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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9

Good Citizens

Honesty, courage and holidays

What your child practices

Honesty, courage, determination and responsibility in daily life and in well-known stories, what happens when rules are broken, and the people honored by holidays such as Independence Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Alaska content standards learning standard: SS.K.3.7.1; SS.K.2.8.1 · working together to make decisions, and what happens when rules are or aren't followed

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A good citizen follows rules and helps others.
  2. Breaking a rule has a consequence.
  3. Honest means telling the truth. Brave means trying.

Example: Which is a way to be a good citizen at school? Good citizens help others. Cleaning up helps the class. Answer: help clean up

Good Citizens in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 9 of 9 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Days, Weeks & Months.

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

    Priya feeds the class fish when it is her job. She is…

    • unkind
    • responsible
    • lost
    • silly

  2. Question 2

    A new kid sits alone. What can you do?

    • Laugh
    • Ask them to play
    • Take their snack
    • Walk away

  3. Question 3

    On Independence Day we celebrate our country's…

    • first snow
    • birthday
    • favorite food
    • new school

  4. Question 4

    Which is a kind thing to say?

    • That's dumb.
    • You can't play.
    • Go away.
    • Good job!

  5. Question 5

    Zara shares her crayons. She is…

    • selfish
    • scared
    • generous
    • grumpy

  6. Question 6

    Which is a way to help your town?

    • Litter
    • Break a swing
    • Pick up trash
    • Waste water

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