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BUDGETING/SPENDING PLANLearning Goals Expectations Activities46. Can develop a realisticspending plan for onemonth.a. Explain the importance of planning one’sexpenditures.b. Create a list of spending plan categories (e.g.,food, clothes, leisure activities).c. Identify whether a category is fixed orflexible.d. Assess current situation and allocate money toeach category.Apartment Hunt, Budget; www.vstreet.com.Creative Life Skills Activities, Activity 25, Living Budget.Developing Your Vision, C.2 & C.3.I Can Do It, Budgeting, p. 2-6.I’m Getting Ready, Make a Money Plan for Today, M-7.I’m Getting Ready, A Money Plan for Being on Your Own,M-8; M-9.I’m Getting Ready, Planning My Clothes Budget, LG-8.I Know Where I am Going, Part I, C. 4, Hard Choices, p. 26-39.Life Skills Activities for Secondary, IV-9, What is a Budget, p.223-225.Life Skills Activities for Secondary, IV-10, Making a Budget,p. 226-227.Making It on Your Own, Budgeting, p. 82.PAYA, Module 1, Money Management and Budgeting, p. 5-8.PAYA, Module 1, Personal Budget, p. 9-63.Pocket Guide, Budget Categories, p. 32.Pocket Guide Instructions, Money Matters, p. 112-119.Ready, Set, Fly! Budgeting #4.American Express, Budgeting -http://www10.americanexpress.com/sif/cda/page/0,1641,661,00.asp?Banking on Our Future, Budgeting –http://www.bankingonourfuture.org/master.cfm/main/homeLife Skills Guidebook 100©2004 by Casey Family Programs.