A pretend store shelf with ten items starts this 3-page kindergarten needs and wants sheet. Students color the needs green and the wants yellow on bread, milk, a yo-yo, socks, a cupcake, soap, stickers, rice, a toy truck and a balloon. Page 2 has a shopping list titled My family needs for three needs copied from the shelf, then two counting questions about how many needs and wants are on the shelf. Both counts are 5, and the key lists every item.
“Sort everyday items into needs and wants.”
Page 1 asks for green on five needs and yellow on five wants.
“Choose needs for a family to buy.”
Page 2 asks students to copy three needs onto My family needs.
“Count the items in each group.”
Page 2, items 2 and 3 ask how many needs and how many wants are on the shelf.
Two shelves of line drawings, five on each, with a word under every item. Students color the needs green and the wants yellow.
A box titled My family needs with three dotted lines. Students copy three needs from the shelf.
Two boxes to write in: how many needs are on the shelf and how many wants.
Needs: bread, milk, socks, soap and rice. Wants: yo-yo, cupcake, stickers, toy truck and balloon. Any three needs are accepted for the list, and both counts are 5.
Color check
Walk the room while students color and look at the socks and the soap. These two are the items students most often leave yellow.
Math link
Use the counting boxes to add a small number lesson. Students tell you that 5 needs and 5 wants make 10 items.
Play store
Set up a small shop with real or toy versions of the shelf items. Students use their written list to shop for the needs only.
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