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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 13

My Jobs, Rules & Leaders

Jobs at home and school, rules, sharing and leaders.

What your child practices

Practices responsibilities at home and in school, respecting the rules of the classroom and playground, respecting property, sharing, helping, and who makes decisions that affect our lives.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.1; K.2 · rules and responsibilities at home and school, and the helpers and leaders in a community

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A responsibility is a job you should do.
  2. At home, you can put away toys.
  3. We respect rules when we follow them.

Example: Which is a job you can do at home? A job helps your family. Putting toys away is a helpful job. Answer: Put away your toys

My Jobs, Rules & Leaders in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 1 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, before Good Citizens.

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 job you might do at school?

    • Teach the class
    • Mark the tests
    • Hang up your coat

  2. Question 2

    There is one set of blocks and two friends. What can you do?

    • Share the blocks
    • Hold them all
    • Break them

  3. Question 3

    A friend's crayons fall on the floor. A respectful thing to do is…

    • take them
    • stomp on them
    • pick them up for your friend

  4. Question 4

    Who makes decisions for a family?

    • The family pet
    • A stranger
    • The adults who care for you

  5. Question 5

    Which is a classroom rule?

    • Walk in the hallway
    • Run in the hallway
    • Yell in the hall

  6. Question 6

    Who helps make decisions for a city or town?

    • A kitten
    • The bus driver only
    • The mayor and council

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