Unit 6: Your supplies and resources

Workplace Skills

• Orders supplies by mail or online
• Makes economical purchasing decisions

Life Skills

• Comparison shops
• Uses unit pricing
• Uses food coupons
• Determines the "best buy"

Civics Concepts

• The entitlement of consumers to unit pricing so they can determine the "best buy"

Social Language

How to:

• agree emphatically
• offer suggestions

Grammar

• Conclusions with must
• Exclamations with What

SCANS Competencies

• Interpersonal: Teaches others; Teams with partner
• Information: Acquires and evaluates data; Uses computer to process information

SCANS Foundation Skills

Listening

Understands:

• conversations about bargains
• information on unit pricing
• conversations about ordering supplies

Speaking

• Explains purchasing decisions
• Orders over the phone
• Relates a personal experience

Reading

Reads:

• unit pricing information and labels
• about ordering online or by mail

Writing

• Charts information on units of measure
• Completes a mail order
• Writes a composition

Thinking

• Compares and contrasts values
• Draws conclusions
• Classifies products by unit of measure

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrates self-management