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Instructional Plan / Lesson Plan: “Using a Menu at a Restaurant”
IEP Instructional Area: Community
Ability Level: Developing
Target Population:
Students with Developmental Cognitive Disabilities (MMMI & MSMI) & Emotional Behavioral Disabilities.
This activity can be adapted in a variety of ways to teach students of all ages and ability levels.
Topic / Skill Outcome: understanding the use of a menu
Graduation Standard:
- Read, Listen, View
- Inquiry and Research
- Write and Speak
- Mathematical Concepts and Applications
- Economics and Business
Purpose of Lesson / Objective:
Given a menu, the student will identify the prices of particular items.
They will then demonstrate the techniques of ordering a meal.
Materials / Equipment / Environment:
Menus, worksheets, classroom, community restaurants.
Group Size: 2-8
Time Required: 45 minutes—three lessons (more if you do the supporting activities)
Lesson Procedure:
Lesson one: The students and teacher will discuss what a menu is,
what information is on a menu, how items are categorized, and why restaurants have menus.
Lesson two: Using the attached worksheet, students will answer the questions using the menu on the worksheet.
Lesson three: Using different menus from local restaurants, write items to make a meal on index cards. The
students then use menus to locate and total the price of the suggested meal.
Download the lesson files:
(These are Adobe Acrobat files and will need the free Acrobat Reader
available at the link at the bottom of the page if you don't already have it).
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