KidsECON Episode 1: Grocery Store Lesson

Introduce the video by preparing the students to learn about needs and wants in the grocery store.

Show KidsECON, Episode 1 - "Grocery Store" for the class (see in the Resource tab). 

After watching the episode, consider these discussion questions when talking with your class:

• Does everyone have the same needs and wants?
  • Have students think about people that need glasses, hearing aids, and wheelchairs.
  • Consider people who have pets vs. people who do not. Do they have the same needs?
  • Do we need snow boots in South Carolina? Do people in Alaska need different clothing than we do?
• Do your needs change as you get older? What is something you needed as a baby that you don't need now?
  • What is something you used to want that you don't want anymore?
• What would happen if a grocery store closed?
  • What happens when people don't have cars and can't get to a grocery store? What if their bus doesn't take them to other stores?

Supplemental Activities: These are additional activities you can use at your own discretion as an extension to the video.

1. Needs and Wants Vocabulary Cards (See in the resources tab)

• The vocabulary cards are intended for use as a whole group activity to promote discussion after watching KidsECON episode one.
• Use the vocabulary cards to review the information learned in the video.
• Cut out each vocabulary card for use.
• These can be printed and used in a pocket chart, put on chart paper, or laminated and used on the whiteboard.

2. Needs and Wants Whole Group Sort (See in the resources tab)

• This activity is intended for whole-group use.

• This is a great way to scaffold learning and allow group discussion about the true difference between a need and a want. 

• This is great to use before sending students off to complete their sort individually.

3. Needs and Wants Sort (Individual) (See in the resources tab)

• This sorting activity is a cut-and-paste worksheet for students to complete individually.
• This is a great way to assess whether students understand the concept of needs and wants.

4. Needs and Wants Emergent Reader (See in the resources tab)

• The emergent reader is designed to be printed, cut, and stapled for each child to have an emergent reader. 

• The book can be printed double-sided and then cut it down the middle horizontally.

• This allows easy assembly for the teacher and uses less paper. 

• The emergent reader uses short, predictable, patterned phrases. 

• Students can also use the pictures on the page to help with decoding. 

• The final two pages allow students to fill in what they need and what they want. 

• The student will draw a picture above to match their sentence.

5. Sentence Starters Writing Activity (See in the resources tab)

• This writing activity uses the sentence starters “I need _____ because ____” and “I need ____ because ___”.
• This activity uses handwriting lines and has a large space at the top for drawing a picture to match their writing.

The supplemental activities are additional activities you can use at your own discretion as an extension to the video. Monitor and adjust based on the learner.

Needs and Wants Sorting Activity - This sorting assessment is a cut-and-paste learning activity for students to complete individually. It assesses the student's understanding of the concept of needs and wants. This is also located in the Resources tab.