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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 13

Families

Every family is special

What your child practices

Seeing that families come in many shapes and sizes, growing up from baby to grandparent, family stories and traditions, and helping at home.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.3 · family customs and celebrations

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Every family is special. Families can look different.
  2. Families help each other at home.
  3. A tradition is something a family does again and again.

Example: Your family has pancakes every Sunday. What is that? You do it again and again. That makes it a family tradition. Answer: a tradition

Families in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 3 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Good Citizens and before Symbols & Holidays.

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

    Put these in order, from youngest to oldest.

    • 🧒child
    • 🧓grandparent
    • 🧑grown-up
    • 👶baby

  2. Question 2

    Families are different. What do all families do?

    • ❤️care for each other
    • 🍝eat the same food
    • 🏠live in the same kind of home

  3. Question 3

    How can you learn about your family long ago?

    • ☁️look at the clouds
    • 📺watch a cartoon
    • 👵ask an older family member

  4. Question 4

    A friend's family celebrates in a different way. You should…

    🎉
    • 😝laugh at it
    • 🤝be curious and respectful
    • 👎say it's wrong

  5. Question 5

    Which job can a kid do at home?

    • 🚗drive the car
    • 🧸put toys away
    • 🍳cook at the hot stove

  6. Question 6

    Kenji's family speaks two languages at home. Is that okay?

    💬
    • 👍Yes, that's great!
    • 👎No

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