Tips and Tools For Financial Success - Newton Free Library

VII. Life Skills
Menu Planning Worksheet
Grocery Shopping Tips
Grocery Shopping List
Computer and Internet Terms and Definitions
Housing Terms and Definitions
Renting an Apartment Quiz with Answers
Recommended Supplemental Materials:
BOOKS
1. 21st century Lifeskills series. Saddleback Educational Pub., c2011. Includes: Car and driver,
LIT 629.2 H97C; Consumer spending, LIT 332.024 B65C; Everyday household tasks,
LIT 648 H97E; Getting ahead at work, LIT 650.1 S79G; Job search, LIT 331.7 S79J
2. Davis, Brian. Top notch interviews : tips, tricks, and techniques from the first call to getting
the job you want, Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 2010. LIT 331.7 D29T
3. Gast, Natalie. Perfect phrases for ESL: advancing your career. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2010.
LIT 428.24 G21P
4. Get $mart with your money series. New York: Rosen Pub., 2010, c2009. Includes: First car
smarts, LIT 629.222 H22F; First apartment smarts, LIT 643.27 B99F; First job smarts,
LIT 650.1 H22F.
5. Heath, Julia A. Personal finance essentials: Education and careers, New York: Facts On File,
c2012. LIT 332.024 P41E v2
6. Hemmert, Amy. Out & about in the world of computers: an introductory computer
course for beginning English learners, Burlingame, CA: Alta Book Center Publishers, 2008.
LIT 004.16 H37O
7. i-SAFE Internet life skills activities. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2010. LIT 004.678 I74J
VIDEOS
1. Consumer smarts: the skinny on being savvy, Jacksonville, FL: Linx Educational, 2009.
DVD ESL 658.834 C76C (25 minutes)
2. Personal finance essentials: Taxes and Tax Benefits, Meridian Education Corp, 2011.
DVD ESL 332.024 P43T (32 minutes)
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