Community Participation Lesson Plan - Emerging Locating an Item on a Shelf Instructional Area:  Leisure  Community  Home Living / Daily Living Ability Level:  Emerging  Developing  Mastery Topic / Skill Outcome: To scan a shelf and find a specific item or set of items Learning Area(s): Literacy Communication Purpose of Lesson / Objective: Scan a store aisle and point to the item requested Understand products are found in different parts of the store Tell the difference between the item requested and other products Materials / Equipment / Environment: Several different products that would be found in a specific area of a store Discount store located in the community and transportation to that store Index cards with specific products pasted on them Group Size: 4-6 Time Required: 50 minutes- 3 opportunities (more sessions needed if you do supporting activities) Lesson Procedure: Week 1 Students scan the products on the counter in the classroom and point to the product named or shown on an index card Week 2 Students go to the discount store and point to the product on the shelf in the discount store Week 3 Students bring an index card with the product on it and match it to the product on the shelf Carry Over / Related Activities: Student points to the products in the cabinets in the kitchen before using them Student points to the product on the shelf of a different store Supporting Activities / Possible Adaptations: Go to the discount store and match a pictorial list of 3-4 products to actual products on the shelves Point to the product before using it at school or home Scan shelf and look in the direction of the product rather than point for student with physical limitations Point to index card from selection of two cards with products when staff point to product on shelf Strategies for Participation: Prior to going into the community students will discuss what they are going to look for Students can review in general terms where they might find their items.  For example, a student looking for socks should be able to tell that the socks won’t be found in hardware. Student Reaction / Evaluation: Students feel good about being able to find a large group of products Lesson Support: Students can play a teacher made General Shopping store game or homemade card game where they match products to the section of the discount store the products can be found in. Students can improve their ability to differentiate groups of items (i.e., personal items from lawn and garden items) from doing a group activity where the students say yes or no to whether a product belongs in a certain section of the store Students can improve their figure ground skills from finding items in the middle of other items This lesson aligns with the General Shopping Part of the Community Participation Integrated Learning Continuum and Skills Inventory.