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

NameDate

Sort each one into need or want.

1.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A balloon, A comic from the newsagent, Shoes that still fit, Soap for washing

NeedWant

2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A bus fare to the doctor, A toy from the market, Bread for the week, Sweets at the fair

NeedWant

3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A warm blanket, An ice cream on the way home, A second pair of trainers, Potatoes for dinner

NeedWant

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Need It or Just Want It?

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

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