Needs and Wants Assessment

Today I told the students in my first grade class that I will be teaching a unit on Antarctica. I then asked them if there was anything that they really wanted to learn about. Their responses were basically what I predicted.
They would like to learn about:

• penguins
• polar bears
• seals
• water
• walruses
• fish
  
• snow wolves
• igloos
• snow
• Alaskan huskies
  

I am really excited about their ideas because my first lesson is about how the North Pole and the South Pole is different. It would seem that the majority of the class seems to believe that they are basically the same. I will find out more information after I have completed my individual pre-assessment.