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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: Publication of the councils that built least, A subsidy for building upward on cleared land, Public credit for a council that finishes early, Losing your place if you refuse an offer

Positive incentiveNegative incentive
2.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?

Sort: A guaranteed price for five years, Materials withheld from a council behind schedule, Extra materials for the worst damaged districts, A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery

Positive incentiveNegative incentive
3.Sort each one: Positive incentive or Negative incentive?

Sort: Priority on the list for the longest waiting, A grant to councils that exceed their target, No refund if a site is abandoned, A fine for selling allocated timber onward

Positive incentiveNegative incentive

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Answer key — Grants, Penalties and Priorities

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A subsidy for building upward on cleared land — Positive incentive 2. Losing your place if you refuse an offer — Negative incentive 3. Public credit for a council that finishes early — Positive incentive 4. Publication of the councils that built least — Negative incentive
  2. 2.1. A guaranteed price for five years — Positive incentive 2. A penalty for a supplier that misses delivery — Negative incentive 3. Extra materials for the worst damaged districts — Positive incentive 4. Materials withheld from a council behind schedule — Negative incentive
  3. 3.1. A fine for selling allocated timber onward — Negative incentive 2. A grant to councils that exceed their target — Positive incentive 3. No refund if a site is abandoned — Negative incentive 4. Priority on the list for the longest waiting — Positive incentive

Questions about Grants, Penalties and Priorities

What does the Grants, Penalties and Priorities worksheet cover?

It practises positive and negative incentives — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.2.3-5: Spot the rewards and penalties that push people towards a decision. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into reward or penalty”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Grants, Penalties and Priorities practise?

D2.Eco.2.3-5 — D2.Eco.2.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Identify positive and negative incentives that influence the decisions people make.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Grants, Penalties and Priorities is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.2.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Grants, Penalties and Priorities 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 Grants, Penalties and Priorities 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 Grants, Penalties and Priorities free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Grants, Penalties and Priorities, 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.2.3-5?

Yes — “Grants, Penalties and Priorities” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.2.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Grants, Penalties and Priorities is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Eco.2.3-5

Spot the rewards and penalties that push people towards a decision.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.