My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Needs and Wants
Sort things into needs and wants, then draw one of each that matters to you.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- economics basics, sorting, making choices
What kids do
“Do you NEED it or WANT it? Sort them!”
- Need or want?
- A need
- A want
How to run it
- Needs keep us alive and safe; wants are nice to have.
- Some things are tricky: is a bike a need or a want?
- Let kids argue the tricky ones.
Talk about it
- Which one was tricky to sort?
- Can a want become a need?
- What do all people need?
Take it further
Make a needs and wants collage from catalogs.
Pairs well with
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