Grants, Penalties and Priorities 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.
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Grants, Penalties and Priorities
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 a site is abandoned, Losing your place if you refuse an offer, A subsidy for building upward on cleared land, Public credit for a council that finishes early
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
2.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: Priority on the list for the longest waiting, Extra materials for the worst damaged districts, Materials withheld from a council behind schedule, A fine for selling allocated timber onward
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
3.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?
Sort: A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery, A grant to councils that exceed their target, Publication of the councils that built least, A guaranteed price for five years
Positive incentiveNegative incentive
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.2.3-5 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Grants, Penalties and Priorities
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A subsidy for building upward on cleared land — Positive incentive 2. Losing your place if you refuse an offer — Negative incentive 3. No refund if a site is abandoned — Negative incentive 4. Public credit for a council that finishes early — Positive incentive
2.1. A fine for selling allocated timber onward — Negative incentive 2. Extra materials for the worst damaged districts — Positive incentive 3. Materials withheld from a council behind schedule — Negative incentive 4. Priority on the list for the longest waiting — Positive incentive
3.1. A grant to councils that exceed their target — Positive incentive 2. A guaranteed price for five years — Positive incentive 3. A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery — Negative incentive 4. Publication of the councils that built least — Negative incentive
More practice for D2.Eco.2.3-5
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