The Town or the Store? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on goods and services a government provides, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.12.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 students 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.
1.Sort each one: The town provides or A store sells?
Sort: Trash pickup, A comic, A new bike, The fire service
The town providesA store sells
2.Sort each one: The town provides or A store sells?
Sort: The school, Your birthday cake, The library, Your shoes
The town providesA store sells
3.Sort each one: The town provides or A store sells?
Sort: A bunch of flowers, The park, A loaf of bread, Street lights
The town providesA store sells
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Town or the Store?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A comic — A store sells 2. A new bike — A store sells 3. The fire service — The town provides 4. Trash pickup — The town provides
2.1. The library — The town provides 2. The school — The town provides 3. Your birthday cake — A store sells 4. Your shoes — A store sells
3.1. A bunch of flowers — A store sells 2. A loaf of bread — A store sells 3. Street lights — The town provides 4. The park — The town provides
Questions about The Town or the Store?
What does the The Town or the Store? worksheet cover?
It practices goods and services a government provides — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.12.K-2: Name things the government provides, like roads and schools. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into who provides it”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does The Town or the Store? practice?
D2.Eco.12.K-2, under Economics for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Describe examples of the goods and services that governments provide.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
The Town or the Store? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.12.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does The Town or the Store? 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 The Town or the Store? can I print?
25 — one per student, 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 The Town or the Store? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Town or the Store?, 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.12.K-2?
Yes — “What the Town Gives Us” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.12.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. The Town or the Store? is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.12.K-2
Name things the government provides, like roads and schools.
Teaching this next? What the Town Gives Us is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.