In this activity, they were to switch sales papers with a partner (I allowed them to use their own if they chose to). They would then GO SHOPPING! They had the opportunity to go shopping four times! They had to create four different shopping list, but of course, they just didn't have all of the money in the world. They were also given scenarios for each list. On the scenario cards, it gave students their budget and their sales tax rate. This gave them practice with different sales tax rates and also gave them a chance to relate sales tax to "real-life scenarios". It really blew their mind when I told them that they would have to put something back because their subtotal plus tax would be above their budget!
Here are some photos of our fun!
You can click on any of the pictures above to link to my TpT site to get this activity.
My students also really enjoyed the scenarios. Some couldn't believe that they only had $10.00 to go shopping, but then on the next scenario, they did not have any budget. They were ecstatic!
Also, I will have to blog about my science class soon. We are learning about the reproductive system! That is always exciting!
I'm so glad that you liked it. I graded based off of if they fit their scenario or not, and I also tried to see if their tax amount matched their tax percentage.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is a very nice activity. It's nice to see kids learning how to compute and find out necessary sales tax at such a young age. It really is important for them to learn these at a young age so that we can have responsible consumers someday. You have been able to turn something complicated and boring into a fun and entertaining activity. Kudos to you!
ReplyDeleteLilia Costales
That is such a great idea! That would be a fun way to teach kids how to shop wisely and would definitely teach them the proper way to budget their money and how to compute their sales tax. That is definitely a life lesson they will remember.
ReplyDeleteGilbert McNally @ Accurate Tax & Bookkeeping Service