LESSON DATE: Monday April 8th 2019 LESSON BY: Ms.

Haque

PLAN TIME: 10:45 am – 11:20 am CLASS: K/1

Needs and DURATION: ~35 minutes SCHOOL:

Wants
TOPIC: Needs and Wants Subject: Ethics and Religious culture

Competencies: Kinders:
 To affirm his/her personality
 To communicate using the resource of language
 To interact harmoniously with others
Grade 1: Mathematics
COMPETENCY 1: Reflects on Ethical questions
COMPETENCY 3: Engages in dialogue
Cross
Curricular ● To exercise critical judgement
Competencies ● To communicate appropriately

Broad Areas of Health and Well-being

learning

OBJECTIVES/ • Students will be able to:

OUTCOMES  Define a want and a need
 Explain why something is a need
 Identify various Wants and Needs

Entire class:
GROUP SIZE
& MATERIALS Smartboard
Chart paper with pictures
Worksheet
Needs (yellow) and Wants (pink) Index cards
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Introduction:
~ 10
minutes On the circle mat:
- On a chart paper, have various images of objects.
-Play a game of “I spy with my little eye”. I will describe an object and
students will need to guess which picture I am describing.
- Expectations:
* Raise hand
* Do not shout out the answer

For example:
“I spy with my little eye, something that helps me get better when I am sick.”
(medication)
or
“I spy with my little eye something that is sweet and that children love”.
(candies)

Do 3 – 5.

- Tell students that the objects in the picture can be sorted as things
we either need or things that we want. (Show them a cue card with
the words written on them and have them repeat the words Needs
and Wants).

- I will define both words for them:

Needs: A need is something that you must have to stay alive or stay
healthy and safe.
Wants: A want is something that you would like to have and enjoy
but can live without it.

- Give students one example of something that is a need from the

pictures and something that is a want from the pictures and explain
why it might be a need or a want.

For example: Medication is a need because you need to take it when you
are sick to cure your sickness and become healthy.

Candies are a want because it is something that many people enjoy eating
but don’t need to stay alive.

- Ask students: Why do you think it might be important to tell the

difference between our needs and wants?
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- Send students one by one back to their desks.

Development:

12 Part 1:
minutes
- Show students a video about needs and wants on Brainpop. (4 min)
- Students will be handed out two set of index cards in different colors
(Yellow for Needs and pink for wants)
- I will explain to them that I will show them some pictures on the
Smartboard and they will have to hold up one of the cards based on
if they think it represents a need or a want. Tell them to raise their
card only after I have counted up to 3.
- Do one example together to make sure students know which card
represents needs and wants.
- Show 5-10 examples (adjust according to flow).
- After certain images, pick a student to explain why the image
represents a need or a want.

10 – 15 Part 2: Individual work

minutes - Explain the work to students (displayed on the Smartboard). First,
they need to sort different pictures in either a needs or wants
category. Then, they need to write one thing they need and explain
why and write/draw one thing they want but don’t need.
- Brainstorm students wants on the Smartboard.
- Remind students they can use their personal word wall if they need
help spelling a word or they can try to sound out the word to spell it.
- Tell students that if they are done or have questions, they should
stay in their seat and raise their hand and wait until I come and see
them.
- Put sound meter to whisper voice.

Evaluations/Assessment:

Kindergarten

Criteria 3 2 1
The student The student is The student is The student is
can identify able to correctly able to correctly able to correctly
different needs. identify 5-6 identify 3-4 identify 1-2
needs. needs. needs.
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The student The student is The student is The student is
can identify able to correctly able to correctly able to correctly
different wants. identify 5-6 identify 3-4 identify 1-2
wants. wants. wants.
The student is The student is The student The student is
able to identify able to identify needs prompting unable to
one of their and draw about to identify and identify and
wants. one of their draw about one draw about one
wants. of their wants. of their wants.
3: competency met, 2: competency needs improvement, 1: competency needs lots of improvement

Grade 1

Criteria 3 2 1
The student The student is The student.is The student is
can define a able to correctly able to correctly unable to
need and a match the match the correctly match
want. definitions of definitions of the definition of
needs and needs and needs and
wants. wants with wants.
prompting.
The student The student is The student is The student is
can identify able to correctly able to correctly able to correctly
different needs. identify 5-6 identify 3-4 identify 1-2
needs. needs. wants.
The student The student is The student is The student is
can identify able to identify able to identify unable to
one of their and write about and write about identify and
needs and one of their one of their write about one
explain why it needs and needs and of their needs
is a need. explain why it is explain why it is and/or explain
a need. a need with why it is a need
prompting.
The student The student is The student is The student is
can identify able to correctly able to correctly able to correctly
different wants. identify 5-6 identify 3-4 identify 1-2
wants. wants. wants.
The student The student is The student The student is
can identify able to identify needs prompting unable to
one of their and write/draw to identify and identify and
want. about one of write/draw about write/draw about
their wants.
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one of their one of their
wants. wants.
3: competency met, 2: competency needs improvement, 1: competency needs lots of improvement

Differentiations:

Grade 1 Sheet: Sort pictures into Needs and wants category + match definitions of
needs and wants. Write about one need and explain why it is a need and draw about
one want.

- Have the pictures pre-cut for a student who has a hard time with fine motor
skills

Kinder Sheet: Sort pictures into Needs and wants category + draw about one thing
they want.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES:
Targeting a specific skill related to the following competency:
4. To communicate clearly in the language of instruction, both orally and in writing, using
correct grammar, in various contexts related to teaching.

-I will try to be more aware of the way I communicate and how I formulate my questions and
sentences and use “yes” instead of “yeah”.
-In my introduction, I will model to student how to explain that something is a want or a
need.
-I will try to correct mistakes students make when speaking by repeating what they say in a
correct manner.
-I will encourage students to write words by sounding them out.

6. To plan, organize and supervise a class in such a way as to promote students' learning
and social development.

I should:
- Provide clear instructions and modelling
- Give praise for following instructions, insightful answers and participation
-Wait for quiet when necessary
- Lay down expectations
- Address noise level

http://www.mcgill.ca/dise/files/dise/competencies_for_web.pdf