Grocery Shopping Readiness Checklist | Life Skills Assessment for Special Education
A one-page checklist that helps assess a student's ability to plan, organize and safely complete a grocery shopping trip.
What's Inside
- Student name, case manager and date fields
- Rating options: Yes, Sometimes, Not Yet
- Makes a shopping list based on meal plans or household needs
- Identifies store sections, reads product labels and checks expiration dates
- Chooses items within a budget and compares prices
- Uses a cart safely, follows store rules and interacts appropriately with staff
- Pays accurately, organizes items at checkout and stores perishables promptly
- Comments section
How It Helps You
- Gives a quick, consistent way to assess a real life skill
- Shows clearly which steps need more practice
- Supports IEP goals, transition planning and progress monitoring
Ways to Use It
Use it during life skills instruction, community-based instruction, transition assessments or IEP progress reporting, and repeat it to show growth over time.
Format
PDF (1 page, print-ready). Instant download.
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