109 Shopping for Clothes
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will compare clothing prices, decide what they can afford, calculate totals, and practice making choices within a small budget.
Vocabulary
price, budget, spend, total, cost, choose
Teaching Notes
- Use simple clothing items: socks, shirts, hats.
- Compare prices: “Which costs more? Which costs less?”
- Model staying within a budget.
- Practice adding two small prices.
- Talk about wants vs needs when shopping for clothes.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
Clothes have different prices.
We use a budget to decide what we can buy.
We must check the total before paying.
Hands-On Experiment or Activities
What You Need:
Picture cards: socks ($2), hat ($3), shirt ($4), scarf ($2)
What You Do:
- Students get a $7 clothing budget.
- Choose 1–2 items.
- Add prices to find the total.
- Stay within the budget.
- Share choices with a partner.
Vocabulary and Definition
- — how much something costs
- — a limit on money you can spend
- — all prices added together
Words to Learn
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Questions to Answer
Story:
Sara goes shopping with $7.
She wants socks for $2, a hat for $3, and a shirt for $4.
What is the price of the socks?
What is the price of the hat?
What is the price of the shirt?
If Sara buys socks and a hat, what is the total?
How much money will she have left after buying socks and a hat?
Can she buy the $4 shirt with $2 left?
How could Sara change her plan?
🧮 Finance Math Practice
Socks cost $2. You have $3. Can you buy them?
A hat costs $3. You have $2. Enough?
A shirt costs $4. You pay $5. Change?
Two items cost $2 and $4. Total?
Your budget is $6. You spend $5. Left?
You want socks ($2) and a scarf ($2). Total?
A shirt is $4. A hat is $3. Your budget is $6. Can you buy both?
A scarf costs $2. You have $5. Left after buying it?
Your budget is $7. Items cost $3 and $3. Total? Left?
You buy a $4 shirt with $4. Change?
Reflection
Why is it important to check prices when shopping?
What clothing item would you buy first with $5?