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Working at the Bluebird Fair

Read about fair workers, then explain how people earn money and use it to buy goods and services.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toECO.1.2

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students explain that people earn money by working.
  • Students identify goods and services people buy with earned money.
  • Students connect a worker's earnings to purchases of goods and services.

How to use

Read the passage aloud and discuss each worker's job and purchase. Then have students complete the questions and explain their thinking in the final two tasks.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

ECO.1.2

Explain how people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services.

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Working at the Bluebird Fair

Learn how workers earn and spend money.

Read about the fair

Listen as your teacher reads the passage. Then answer the questions.

Work and Money at the Bluebird County Fair

At the Bluebird County Fair, people earn money by working. Tessa checks tickets at the gate. The fair manager pays her for this work. Jamal paints small designs on visitors' hands. Visitors pay Jamal after he paints each design. Rosa helps a baker at a food booth. She serves warm rolls, and the baker pays her.

After their work, the workers use some of their earned money. Tessa buys a kite and pays for a ride. Jamal pays a photographer to take his picture. Rosa buys a cup of lemonade. A kite and lemonade are goods. A ride and a picture taken by a photographer are services. Workers may save some money, too.

1.
Why does the fair manager pay Tessa?
  • A. Rosa serves warm rolls.
  • B. Jamal paints hand designs.
  • C. Tessa checks tickets.
  • D. Tessa buys a kite.
2.
Word bank: working · spending · borrowing

People at the fair earn money by  .

3.
Match each worker to one way that person uses earned money.
  1. Tessa
  2. Jamal
  3. Rosa
  1. A. Buys a cup of lemonade
  2. B. Buys a kite
  3. C. Pays a photographer
4.
How are Tessa's kite and ride different?
  • A. Both can be taken home.
  • B. The kite is a good, and the ride is a service.
  • C. The kite is a service, and the ride is a good.
  • D. Neither one uses earned money.
5.
Circle the two services that workers pay for at the fair.

A rideA kiteA picture taken by a photographerA cup of lemonade

Think about earning and spending

Use what you learned from the passage to answer each question.

6.
What does Jamal do before he pays for his picture?
  • A. He buys lemonade.
  • B. He paints a visitor's hand.
  • C. Tessa checks tickets.
  • D. Rosa serves warm rolls.
7.
Lena helps set up a game booth. The booth owner gives her money for the work. What does Lena do?
  • A. She earns money by working.
  • B. She spends money on a game.
  • C. She buys a service.
  • D. She saves a coin she found.
8.
A family pays a photographer to take their picture at the fair. What are they buying?
  • A. A good they take home
  • B. A service
  • C. A worker's paycheck
  • D. A new booth
9.
Noor sells handmade bookmarks at a booth. A shopper buys one. What does the shopper use money to buy?
  • A. A paycheck
  • B. A service
  • C. A good
  • D. A job
10.
Circle the two sentences that show someone earning money.

The fair manager pays Tessa for checking tickets.Visitors pay Jamal after he paints designs.Tessa buys a kite.Jamal pays a photographer.

11.
Which order shows how money works for a person at the fair?
  • A. Work, get paid, then use the money
  • B. Buy a good, work, then get paid
  • C. Find money, work, then buy a service
  • D. Use money, get paid, then begin work
12.
Priya earns money by helping at a fair booth. She pays a worker to repair her wagon. What does Priya buy?
  • A. A new wagon
  • B. A fair ticket
  • C. A good
  • D. A service

Show what you know

Use details from the passage and your own thinking.

13.
Choose one worker from the passage. Explain how that person earns money and how that person uses money. Use two details.
14.
Amir works at a game booth and gets paid. He buys a toy and pays for a puppet show. Explain which purchase is a good, which is a service, and how his work helped him buy them.

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