Personal Income Reading Packet
Personal income packet for sixth grade economics: a nonfiction passage explains how people earn money, followed by a chart, vocabulary matching, supporting-details writing and a multiple-choice quiz.

- Grades
- Grade 6, Middle School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Social Studies, Economics
- Topic
- personal income, comprehension
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
The Personal Income Reading Packet is an engaging economics resource for grade 6 students. This informative packet teaches key vocabulary and concepts related to personal income through an accessible reading passage written at a 7th grade level. Students then apply their learning by completing supporting worksheets like multiple choice questions and graphic organizers. Teachers can easily implement this self-contained resource in whole group, small group, or independent settings. The reading and activities promote analysis skills and economics understanding for 6th graders. Answer keys are included for teacher convenience. This packet works well for social studies or ELA classes seeking to build students’ comprehension and vocabulary around income and economics.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Distinguish wages, salary, commission and retirement income
- Identify supporting details in an informational passage
- Write a paragraph using income vocabulary
Skills covered
- Finding supporting details — students record evidence from the passage
- Classifying income — students sort income types in a comparison chart
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Personal income
- Wage
- Salary
- Commission
- Minimum wage
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