Teach your students the vital life skill of distinguishing between needs and wants using these practical worksheets. An ideal resource for educators aiming to make budgeting, critical thinking, and decision-making interactive and versatile. Whether utilized as a workbook or individual worksheets, the scaffolded activities cater to various learning styles. With straightforward checklists, cut-and-paste activities, and writing tasks, these worksheets are designed to meet the diverse needs of all your students.

BUNDLE & SAVE: Budgeting Bundle

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

• Real Product Photos
• 4 Workbook Covers
• Teaching & Practice Worksheets
• 32 Different Worksheets
• 4 Extension Ideas
• Answer Key

TOTAL:

⭐ 32 WORKSHEETS WITH 200 QUESTIONS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Cover Options:

• 4 cover options that students can color (if you would like to use this resource as a workbook)

Teaching Posters/ Worksheets:

• 1 poster teaching needs and wants.
• 1 poster with the title "Do you need it or want it?" featuring 2 questions.
• 1 checking worksheet with an example

Worksheets:

1. Checking Worksheets: (check off if the item is a need or want)

• • 3 worksheets with only words.
  • 3 worksheets with words and pictures.
  • 3 worksheets with only pictures. (these items are the same as the worksheets with words and pictures)

2. Cut and Paste Worksheets:

• • 4 worksheets where students sort needs and wants.

3. List Worksheets:

• • 1 worksheet where students list their needs and wants.
  • 1 worksheet where students identify and list a given person’s needs.
  • 1 worksheet where students identify and list a given person’s wants.

4. Fill-in-the-Blanks Worksheet:

• • 1 worksheet filling in the blanks.

5. Scenario Worksheets (Same Scenarios, 4 total):

• • 2 worksheets prompting to write "need or want."
  • 2 worksheets with checkboxes for needs and wants.

6. Budget Worksheets:

• • 1 worksheet where they identify and highlight the wants from a given one-person budget.
  • 1 worksheet where students identify needs and wants and answer questions about one person's budget.
  • 1 worksheet where they identify and highlight needs from a given two-person budget.
  • 1 worksheet where students identify needs and wants and answer questions about two-person budget.

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Budgeting Bundle

This resource includes:

14 different sheets with 104 questions

• 8 worksheets where students are given monthly bank statements for 2 – 3 people and are asked a variety of questions. (Who spent the most on expenses?, Who had the most income this money? How much did they save each month? Etc.)
• 6 worksheets where students use real-world examples of monthly bank statements for multiple people and saving goals to practice identifying and calculating the amount of money needed for a desired expense (ex. video game or trip) and calculating how much money will need to be saved each month in order to attain the desired expense.  
• Teacher answer key included & suggested follow up activities.

Students will use their learned knowledge of needs, wants, income and expenses to identify these items in monthly Bank Statements/ budgets. Students will practice identifying and calculating the amount of money needed for a desired expense (ex. Item or trip) and calculating how much money will need to be saved each month in order to attain the desired expense. Students will also examine the given budgets to calculate multiple individuals' total income, expenses, money saved, and identify additional ways for individuals to save. Students will also calculate weekly, monthly and yearly salary or expenses based off the given budget.

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Budgeting Bundle

This resource includes:

20 different sheets with 222 questions

• 1 poster teaching income and expenses.
• 4 worksheets where students check off if the item/ picture is an income or an expense.
• 1 cut and paste worksheet where students sort income and expenses.
• 1 worksheet where students list forms of income and expenses.
• 1 worksheet where students identify the scenario as an income or expense.
• 4 worksheets where students are given transactions and are asked to identify the transaction as an income or an expense and track the account balance by either adding or subtracting the transactions.
• 8 worksheets where students are given monthly budgets for 1 – 2 people and are asked to apply the knowledge learned to answer a variety of questions. (Which expense cost the most this month?, How many forms of income does this person have? Etc.)
• Teacher answer key included & suggested follow up activities.

This resource was designed to help students learn about, identify and differentiate between income and expenses. Students will apply what they learned to real-world monthly budgeting scenarios.

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Thank you for your interest in my product!!

This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.

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Budgeting Bundle

This resource includes:

14 different sheets with 160 questions

• 4 worksheets where students are given transactions and are asked to identify the transaction as an income or an expense and track the account balance by either adding or subtracting the transactions.
• 6 worksheets where students are given monthly bank statements for a person and are asked a variety of questions. (Which expense cost the most this month?, How many forms of income does this person have? How much did they save each month? Etc.)
• 4 worksheets where students use real-world examples of monthly bank statements and saving goals to practice identifying and calculating the amount of money needed for a desired expense (ex. video game or trip) and calculating how much money will need to be saved each month in order to attain the desired expense. 
• Teacher answer key included & suggested follow up activities.

Students will use their learned knowledge of needs, wants, income and expenses to identify these items in monthly Bank Statements/ budgets. Students will practice identifying and calculating the amount of money needed for a desired expense (ex. video game or trip) and calculating how much money will need to be saved each month in order to attain the desired expense. Students will also examine the given budgets to calculate individual’s total income, expenses, money saved, and identify additional ways for individuals to save. Students will also calculate weekly, monthly and yearly salary or expenses based off the given budget.

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