Spending Plans for Grocery Shopping

Activities:

Students have already received information on menu planning, serving size, using leftovers, etc. from previous lessons.
Students take notes on grocery shopping tips.
Students draw out of a hat what food cost plan they will be using to plan a week's meal of eating at home.
Provide students will local grocery store sale flyers to use for this project.
Using previous knowledge gained, plan meals for one week (a total
of 21 meals)and see if the student can manage to stay within their
given budget.
Students will also prepare a grocery list of the items they will need to purchase to complete and prepare their meals.

Materials:

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/USDAFoodCost-Home.htm
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Assorted Handouts (see below)
Local grocery store sales flyers

Assessment:

I have done this a couple of ways whether it be an introductory lesson or a more in depth lesson. I have the students struggle with a week's worth of planning, or I have had them plan just one day's worth of meals. The teacher will need to remember to have the students do the math to break down the food costs from the USDA whether you are working with a day, a week, or the month.

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