⭐ What’s Included in This Resource 📘 Instruction & Teaching Materials

• Student-friendly explanation of the strategy
  
• Vocabulary cards with visuals and definitions
  

🧾 Task Cards: 20 Total
Real-world shopping scenarios

• Realistic prices and everyday items
  
• Perfect for small groups, 1:1 instruction, or independent work
  

📝 Worksheets & Practice Pages

• Circle-the-answer worksheets
  
• Write-the-answer practice pages
  
• Real-life word problems
  
• Independent practice and review
  

📊 Assessments & Data Collection

• Post-assessment
  

🎯 IEP-Aligned Goals & Objectives

• Ready-to-use annual IEP goals
  
• Short-term objectives and benchmarks
  
• Transition-aligned functional math goals
  
• Perfect for documentation and progress reporting
  

🧠 Vocabulary Included

• Next Dollar Up
  
• Price
  
• Dollar
  
• Pay
  
• Cost
  
• Purchase
  
• Money
  (All vocabulary includes visual supports and simple definitions)
  

♿ Special Education–Friendly Features

✔ Visual supports
✔ Minimal language demands
✔ Consistent layouts
✔ Adaptable for print or digital use
✔ Supports IEP, life skills, and transition goals

👩‍🏫 Who This Resource Is For

• Students with intellectual disabilities
  
• Students with autism
  
• Life skills classrooms
  
• Special education resource rooms
  
• Transition-aged students
  
• Functional math instruction
  

🛍 Real-Life Application

Students practice skills they can immediately use in:

• School stores
  
• Community-based instruction (CBI)
  
• Vocational training
  
• Classroom role-play shopping
  
• Independent living preparation
  

📊 Skills Addressed

• Functional money skills
  
• Next Dollar Up strategy
  
• Identifying prices
  
• Paying with whole dollars
  
• Independence in purchasing
  
• Real-world math application