Intern Name: Janet Greaney

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Needs and Wants

Grade: 2
Length of Lesson: 30-45 minutes
Date Taught: 4-30-21
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson… In this lesson students will examine the difference between
Overview wants vs needs as well as examine why people need things like water, shelter,
and food.
Needs and wants are embedded in the "big idea" of these VBO's of our
economy unit.

SS.2.4.1 Describe natural resources (water, soil, wood and coal), human
resources (people at work) and capital resources (machines, tools and
Standards of buildings).
Learning
SS.2.4.3 Explain that scarcity (limited resources) requires people to make
choices about producing and consuming goods and services.

SS.2.4.2 Distinguish between the use of barter and the use of money in the
exchange for goods and services.

What is a need?
Essential Questions What is a want?
What are the characteristics of a need?
Students will be able to…
Classify the difference between a need and a want.
Objectives Students will be able to define and distinguish needs vs wants as well as
examine why people need things (water, food, shelter).
I can identify a need versus a want.
Learning Target I can provide specific examples of a need and a want.
Necessary Prior Necessary prior knowledge of the necessities of life. Students will need to be
able to identify the objects on the cut and sort sheet.
Knowledge
● Scissors
● Glue
Materials ● Colored Paper
● Markers
● SmartBoard
What is the difference between wanting something and needing something? In
Introduction/Hook this lesson students will examine the difference between wants vs needs as well
as examine why people need things like water, shelter, and food.
Instructional ● Students were asked to use their prior knowledge of needs and wants
● Then we watched a short video explaining the concept.
Activities & ● After the video, I gave them a cut and sort activity that helped them
Strategies determine what is a need versus a want.
 ● Needs
Key Vocabulary or ● Wants
Concepts ● Consumer
● Producer
Assessments None
Closure Activity Cut and sort classifying items as needs or wants.
Accommodations None
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8P3sCooGg0
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Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Janet Greaney
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Needs and Wants
Date of Lesson Taught: 4/30/21
Cooperating Teacher & School
Grade: Stava, second grade
Time of Day: Morning

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
I worked with my cooperating teacher to help work alongside the SOL objectives.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The Objectives helped guide me into making a lesson plan that was informative and carried out thoroughly.
The SOLs did not specify “Needs and Wants,” however, the overall objectives helped steer me in the right
direction.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

The introduction and prediction worked well, they already had plenty of prior knowledge to the topic, so
conversations flowed perfectly into the lesson.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

Once I shared the presentation with my cooperating teacher, I realized that the readers notes are only on my
copy; she was not able to access the link to the YouTube video.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

The materials needed were well anticipated, they only needed some simple supplies like scissors and colored
pencils which were easily accessible to them.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
I would assume my cooperating teacher gave an assessment of their knowledge after my lesson. Their
knowledgeability of the concept gives me high confidence that the lesson plan was effective.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of
the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
The students at the end of the lesson had a great understanding of the topic. I could tell they comprehended
the lesson when they could explain to me what a need and want is, and they kept asking questions to further
understand what they did not comprehend.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to its success?
The time I spent preparing for the lesson greatly impacted its success. I was able to well prepare this lesson
before teaching it, and I believe this contributed to the lessons success.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
I would instead of focusing on needs and wants, go into further explanation about consumers and goods. I
would give more real life examples and go more in depth with the objectives.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

I loved this lesson plan and I would teach it again, however it being my first lesson plan, I was nervous and
would make a few small changes.