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Living on Your Own Workbook (Independent Living)
The Independent Living Series was developed to help students prepare for the real-life challenges of getting a job and making their way in the world. Living On Your Own provides practical advice and information to help students make the transition from living at home to being responsible for themselves.
The first section, Moving In, gives students the experience of setting up a household and discovering their own sense of design style. The second section, Food, covers everything from grocery shopping, meal planning, understanding and using a cookbook, to following a recipe. The Cleaning and Laundry sections prepare students for the less glamorous side of independent living with helpful tips to deal with basic chores. The Health and Safety sections are a reminder that living on your own means being responsible for you own health and well-being.
Follow-up activities include practical application math, basic comprehension questions to reinforce understanding, and practical writing exercises. Some questions ask students to think about the information given and express their opinions and ideas.
The vocabulary section includes a glossary of words students may not be familiar with. The glossary is divided up by sections allowing these unfamiliar words to be introduced before reading each section. To reinforce understanding, there are activity pages using the glossary words.
21st century skills for older students at an easier reading level (about grade 3-4) can be just what is needed to bring up some good life lessons. The questions get students thinking about what sort of job they would like to have and how to interview, would they like to live independently or with a roommate and how to find one, what a rental agreement looks like, pet care, grocery shopping, food prep, cleaning, doing laundry and lots more. The workbook format is clear and simple with thoughtful questions to get kids thinking.
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Remedia Publications |
Grades: | 8-12 |
ISBN: | 9781648071201 |
Length in Inches: | 11 |
Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.45 |