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This is a more in-depth version of the free download called Understanding Your Paystub. It's also Lesson 1 of the TAXES Unit which includes 4 additional lessons. (Because of file size, the unit was separated into two packages sold separately. See Lessons 2-5 as a separate download.)Skills: Convert a % to a decimal.Add, subtract, multiply and divide money amounts.Read and locate information on a selected tax chart. Transfer money amounts from one spot to another.Follow formula provided. Vocab

Packet includes: 2-page Cover Sheet /Lesson Plan, Powerpoint presentation (12 slides), a 2-page Handout, and a 2-page Key. (See below for PAID version contents.) Vocabulary: Gross pay, Deductions, Net Pay, Current Pay Period, and Year-to-Date. Skills: Changing a % to a decimal to find tax amounts from a given %; Totaling taxes, and calculating Net Pay for the Current Pay Period and Year-to-Date pay period. A table is used to find the State Tax Rate for a given salary. Lesson Plans include common

This is an 8 day unit (1 day for presentation; 5 activity days; 1 day to discuss actual bus trip; 1 day for the bus trip). It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and checklists for planning and conducting this community based instructional activity. Since the worksheets and lessons are designed to preteach in the classroom, it can be used even if you are not able to actually practice using the public bus. Skills: Compare and contrast school bus with public busLocate information using internet

Expiration dates are important at home and on some jobs. Stockers at grocery stores and drug stores often sort out expired products as they are facing the shelves. Food safety is also an important life skill. Goals: Look at a date and tell whether it is expired. Compare the current date with a given date and tell how they are related (past or future). Explain how to tell whether food should be thrown away. Lesson: Using the slides provided: -Use our senses to tell whether food has spoiled

Practice making decisions using practical, everyday situations using the Smart Steps Mobile app (a free download from the App Store or Google Playstore). It includes practicing self-advocacy and pragmatic language skills through role-playing. This lesson plan includes: Introduction: Making Decisions and the Smart Steps Mobile app through a) two explainer cartoons, b) a class discussion of problems and typical responses, and c) diagrams of all of the app's features: Read-aloud button, Profile Sc