Need It or Just Want It? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on scarcity and choosing, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.1.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Need It or Just Want It?

D2.Eco.1.K-2

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Sort each one into need or want.

1.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A bus fare to the doctor, Soap for washing, A comic from the newsagent, An ice cream on the way home

NeedWant

2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A second pair of trainers, A warm blanket, Potatoes for dinner, A balloon

NeedWant

3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A toy from the market, Shoes that still fit, Bread for the week, Sweets at the fair

NeedWant

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Need It or Just Want It?

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A bus fare to the doctor — Need 2. A comic from the newsagent — Want 3. An ice cream on the way home — Want 4. Soap for washing — Need
2.1. A balloon — Want 2. A second pair of trainers — Want 3. A warm blanket — Need 4. Potatoes for dinner — Need
3.1. A toy from the market — Want 2. Bread for the week — Need 3. Shoes that still fit — Need 4. Sweets at the fair — Want

More practice for D2.Eco.1.K-2

Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose.

Teaching this next? Need It or Just Want It? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.