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Do I Need It or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Do I Need It or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices

URL:

https://www.getepic.com/book/53715741/do-i-need-it-or-do-i-want-it-making-budget-choices?utm_source=t2t&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=content&share=3838385014

Content Source:

Other
Epic!

Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

This classroom resource is a book from Epic! which describes needs and wants. The book defines budget, savings, and income. The book includes a glossary, further reading suggestions, and learning activities. It can be used to teach students to distinguish between needs and wants and to demonstrate effective decision-making when making budget choices.

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Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: K
Living and Working Together in Family and Community

4 ) Differentiate between needs and wants of family, school, and community.

• Comparing wants among different families, schools, and communities

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics

Course Title: Living and Working Together in Family and Community

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Distinguish between needs and wants.
List the needs of a family, school, and community.
Distinguish between personal wants and the needs of the family and community.
Demonstrate effective decision making when faced with a want verses a need.

Teacher Vocabulary:

needs
wants
desire
compare
contrast
choice
survive

Knowledge:

Students know:

People need certain things to live.
There are things they want but are not necessary.
Not all wants can be fulfilled.
Vocabulary: choice, need, want, survive, desire, compare, contrast

Skills:

Students are able to:

Recite items that are needs.
Recite items that are wants.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There is a difference between a want and a need.
Not all wants can be fulfilled.
Choices usually have to be made when considering things they want.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.K.4- Demonstrate an understanding of the terms "needs" and "wants" by sorting pictures and/or words using a variety of graphic organizers.

Tags:

compare, contrast, desire, needs, survive, wants

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://www.getepic.com/tos
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

Comments

Epic! is free for teachers and schools. Teachers will need to create a free account to access and assign books to students. The AR level for this book is 3.1. The age range is 7-10 years old. The author is Jennifer S. Larson.

This resource provided by:

Author:

Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

Do I Need It or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices