Needs and Wants

Today we talked more about the community that we will be creating in our classroom. We discussed what would happen if Eva and Wall-E hadn't been able to return to earth in the movie and what they would need in a new community on a brand new planet. Then we had a discussion about needs and wants. What are some things we need in a community? What are some wants? A couple of examples that came up were: grocery stores, toy stores and schools. Do you think these are needs, or wants? Perhaps tonight as a family you could have a discussion about needs and wants. Do you notice that some of you have a different perspective about things that are needs and wants? In pairs students were then challenged to start creating a poster identifying what they believe we would need, and want, in our community. We also told them that they need to be able to explain their point of view!