Reading Food Labels: Dates, Storage and Nutrition Facts for Life Skills, High School

This reading food labels set gives students practice finding use by, best by, and sell by dates, storage directions, serving size, calories, and the "Contains" line on made up food packages, with questions at two levels.

Why I made this: Students who are starting to cook or pack their own lunch ask the same questions: "Is this still okay?" "Does this go in the fridge?" "How much is one serving?" This set teaches them where to look on the package. It sticks to reading the label, not food rules or diet advice.

What’s included:

• A teacher page

• 10 words to know with pictures

• 3 pages of practice documents: package date and storage labels, a fridge check list with a leftovers label, and two Nutrition Facts panels

• 12 Level A questions with a picture and 3 choices

• The same 12 questions at Level B with written answers

• A real life task: check the dates in a real fridge or pantry

• An answer key that shows where each answer is found

How I use it: We go over the words, then look at real empty packages from home next to the practice documents. Students answer at their level, and the real life task happens in the school kitchen or as homework.

Skills covered:

• Reading use by, best by, and sell by dates

• Comparing dates to decide what to use first

• Reading storage directions

• Finding serving size, calories, and the Contains line

• Simple multiplication with servings

Who it is for: Life skills, special education, transition, and FCS classes in grades 9 to 12 and 18 to 21 programs.

What you download: Reading Food Labels Dates Storage Nutrition Facts.pdf (13 pages, US Letter, print ready) plus an editable Word version.

How this is different: Reading Medicine Labels covers Drug Facts on medicine. Grocery Ads covers prices and coupons. This set covers food package dates, storage, and Nutrition Facts only.

Part of the Functional Life Skills series.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.