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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 15

Community Services

Helpers and who runs what

What your child practices

Jobs that serve the community (fire, health, sanitation, libraries, transit) and services the government or community provides for everyone.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.3 · businesses and services in the community, such as stores and banks

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Community helpers do many jobs for us.
  2. Teachers teach. Vets care for pets. Road workers fix roads.
  3. Some services, like public schools and libraries, are run by the government.

Example: Where can everyone borrow books for free? It is a place full of books. It is open to everyone. Answer: the public library

Community Services in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 3 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Respect & Inclusion and before Earning, Saving & Sharing.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which number do you call in an emergency?

    ☎️
    • 1-2-3
    • 5-5-5
    • 9-1-1

  2. Question 2

    Who brings letters to your home?

    📬
    • a mail carrier
    • a dentist
    • a firefighter

  3. Question 3

    Who puts out fires?

    • 🧑‍🚒firefighter
    • 📚librarian
    • 🥖baker

  4. Question 4

    The city or town runs the library. A service the government runs is for…

    • everyone in the community
    • only grown-ups
    • only one family

  5. Question 5

    Who plows snow from the roads in winter?

    ❄️
    • a snowplow driver
    • a pilot
    • a lifeguard

  6. Question 6

    Who helps you find a book?

    • 🧑‍🚒firefighter
    • 📚librarian
    • 🧑‍🌾farmer

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