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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 9

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.

Alaska content standards learning standard: SS.K.1.6.1; SS.K.2.6.1 · the leaders in a child's life and the important jobs people do

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 Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 6 of 9 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Fair & Kind and before Money & Work.

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

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

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

  2. Question 2

    Sharing means…

    • hiding it
    • keeping all of it
    • letting others use things too

  3. Question 3

    Before using a friend's toy you should…

    • ask first
    • hide it
    • grab it

  4. Question 4

    Which shows you are willing to help your class?

    • Walking away
    • Helping tidy up
    • Making more mess

  5. Question 5

    If you share your snack, you are…

    • being greedy
    • being kind
    • being late

  6. Question 6

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

    • Break them
    • Hold them all
    • Share the blocks

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