Needs and Wants Sorts

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📚 Part 1: Identify Needs vs. Wants

1. Which is a need?

A new video game

Clean drinking water

2. Which is a want?

Medicine when you are sick

A new skateboard

3. Which one is most likely a need for school attendance?

A healthy lunch and rest

A poster for your bedroom

4. Check all that are needs:

Toothbrush and toothpaste

Fancy sunglasses from a store

Warm clothes for winter

Movie tickets for friends

Safe home or shelter

✏️ Part 2: Sort, Explain, and Reflect

5. Draw a line to match each item (left) to Need or Want (right).

1. Clean water

2. Smartphone

3. Food for dinner

4. New video game

5. Medicine

6. Birthday toy

A. Need

B. Want

C. Need

D. Want

E. Need

F. Want

6. In one or two sentences, explain why needs are more important than wants when planning a family's budget.

7. List two needs and two wants from your home.

8. You have $20. Choose one need and one want you might buy. Explain your choices in a short sentence each.

Needs and Wants Sorts

Needs and Wants Sorts

📚 Part 1: Identify Needs vs. Wants

✏️ Part 2: Sort, Explain, and Reflect

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