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The Supply Chest at Seabright Lighthouse

Kindergarten students listen to a seaside lighthouse story and identify food, water, shelter, and clothing as needs rather than wants.

KindergartenSocial StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toECO.K.1

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell the difference between needs and wants.
  • Students identify food, water, shelter, and clothing as basic needs.
  • Students explain how a need helps a person.

How to use

Read the passage aloud, pausing to name each item. Have students explain why an item belongs in the supply chest or does not.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

ECO.K.1

Tell the difference between needs (food, water, shelter, clothing) and wants.

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The Supply Chest at Seabright Lighthouse

Learn which things people need and which things they want.

Listen to the lighthouse story

Listen as your teacher reads the passage. Then answer the questions.

The Supply Chest

Seabright is a small harbor town. Jo, the lighthouse keeper, checks a supply chest before a storm. She puts in clean water, bread, dry shirts, and blankets. The lighthouse has a warm room where boat crews can rest out of the wind and rain. The warm room is a shelter. At a harbor stall, Jo sees shell bracelets, toy boats, and bright flags. Visitors enjoy choosing these things, but Jo leaves them outside the chest.

1.
Why does Jo put water and bread in the chest before a storm?
  • A. They help people stay healthy.
  • B. They make the lighthouse look bright.
  • C. They help visitors decorate boats.
  • D. They give people a toy to carry.
2.
Circle the two things that belong in the chest before the storm.

Clean waterA toy boatA dry shirtA bright flag

3.
Match each need to what it helps a person do.
  1. Water
  2. A dry shirt
  3. A warm room
  1. A. Rest out of the wind and rain
  2. B. Drink when thirsty
  3. C. Cover the body
4.
Word bank: shelter · flag · bracelet

The warm room is a  .

5.
Which thing from the story is a want?
  • A. Clean water
  • B. A dry shirt
  • C. A shell bracelet
  • D. A warm room

Needs and wants

Think about what helps people live safely and what people may enjoy having.

6.
Circle the two wants.

A shell braceletBreadA toy boatA blanket

7.
A boat crew rests in the warm room during the storm. Which item is a want?
  • A. A blanket
  • B. A toy boat
  • C. A loaf of bread
  • D. A dry shirt
8.
Why is the warm room important during the storm?
  • A. It gives people a place to stay dry and warm.
  • B. It gives people a place to buy bright flags.
  • C. It gives people a place to choose shell bracelets.
  • D. It gives people a place to race toy boats.
9.
Jo can carry only one item to a boat crew caught in the rain. Which choice helps meet a need?
  • A. A bright harbor flag
  • B. A shell bracelet
  • C. A dry shirt
  • D. A toy boat
10.
How do you know that a shell bracelet is a want instead of a need?

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