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Football Season Party Planning, Budget & Shopping - Life Skills - Special Ed
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go 15 page workbook!
This resource includes:
Level 1 – Dollar Amount - NO CHANGE (Ex. $12.00)
Level 2 – Dollar Amount – WITH CHANGE (Ex. $12.48)
A total of 28 different worksheets and 289 questions.
This resource is designed to help students understand and practice the budgeting and shopping process. Pictures of real food items are used as well as tags with prices as visuals. Students will identify how much is needed of a product, calculate multiple quantities, calculate the total cost and reflect on the purchases.
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Reading Menus & Menu Math
Bus & Train Schedules
Coupons
Medicine Label Comprehension
Recipe Comprehension Unit 1 - Paper
Nutrition Label Comprehension - Halloween Edition
Functional Texts - School Edition - Unit 1 - Real-World Reading
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Unlock Real-World Skills with our School-Based Functional Texts! Elevate learning with 2 levels of engaging content, featuring field trip slips, science fair flyers, teacher emails, school newspaper updates, and class schedules. Empower students with practical comprehension in a classroom-tested package!
Through engaging reading exercises, students will interact with these practical texts and develop crucial comprehension skills. They'll explore each functional text and respond to targeted questions that assess their understanding.
Designed with differentiation in mind, this resource offers two distinct levels, ensuring that all students can benefit, learn, and succeed.
This resource is also available as part of a bundle saving you over 20%
Functional Texts - School Edition BUNDLE
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Level 1: Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words
Level 2: Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions - Some Multi-Part
TOTAL:
⭐ 5 DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL TEXTS
⭐ 24 WORKSHEETS WITH 150 QUESTIONS
TEXTS INCLUDED:
OTHER SCHOOL THEMED RESOURCES:
Product Label Comprehension - Back to School Edition
Dollar Up Shopping Worksheets - Back to School Store
Back to School Shopping Task Cards
Back to School Coloring Pages
Back to School Advertisements
September Life Skills Morning Work - Paper
Product Label Comprehension 2 - Real-World Reading - Life Skills - Special Ed
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Product Label Comprehension is tailor-made for teachers seeking to provide real-world text practice using environmental print with text-dependent questions.
This resource is designed to expose students to everyday product labels that are often overlooked in classroom life skills. These specially crafted worksheets will help introduce and familiarize students with different kinds of common products, such as deodorant, razors, and shaving cream and identify important product information during shopping.
By closely reading these product labels, students will be challenged to answer text-dependent questions, fostering critical thinking and language skills in a practical and relatable manner.
This resource is also available as part of a bundle with a 20% savings:
Product Label Comprehension BUNDLE
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Level 1: Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions
Level 2: Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions
TOTAL:
⭐ 25 WORKSHEETS WITH 138 QUESTIONS PER SET
⭐ 50 DIFFERENT WORKSHEETS
Unit 1 & 3:
Product Label Comprehension Unit 1
Product Label Comprehension Unit 3
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Medicine Label Comprehension Unit 3
Reading Recipes Unit 1
Reading Back to School Advertisements - Functional Reading - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Elevate Classroom Learning with Real-Life Advertisements!
Engage students in an authentic and captivating learning experience with this comprehensive Back to School Advertisement Comprehension resource! Designed to empower special education students, this collection of worksheets introduces them to real-life advertisements they encounter online, in stores, newspapers, and magazines.
Build Media Literacy & Comprehension Skills!
Through exposure to realistic advertisements, students enhance their comprehension skills and effectively analyze real-world text. From identifying discounts to comparing products and prices, they gain valuable media literacy skills, enabling them to make informed decisions.
Unlock the Potential of Special Education Students!
Tailored specifically for special education, with 3 levels this resource ensures every student thrives in the learning journey. Elevate your classroom experience and equip your students with essential skills for a successful future.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Level 1 – Circle the Answer - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words
Level 2 – Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words
Level 3 – Write the Answer - More Complex Questions - Some Multipart & Simple Math
A total of 52 Worksheets & 104 Questions
104 Total Different Worksheets
This resource is also available as part of a BUNDLE saving you over 20%
Back to School BUNDLE
Check out some of my other BACK TO SCHOOL products:
September Morning Work - Back to School Edition
Product Label Comprehension - Back to School Edition
Functional Academics - Dollar Up $1, $5 & $10 - Consumer Math - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource!
This resource includes:
This resource is designed to help students practice using the “DOLLAR UP” strategy using $1.00, $5.00 & $10.00. Students are provided with visually engaging REAL product images with price tags and are asked to identify how much money is needed and to circle or color the correct amount of money.
This resource is great for tracking IEP objectives for life skills and vocational skills.
How to use this product:
•Print out and have students complete as a worksheet/ workbook.
•Print & laminate for repeated use for fast finishers.
•Project pages onto the board to complete as a class. Havestudents take turns coloring or circling the correct amount of money.
•Project pages onto board and have student use the cut out or laminated money to present the correct dollar up amount needed for each question.
Dollar Up $1.00 & $5.00 can be found below:
Dollar Up $1 & $5
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Bus & Train Schedules
Coupons
Coupons Unit 3
Reading Utility Bills - Paper Based
Reading Bills Unit 1 - Paper
Reading Bills Unit 2 - Paper
Reading Bills Unit 3 - Paper
Reading Medicine Labels - Unit 3 - Functional Reading - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource!
These worksheets work great for functional text & life skills IEP objectives.
This resource is also available in a BUNDLE saving you 20%
Reading Medicine Labels - BUNDLE
This download includes:
Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions
Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions
24 different worksheets and 132 questions per set.
A total of 48 different worksheets.
This resource is a bit more advance than unit 1 & 2. This resource requires students to closely read the medicine label/ drug facts for important information. Students will answer a variety of questions based on usage, dosage, medication directions and warnings.
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Reading Medicine Labels - Unit 1
Budgeting Unit 1 - Life Skills - Special Education
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
This resource is also available as part of a BUNDLE saving you money.
Budgeting Bundle
This resource includes:
14 different sheets with 160 questions
Students will use their learned knowledge of needs, wants, income and expenses to identify these items in monthly Bank Statements/ budgets. Students will practice identifying and calculating the amount of money needed for a desired expense (ex. video game or trip) and calculating how much money will need to be saved each month in order to attain the desired expense. Students will also examine the given budgets to calculate individual’s total income, expenses, money saved, and identify additional ways for individuals to save. Students will also calculate weekly, monthly and yearly salary or expenses based off the given budget.
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Reading Menus & Menu Math
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Recipe Comprehension Unit 1 - Paper
Functional Reading - Understanding Functional Texts - Summer Edition - Unit 1
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
These worksheets work great for functional text/ life skills IEP objectives.
This resource is also available as part of a BUNDLE saving you 20%
Understanding Functional Texts - Summer BUNDLE
This download includes:
Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions
Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions
A total of 25 different worksheets and 142 questions.
Functional Texts included:
This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of real-world functional texts that they would find during the summer season. Students will read the functional text and answer comprehension questions to show understanding.
If you enjoy this resource check out some of my other products below:
Understanding Instructions Unit 7
Reading Product Labels Unit 1
Reading Websites Unit 1
Reading Medicine Labels Unit 3
Understanding Job Postings - Unit 2 - Functional Text - Vocational
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
These worksheets work great for functional text, life skills & vocational IEP objectives.
This download includes:
Level 1 - Cut & Paste + Highlight/ Circle the Answer - Simpler Questions
Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions/ Some with Multiple Parts
A total of 27 different worksheets and 152 questions.
Job Postings included:
This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of real-world job postings that they will see as they get ready to transition into the workforce. Students will read the job postings and answer comprehension questions to show understanding (Ex. What is the hourly pay? What are the job responsibilities? What is schedule?). Students will also reflect on the job requirements, duties and benefits and decide if it would be a good fit for them.
Check out Unit 1 of this resource:
Understanding Job Postings Unit 1
Name Brand vs Generic - Thanksgiving Edition - Shopping - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
This resource includes:
18 different sheets with 115 questions
This resource is Thanksgiving/ Fall themed but would still work fine year round. Some items featured are Thanksgiving themed. Examples of items: cranberry sauce, green beans, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, squash, etc.
This resource helps students to learn about name brand and generic items and identify the difference between the two.
Functional Academics - Filling Out Forms Unit 1 - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource!
This is a paper based resource. For the digital version click below:
Filling Out Forms - Unit 1 - Google Slides
**This resource is also available in a BUNDLE saving you 20%**
Filling Out Forms BUNDLE - Paper Based
This download includes:
A total of 20 different sheets
Recently Updated to include 6 new background prompts and 2 new forms!
This resource was designed to introduce and help students practice the important life skill of filling out forms. This resource is an introduction to filling out forms and starts off with shorter more basic information & forms.
Forms Included:
• Lunch Order Form (2)
• Library Card Application
• Cake Order Form
• Warranty Registration Form (2)
• Bike Rental Form
• Volunteer Application
From working with my own students, I realized many were unable to identify key form vocabulary such as (gender, county, & social security number). Many were also unable to accurately plug in their personal information or copy provided information onto a form often mixing up key information such as cities & counties or phone number & social security numbers.
This product will help your students to become more independent, confident and successful out in the community.
If you enjoy this product check out Unit 2:
Filling Out Forms Unit 2 - Paper Based
Product Label Comprehension 3 - Real-World Reading - Life Skills - Special Ed
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Product Label Comprehension is tailor-made for teachers seeking to provide real-world text practice using environmental print with text-dependent questions.
This resource is designed to expose students to everyday product labels that are often overlooked in classroom life skills. These specially crafted worksheets will help introduce and familiarize students with different kinds of common products, such as toilet paper, shampoo, and bandages and identify important product information during shopping.
By closely reading these product labels, students will be challenged to answer text-dependent questions, fostering critical thinking and language skills in a practical and relatable manner.
This resource is also available as part of a bundle with a 20% savings:
Product Label Comprehension BUNDLE
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Level 1: Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions
Level 2: Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions
TOTAL:
⭐ 25 WORKSHEETS WITH 138 QUESTIONS PER SET
⭐ 50 DIFFERENT WORKSHEETS
Unit 1 & 2:
Product Label Comprehension Unit 1
Product Label Comprehension Unit 2
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Medicine Label Comprehension Unit 3
Reading Recipes Unit 1
Income & Expenses - Budgeting - Life Skills - Special Education
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Thank you for your interest in my product!!
This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
This resource is also available as part of a BUNDLE saving you money.
Budgeting Bundle
This resource includes:
20 different sheets with 222 questions
This resource was designed to help students learn about, identify and differentiate between income and expenses. Students will apply what they learned to real-world monthly budgeting scenarios.
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Reading Menus & Menu Math
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Reading Medicine Labels
Recipe Comprehension Unit 1 - Paper
Product Label Comprehension 1 - Real-World Reading - Life Skills - Special Ed
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Product Label Comprehension is tailor-made for teachers seeking to provide real-world text practice using environmental print with text-dependent questions.
This resource is designed to expose students to everyday product labels that are often overlooked in classroom life skills. These specially crafted worksheets will help introduce and familiarize students with different kinds of common products, such as toothpaste, deodorant, and soap and identify important product information during shopping.
By closely reading these product labels, students will be challenged to answer text-dependent questions, fostering critical thinking and language skills in a practical and relatable manner.
This resource is also available as part of a bundle with a 20% savings:
Product Label Comprehension BUNDLE
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Level 1: Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions
Level 2: Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions
TOTAL:
⭐ 24 WORKSHEETS WITH 132 QUESTIONS PER SET
⭐ 48 DIFFERENT WORKSHEETS
UNITS 2 & 3:
Product Label Comprehension - Unit 2
Product Label Comprehension Unit 3
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Functional Text - Apparel Details& Size Chart Comprehension Unit 1 - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
These worksheets work great for functional text/ life skills IEP objectives.
This download includes:
• 21 different worksheets with 116 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key
• Suggested follow up activities
This resource is also available as a BUNDLE saving you over 20%!
Apparel Details & Size Chart Comprehension - BUNDLE
This resource is designed to expose students to everyday clothing and apparel sites. This resource provides real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will need to read clothing and apparel product details, materials and care and size charts closely to answer questions. A variety of comprehension skills are embedded into the text samples to provide your students an opportunity to read, refer and respond to questions. Some questions address pricing, discounted prices, materials and care and sizing.
If you enjoy this resource Unit 2 can be found below:
Apparel Details & Size Chart Comprehension - Unit 2
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Reading Product Labels Unit 1
Reading Websites Unit 1
Reading Medicine Labels Unit 3
Understanding Credit Cards - Unit 1 - Life Skills - Special Education
By FUNctional Academics Educator
| Credit and Debit Cards | Functional Text | Life Skills Reading | Comprehension Questions | Special Education
This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.
Recently updated to include:
This resource includes:
Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions
Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions
A total of 35 different worksheets and 147 questions per set.
A total of 70 different worksheets.
This resource aims to familiarize students with a range of authentic credit cards commonly used in everyday life. It includes teaching worksheets that provide example credit cards, highlighting various components such as the security code, cardholder information, card type, and more. Students will engage in labeling exercises to practice identifying these different parts of a credit card. Additionally, comprehension questions are incorporated to assess students' understanding. The resource features a collection of eight distinct, realistic credit cards, offering a comprehensive learning experience.
This resources helps students to look at and read credit cards to find the important information to be able to purchase products online or call/ chat customer service. Examples of questions: Visa or MasterCard?, What is the card number?, When does this card expire?, What is the security code? & more
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Understanding Instructions Unit 7
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Reading Medicine Labels Unit 3
Mother's Day Shopping Task Cards/ Worksheets- Money Math- Special Education
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print & go resource.
This download includes:
Level 1 - Bills Only (Items up to $40.00 and totals up to $52.00)
- 1 Product with Price Tag - What is the Dollar Up Amount - 6 questions
- 5 Product with Price Tag - Do You Have Enough Pages – 3 questions per page
- 5 Product with Price Tag – Circle How Much Money You Need – 3 questions per page
- 5 What is the Total Cost - adding 2 or 3 items – 3 questions per page - Whole dollar or .25 & .50 cents (Ex. $2.00 + 1.25 or $3.00 + $3.50 2 ₵50 are used in one problem Ex. $1.50 + $1.50)
- Reflection page with 10 questions
- Answer Key
Level 2 - Bills & Coins (Items up to $39.99 and totals up to $51.00)
-1 Product with Price Tag - What is the Dollar Up Amount - 6 questions
- 5 Product with Price Tag - Do You Have Enough Pages – 3 questions per page
- 5 Product with Price Tag – Circle How Much Money You Need – 3 questions per page
- 5 What is the Total Cost - adding 2 or 3 items – 3 questions per page - Real product prices used.
- Reflection page with 10 questions
- Answer key
This is a paper based, Mother's Day themed resource. Products featured are Mother's Day related but also feature Grandma & Aunt items. Examples of products featured: Flowers, cards, clothing, & other small gifts mothers may receive on Mother's Day.
This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of real-world shopping situations. Students are given a prices on products and are asked to look at the money provided and determine if they have enough money. Students will also be asked look at the price of real products and identify the correct amount of money needed. Students will also calculate totals of multiple items
How to use this product:
•Print out and have students complete as a worksheet/ workbook.
•Print & laminate for repeated use for fast finishers.
•Project pages onto the board to complete as a class. Have students take turns coloring or circling the correct amount of money.
•Project pages onto board and have student use the cut out or laminated money to present the correct dollar up amount needed for each question.
Understanding Menus Unit 2 - Reading Menus & Menu Math - Life Skills
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Menu Math | Menu Comprehension | Life Skills | Functional Text | Skills for Independence | Real-World Skills | Community Learning
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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource!
These worksheets work great for functional text & life skills IEP objectives.
This resource is also apart of a BUNDLE saving you 20%!
Understanding Menus BUNDLE
Recently updated to include:
This download includes:
Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words
Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions - Multi-part questions
40 different worksheets and 168 questions per set.
A total of 80 different worksheets.
This resource features four realistic menus for students to explore. Designed for differentiation, the resource offers two levels of engagement. The first level involves cut-and-paste activities with simpler questions, focusing on menu comprehension and basic price identification. The second level challenges students with write-in responses, encouraging critical thinking and analysis. Students tackle questions about menu item costs, ingredients, and comparisons of prices. They also practice calculating totals for orders and determining the correct amount of change. This comprehensive resource aims to enhance students' real-world understanding of menus, prices, and basic financial skills, preparing them for practical decision-making and equipping them with valuable life skills.
Featured Menus:
Breakfast Menu
Roast Beef & Seafood Menu
Italian Lunch Menu
Bagel Shop Menu
As extension activities, students can use classroom money to present the correct amount of money. Students can calculate sales tax and or tip.
Check out the other units!
Understanding Menus Unit 1
Understanding Menus Unit 3
Understanding Menus Unit 4
Bus & Train Schedules
Coupons
Coupons Unit 3
Reading Utility Bills - Paper Based
Reading Bills Unit 1 - Paper
Reading Bills Unit 2 - Paper
Reading Bills Unit 3 - Paper
Product Label Comprehension Unit 1 - Digital - Real-World Reading - Special Ed
By FUNctional Academics Educator
Product Label Comprehension is a Google Forms & Slides resource made for teachers seeking to provide real-world text practice using environmental print with text-dependent questions.
This resource is designed to expose students to everyday product labels that are often overlooked in classroom life skills. These specially crafted forms and slides will help introduce and familiarize students with different kinds of common products, such as toothpaste, deodorant, and soap and identify important product information during shopping.
By closely reading these product labels, students will be challenged to answer text-dependent questions, fostering critical thinking and language skills in a practical and relatable manner.
This resource is also available as part of a bundle with a 20% savings:
Digital Product Label Comprehension BUNDLE
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Level 1: Drag & Drop - Simpler Questions
Level 2: Select/ Type in the Answer - More Complex Questions
TOTAL:
⭐ 25 DIFFERENT GOOGLE ACTIVITIES
⭐ 147 QUESTIONS
Units 2 & 3:
Digital Product Label Comprehension Unit 2
Digital Product Label Comprehension Unit 3
PAPER VERSION:
Product Label Comprehension - Unit 1
Holiday Shopping Task Cards/ Worksheets CANADIAN DOLLAR -Money Math - SpecialEd
By FUNctional Academics Educator
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This is a NO PREP, print & go resource.
THIS IS THE CANADIAN DOLLAR VERSION OF THIS RESOURCE!
For the US Dollar version click below:
Holiday Shopping Task Cards - US Dollar
This download includes:
This resource is also available in a BUNDLE saving you over 20% - Holiday BUNDLE
Level 1 - Loonie, Toonie & Bills Only (Items up to $25.00 and totals up to $40.00)
- 1 Product with Price Tag - What is the Dollar Up Amount - 6 questions
- 5 Product with Price Tag - Do You Have Enough Pages – 3 questions per page
- 5 Product with Price Tag – Circle How Much Money You Need – 3 questions per page
- 5 What is the Total Cost - adding 2 or 3 items – 3 questions per page - Whole dollar or .25 & .50 cents (Ex. $2.00 + 1.25 or $3.00 + $3.50 multiple quarters are not used in one problem)
- Reflection page with 10 questions
Level 2 - Bills & All Coins (Items up to $25.00 and totals up to $40.00)
-1 Product with Price Tag - What is the Dollar Up Amount - 6 questions
- 5 Product with Price Tag - Do You Have Enough Pages – 3 questions per page
- 5 Product with Price Tag – Circle How Much Money You Need – 3 questions per page
- 5 What is the Total Cost - adding 2 or 3 items – 3 questions per page - Real product prices used.
- Reflection page with 10 questions
This is a paper based, HOLIDAY themed resource. Products featured are Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and Winter themed.
This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of real-world shopping situations. Students are given a prices on products and are asked to look at the money provided and determine if they have enough money. Students will also be asked look at the price of real products and identify the correct amount of money needed. Students will also calculate totals of multiple items
How to use this product:
•Print out and have students complete as a worksheet/ workbook.
•Print & laminate for repeated use for fast finishers.
•Project pages onto the board to complete as a class. Have students take turns coloring or circling the correct amount of money.
•Project pages onto board and have student use the cut out or laminated money to present the correct dollar up amount needed for each question.
Check out some of my other Holiday resources:
December Life Skills Morning Work - Holiday Edition - BUNDLE
Budget Unit - Holiday Edition
Holiday Shopping Task Cards
Product Label Comprehension - Holiday Edition
December Life Skills Morning Work - Holiday Edition - Paper
December Life Skills Morning Work - Holiday Edition - Digital
Understanding Instructions - Holiday Edition