Fill-in-the-blank worksheet · History, Civics & Social Studies
Needs and wants: fill in the blanks · Grade 1
Read 5 sentences about needs and wants and write the missing word in each, using the word bank. Practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 1 · ages 6 to 7
- Medium
- 10 to 15 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The word bank and sentences
Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.
- Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
- need · want · clothes · money · choice
- 1 People use · to buy the things they need and want.
- 2 A new toy is a ____, because we can live without it.
- 3 Food, water, clothes and a home are things we ____.
- 4 Warm · protect us on cold days.
- 5 When you cannot have everything, you must make a
- Your turn · Write a sentence of your own that uses a word from the word bank.
What your child practices
Your child practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Choices, resources and markets”: reason about scarcity, choices, trade and economic systems.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 1, ages 6 to 7
- Time
- About 10 to 15 minutes
- Subject
- History, Civics & Social Studies
- Level
- Medium for Grade 1
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 1, for practice after the skill has been taught.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Read each sentence aloud with a hum for the blank, then try each word bank word in it.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 1
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