This 3-page 1st grade social studies sheet introduces goods and services through community helpers. A box on page 1 says goods are things you can touch that people make or grow, and services are work people do to help others, with a toy maker and a vet as examples. Students sort eight helpers into GOODS and SERVICES. Page 2 asks for one helper for each group in a sentence frame. The key shows the sort and accepts any matching helper on page 2.
“Tell goods from services.”
The box on page 1 gives both definitions with an example.
“Sort community helpers into those who make or grow goods and those who give services.”
Page 1 sorts eight helpers. Page 2 asks students to name one helper for each group.
Two short definitions with an example each, a toy maker for goods and a vet for services.
Farmer, doctor, baker, barber, carpenter who builds a table, teacher, chef and mail carrier sit in word boxes. Students write each one under GOODS or SERVICES.
Two frames, 'A helper who makes goods is a ___' and 'A helper who gives a service is a ___', with a picture of a chef holding a loaf and a mail carrier below.
The sort, four helpers in each column, and a note that any helper who fits the group is accepted on page 2.
Touch test
Hold up a book and ask if you can touch it. That turns the definition on page 1 into something students can test before they sort.
Argue about the chef
The chef is the item most likely to start a debate, since a chef also serves people. The key puts the chef under goods because a chef makes food. Let students argue it, then agree.
Add your own
Ask for two more helpers for each column, such as a bus driver or a painter. Students who can do that have the idea.
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