What Pushes and What Pulls is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on positive and negative incentives, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.2.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What Pushes and What Pulls
D2.Eco.2.3-5
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Sort each one into reward or penalty.
1.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: No refund if you miss the sailing, Being paid off for refusing the new rate, An assisted passage for a family with no fare, Cheaper dues for regular shippers
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
2.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Higher wages for a skilled spinner, Higher dues on an overloaded vessel, A free school place with a meal, No pay for a shift arrived late to
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
3.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: A prize for the cleanest street, Losing relief if you leave the district, A fine for keeping a child from school, A bonus for a full year without absence
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.2.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Pushes and What Pulls
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. An assisted passage for a family with no fare — Positive incentive 2. Being paid off for refusing the new rate — Negative incentive 3. Cheaper dues for regular shippers — Positive incentive 4. No refund if you miss the sailing — Negative incentive
2.1. A free school place with a meal — Positive incentive 2. Higher dues on an overloaded vessel — Negative incentive 3. Higher wages for a skilled spinner — Positive incentive 4. No pay for a shift arrived late to — Negative incentive
3.1. A bonus for a full year without absence — Positive incentive 2. A fine for keeping a child from school — Negative incentive 3. A prize for the cleanest street — Positive incentive 4. Losing relief if you leave the district — Negative incentive
More practice for D2.Eco.2.3-5
Spot the rewards and penalties that push people towards a decision.
Teaching this next? What Pushes and What Pulls is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.