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Uen: Lesson Plan: All I Really Need! Lesson PlanUen: Lesson Plan: All I Really Need! Lesson Plan
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Utah Education Network
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Pre-K - 1st
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Uen: Lesson Plan: All I Really Need!

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Lesson that helps students understand the difference between needs and wants. Students discuss the story The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitsel and then decide which items they need to take to grandma's house and which items they want to take. Then students classify the pictures in the book Needs and Wants by Gillia M. Olson as needs or wants.

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economic principles, needs vs. wants

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economic concepts, needs, needs versus wants, wants, e.s.11

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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