree (Gratitude and Kindness)
5. The Grief Journal (Healing from Loss)
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Not Grade Specific
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Plan a Vacation Project
Use this resource to teach students how to plan a vacation. Great for a pre-spring break life skills lessons. Rubric included.
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6th - 12th
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Life Strikes!
This project is a comprehensive life and budgeting project.
The idea is to give students a taste of what it is like to have to manage a real budget with real expenses. I used this project as the basis for a semester long class about managing money and career development.
Included in this product are student instructions, Life Strikes! cards (which include events that could mess up even the most carefully planned budget!) All that you need to do is to decide on how much money to give the stud
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Look who's coming to dinner...Thanksgiving day project
Looking for something different to do for a Thanksgiving Project for middle and high school students? Have students learn about one of the most challenging things to do for the holidays...create a menu for a bunch of people coming to your house. You will be given pre-teaching tips, step by step plans for the project, student hand-out, a graphic organizer to help guide students throughout the project, modifications for students with special needs, extension activities, and an assessment rubric. G
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5th - 12th
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Monopoly Game Day - February 6th - Center Idea
Create a monopoly board game (on any topic they've learned during the school year) individually, with partners, as a small group, or whole group. Templates provided for game board, cards, money, and pieces.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Freebie Friday! Play Dough Recipe and Sequencing Activity
A easy five ingredient (no cooking) play dough recipe to make with each student. You can add glitter and scents to the play dough as well to support sensory integration.
Also, included are two versions (word and picture level) of a sequencing activity to follow-up play dough making.
Finally, there is a quick narrative for students to write about the play dough making activity. A word box is included.
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PreK - 12th
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History Timeline Template
A template suitable for History timelines, particularly useful for Early Years education.
Grades:
K - 3rd
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