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Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 13

Needs and Wants

What we need and what we want

What your child practises

Practises telling needs from wants, and what affects how families meet their needs and wants.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 1.4.1; 1.4.2 · telling needs from wants and what affects how they are met

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is something all people need?

    • a drum set
    • a skateboard
    • clean water
    • a cartoon

  2. Question 2

    We need water to…

    • stay alive and healthy
    • win a prize
    • play a game
    • build a robot

  3. Question 3

    A family lives on a farm. Where might their vegetables come from?

    • a toy shop
    • the sky
    • their own garden
    • a bookstore

  4. Question 4

    It snows all winter. What does a family need?

    • sandals
    • a sun hat
    • a beach towel
    • warm boots

  5. Question 5

    Money helps a family to…

    • buy what they need
    • stop the rain
    • grow taller
    • slow down time

  6. Question 6

    You have a little money. Which do you buy first?

    • a sticker
    • a toy
    • a game
    • a coat for winter

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