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Need It or 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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Need It or 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 warm coat, Stickers for your book, Somewhere to sleep, A new colouring pen

NeedWant
2.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: Water to drink, Sweets after lunch, Food for dinner, A toy robot

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3.Sort each one: Need or Want?

Sort: A birthday balloon, Medicine when ill, A second football, Shoes that fit

NeedWant

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Answer key — Need It or Want It?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A new colouring pen — Want 2. A warm coat — Need 3. Somewhere to sleep — Need 4. Stickers for your book — Want
  2. 2.1. A toy robot — Want 2. Food for dinner — Need 3. Sweets after lunch — Want 4. Water to drink — Need
  3. 3.1. A birthday balloon — Want 2. A second football — Want 3. Medicine when ill — Need 4. Shoes that fit — Need

Questions about Need It or Want It?

What does the Need It or Want It? worksheet cover?

It practises scarcity and choosing — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.1.K-2: Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into need or want”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Need It or Want It? practise?

D2.Eco.1.K-2 — D2.Eco.1.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how scarcity necessitates decision making.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Need It or Want It? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.1.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Need It or Want It? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Need It or Want It? can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Need It or Want It? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Need It or Want It?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.1.K-2?

Yes — “Not Enough for Everything” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.1.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Need It or Want It? is the practice that follows it.

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

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

Teaching this next? Not Enough for Everything is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

All Kindergarten to Grade 2 worksheets

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