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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 15

My Community

Places, helpers and good choices

What your child practices

Community helpers and places, plus rights, rules, roles and responsibilities at home, at school and in the community.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.1; 1.2 · how people take part in community life, and the people who lead and serve a community

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A community is where people live, work and play.
  2. Helpers do jobs: a vet helps pets, a farmer grows food.
  3. Rules help us stay safe and be fair.

Example: Who helps sick pets get better? Pets go to an animal doctor. An animal doctor is called a vet. Answer: vet

My Community in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 1 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, before Respect & Inclusion.

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 is a responsibility at home?

    • 📺watch TV all day
    • 🧸leave toys on the stairs
    • 🍽️help set the table

  2. Question 2

    Who grows food for us to eat?

    • 📚librarian
    • 🚜farmer
    • 📬mail carrier

  3. Question 3

    Who puts out fires?

    • 🦷dentist
    • 🚒firefighter
    • 📚librarian

  4. Question 4

    Who helps you when you are sick?

    • 🍞baker
    • 🚌bus driver
    • 🩺doctor

  5. Question 5

    How can you help your community?

    • 🧤pick up litter at the park
    • 📢be noisy in the library
    • 🥤leave garbage on the grass

  6. Question 6

    Why do we have rules?

    • 🛡️to keep us safe and be fair
    • 😢to make us sad
    • ⏳to waste time

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