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 toy from the market, A bus fare to the doctor, A balloon, A warm blanket

NeedWant

2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: Shoes that still fit, Sweets at the fair, A second pair of trainers, Potatoes for dinner

NeedWant

3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: Bread for the week, Soap for washing, An ice cream on the way home, A comic from the newsagent

NeedWant

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Need It or Just Want It?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.