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Weekly Menu & Grocery Shopping 2014

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Hello Everyone, Objective:  To plan a weekly meal menu and shop for items on the list.  To identify prices and differences in quality of different items.  To be able to accurately create a personal menu, shopping list, and translate your purchases into an online budget form for evaluation. Steps: 1.  Complete Weekly Menu Form - Get it Approved. 2.  Complete Grocery List Based on Menu Choices - Get it Approved. 3.  Shop online for items on Grocery List and compare quality and prices. 4.  Total your Grocery Spending and Enter All Items on Shopping List in Budget Online (PMB) 5.  Share your menu and list with class during final presentations. Please use the handout to plan your menu for a week.  I would like you to plan at least 2 dinners for 2 and a family dinner (6 people or more) for the weekend sometime.  It can be breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but include anything you would normally serve.  Once your menu is complete, make ...

Personal Budget Moving Day Activities 2014

Today you will work out your Moving Plan and fill out your Checkbook. Here is a copy of my BUDGET SPREADSHEET as and Example:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjY9jTFcLEUWdFFBcjAzRUZscm1CV0dhTzVjSlFQRlE&usp=sharing You must use a COPY of the following document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A-Tdt6ZC6PaCwx3YhqH-T5vZp6s7Jzry8i8LFhAVzL4/edit?usp=sharing and share it with me for credit. YOU WILL USE THE PURCHASE SHEET TO SHOW ALL OF YOUR ITEMS BOUGHT.  Include all items purchased, where you bought them, and how much they were.  This includes travel expenses, airfare, insurance, household goods, furniture, and anything else you need to buy. Your opening balance in your checkbook should be $134.50.  Your Parents, Uncle, Grandma, etc. is giving you a one-time grant for $2500 to help you get started.  It is your graduation present.  You need to complete the budget sheet (handout in class) and let me know all the things you are buying t...

Memorial Day 2014 Rememberance

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All: Next Tuesday we will continue work on our Personal Monthly Budget Project.  Today please follow the directions below.  After our viewing of the video in class, you will write in your journals. Watch the following Memorial Day Tribute Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCbiibZvX0 Please read the following post and write a short reflection (2-3 Paragraphs) in your Weebly.com journal. "3rd Herd" Prior To MFO Deployment (Ft. Lewis, WA) As you know, I am a Veteran of the US Army.  This weekend is for you to relax and enjoy a well-deserved rest.  While we celebrate our Veteran's on another day, please bear in mind the following excerpt from About.com: "Many people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day . Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. While those who died are also remembered on Veterans Day, Vet...

Personal Monthly Budget - Project Startup Day 2014

Personal Monthly Budget Startup Day! Here is the Google Spreadsheet we will use for this project.  Make sure you open the document, MAKE A COPY, and NAME it (Your Last Name) CS Period (?) Budget 2014 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjY9jTFcLEUWdGJ1U1FKSXZBNzI2d2JoNnlMOVBsdGc&usp=sharing On the first page you will notice it is a template for a family budget.  Today you will be entering your basic start-up information.  You have a job somewhere other than the Philadelphia Area based on your research on Career Day (Click Here) .  You must enter your personal information, Job Title and list the address you work at.  Your next task is to fill in your address (apartment).  Over the next few days you will find out about utilities, services, groceries, and other costs to get changes to your plan and you will have to adjust your budget to reflect the changes.  Final budgets will be gradable. PLEASE SHARE your BUDGET with me so we can...

Personal Monthly Budget - Google Map Day

Here is a link to your responses for the CAREER DAY Search Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjY9jTFcLEUWdFlEMDVCUGhnQTc5RjU0QWIxWmo1ZUE&usp=sharing Today you will be creating a GOOGLE MAP of your new home and work area.  Please sign-in to GMAIL and then follow Google site to Google Maps.  Below is a link to a sample map that I created for myself.  It assumes that my first job out of college was teaching here.  I located our school, a local apartment, and I saved the route I take to work (use Get Directions and save the result to your map).  I also included most of the information that you will have to find for yourself.  See my example at the following link: http://goo.gl/maps/aCRTS Once you have looked at my map, your assignment today is to CREATE your own GOOGLE MAP that includes the following items: Work, Home, Directions (Route) from Home to Work You must also include the following: GROCERY POLICE STATION SHOPPING MALL/CEN...

AfterCollege.com (FMB) Start Day

FAMILY MONTHLY BUDGET STARTING POINT: Today you will build on the research you completed Monday.  You are responsible for not only finding a college and major you are interested in, but finding your first job after college.  YOU MAY NOT FIND A JOB IN PHILADELPHIA OR THE REGIONAL AREA.  You must find an "ENTRY-LEVEL" job outside the Philadelphia Area (Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Chester, Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester Counties are off limits). Use the College and Major you chose on Monday and go to the following website https://www.aftercollege.com/ .  Look on the right side of the opening page and you will see a box that says "Get Started Today".  Select a College you are interested attending (SCHOOL).  Enter a (MAJOR) you are likely to study.  Set the (GRADUATION DATE) for MAY of 2013 and click EXPLORE NOW. If you chose professional training that did not require college, you must use Monster.com, Careerbuilder, Craigslis...

Personal Finance and MONEYSKILL Program (300 points)

Here is the link to the presentation Personal Finance 101 from class: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWV0N4NlltejB5Tkk/edit?usp=sharing Use this link to help you complete your class handout.  If you need another copy of the worksheet, you can click the following link and print it in the back of class, on your own time: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWRGh1TVI4djA4YlE/edit?usp=sharing MONEYSKILL.ORG Please click the link below and log into the MoneySkill.org website: MONEYSKILL.ORG (CLICK HERE) Your Username the first letter of your first name and your last name. (Example: hscribner) Your Password is your Student Number. You have until June 6th to complete all 12 units online.  There will be a certificate of completion for this and it is a graded event!  You must complete this starting today in class, and use your time at home, or free time in school to work on it.  It is considered a HOMEWORK Assignment.  Every student must complete the ...