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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 6

Working Together Fairly

Share jobs, listen to others and treat everyone with respect.

What your child practices

Practices group skills: sharing ideas, decisions and responsibilities, being fair and respectful, considering other people's views, listening actively and choosing ways to present information.

Alaska content standards learning standard: SS.3.6.6.1; SS.3.3.7.1 · how people benefit from working together, and why groups need ways to make decisions

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. In a group, share ideas, jobs and decisions.
  2. Listen when others talk, and be kind and polite.
  3. A perspective is someone’s way of seeing things. Others may see it differently, and that’s okay.

Example: Your group disagrees about a poster idea. What should you do first? Every person’s ideas matter. Listening helps you understand their perspective. Answer: listen to everyone’s ideas

Working Together Fairly in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 2 of 6 in 3rd grade Social Studies, after Needs Around the World and before Alaska's Land & Regions.

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

    Which shows fairness during a game?

    • Some people are left out
    • The loudest person decides
    • Everyone gets a turn

  2. Question 2

    A group needs to decide what to build. A fair way to decide is to…

    • let one person choose
    • never decide
    • listen to everyone then vote

  3. Question 3

    You can present information to a class by…

    • hiding it
    • keeping it secret
    • using a poster, a model or a talk

  4. Question 4

    Interacting fairly means…

    • taking turns only for you
    • treating everyone the same way and sharing
    • picking favorites

  5. Question 5

    To understand someone's perspective, you can…

    • tell them they're wrong
    • guess
    • ask them and listen

  6. Question 6

    Giving each group member a role such as reporter or timekeeper is…

    • unfair
    • a good way to share responsibilities
    • a waste of time

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