3rd Lesson -Needs and Wants

Our third lesson was on needs and wants. For our lesson we began by introducing them the word need. In our preassessment it showed that our students were somewhat familiar with the terms of needs and wants, so we wanted to do a lesson that would keep them engaged while at the same time help them understand the difference between needs and wants. So I began by asking them a question. I used a felt board andpicture to paste on this board and I asked them what plants needed in order to live and grow, stressing in particular "live and grow." I was glad that they had cover the growth of plants, that was the only thing I was unsure of prior to planning. So in this aspect, I think I definetely need to make sure with teh teacher if certain information has been covered. Luckily the students shared their thoughts. So we used the board to point out that plants need sun, soil, water, and air in order to live and grow. I explained to them that these were things that helped plants grow and that these things helped plants live and survive. This was a great way to move on to the next part of our lesson, introducing the students to the needs that people need in order to live and grow. So I posed the same question and the students thought of great answers. They came up with food, house, warmthness (very cute), but they did have trouble figuring out the third most important need: clothing. So I did have to explain and clarify this. So we used the felt board and divided it into needs and wants and under needs I placed the corresponding pictures and then I asked them to think of some things that were not needs, these things being called wants. I asked them, "Boys and Girls, what are some things that we want but are not necessarily needs?" They were very excited to share their responses. Of course they were starting to get a little silly but I helped them focus again. for our last section they completed a worksheet organizer which was similar to the felt board labeled needs and wants. They had to draw 2 things they needed and 2 wants. They really enjoyed completing this worksheet because some of the students even drew and wrote more on the back of the organizer. I was very pleased with this lesson.