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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 10

Working Together Fairly

Take turns, listen, solve problems and help your community.

What your child practices

Cooperating, resolving conflicts peacefully, listening actively, using respectful language, leading with care, and valuing contributions to the community.

Alaska content standards learning standard: SS.2.1.8.1; SS.2.3.7.1 · making decisions together and taking on roles in a group

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Cooperate: work together to get a job done.
  2. Solve problems peacefully: cool down, then talk and make a plan.
  3. Everyone who helps contributes to the community.

Example: Which helps solve a conflict peacefully? Angry words make it worse. Calm first, then talk. Answer: cool down, then talk

Working Together Fairly in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 5 of 10 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Our Community Changes and before Citizens & Leaders.

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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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

    Everyone has the right to be heard. This means…

    • nobody talks
    • only one talks
    • we let others speak

  2. Question 2

    You and a friend both want the swing. What is a fair plan?

    • take turns for a few minutes each
    • tell on the friend
    • fight for it

  3. Question 3

    Leaders should be sensitive to others. This means…

    • ignoring feelings
    • making fun
    • noticing how people feel

  4. Question 4

    Each person in a group has a job. This is called…

    • sharing responsibilities
    • arguing
    • doing nothing

  5. Question 5

    Which is a way to cooperate?

    • tell others to do it all
    • leave a mess for others
    • work together to clean up

  6. Question 6

    Why do we thank people who help our community?

    • it is a rule of math
    • it makes them leave
    • it shows we value their work

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