Interactive Activty: Grocery List

An example of an interactive activity is a grocery list activity, which can be used in different content areas (Math, Reading, and Language Arts). Students will be able to exercise their skills in reading, categorizing, spelling, addition, etc. Of course, this activity is open to modification depending on the skill that is being taught. Above are examples of different grocery lists that can be used for students at different levels of proficiency. As an enhancement to this activity: students can use ads from newspapers to complete lists and skill exercise, students can play store in the classroom and participate in different roles (cashier, stock person, greeter, customer, etc.) as well as use recycled boxes/packages of real products, or students can go on a fieldtrip to a grocery store (Kmart or Payless) and apply the learned skill. This grocery list activity is an example of relating learned skills in the classroom to life skills experienced by our students.