Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 8
Leaders in Our Community
Who leads and helps in a community
What your child practises
Talk about the people who lead and help in your school and neighbourhood, and how children can lead by being kind and fair.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: leaders in communities · who leads and helps groups in a community, and what makes a good leader
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Who leads a class?
- the teacher
- the postal carrier
- the bus
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the teacher
Hint: A teacher guides the class each day.
Question 2
What does a leader do?
🌟- stays away
- helps a group make good choices
- takes all the toys
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helps a group make good choices
Hint: Leaders guide and help others.
Question 3
Your class needs a helper to lead the line. Who should it be?
- someone who is kind and safe
- someone who runs away
- someone who pushes
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someone who is kind and safe
Hint: Leaders set an example for others.
Question 4
A team picks a captain. Why?
🏒- to help the team work together
- to take the ball
- to boss everyone
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to help the team work together
Hint: A captain leads and helps the team cooperate.
Question 5
Who keeps people safe in a community?
🧑🚒- a firefighter or police officer
- a clown only
- a bakery
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a firefighter or police officer
Hint: Community helpers keep us safe.
Question 6
Good leader or not? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 🌟 Good leader · 🚫 Not helpful
- ⚖️is fair
- 🤝shares
- 👂listens
- 😠bosses
- 🧺takes it all
- 🙉ignores
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🌟 Good leader: is fair, shares, listens · 🚫 Not helpful: bosses, takes it all, ignores
Hint: Good leaders listen, share and are fair. They do not boss or push.