Tools and Skills is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on capital goods and human capital, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.13.K-2. 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: Knowing how to plant seeds, A tractor, Knowing how to drive, A pair of scissors
A toolA skill
2.Sort each one: A tool or A skill?
Sort: A hammer, Knowing how to count money, A paintbrush, Knowing how to mend a bike
A toolA skill
3.Sort each one: A tool or A skill?
Sort: An oven, Knowing how to read, A sewing machine, Knowing how to bake
A toolA skill
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Tools and Skills
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A pair of scissors — A tool 2. A tractor — A tool 3. Knowing how to drive — A skill 4. Knowing how to plant seeds — A skill
2.1. A hammer — A tool 2. A paintbrush — A tool 3. Knowing how to count money — A skill 4. Knowing how to mend a bike — A skill
3.1. A sewing machine — A tool 2. An oven — A tool 3. Knowing how to bake — A skill 4. Knowing how to read — A skill
Questions about Tools and Skills
What does the Tools and Skills worksheet cover?
It practises capital goods and human capital — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.13.K-2: Give examples of tools people work with and skills they bring. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into tool or skill”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Tools and Skills practise?
D2.Eco.13.K-2 — D2.Eco.13.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe examples of capital goods and human capital.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Tools and Skills is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.13.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Tools and Skills come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Tools and Skills can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Tools and Skills free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Tools and Skills, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.13.K-2?
Yes — “Tools and Knowing How” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.13.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Tools and Skills is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.13.K-2
Give examples of tools people work with and skills they bring.
Teaching this next? Tools and Knowing How is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.