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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 9

My Community

Places, helpers and good choices

What your child practices

Community helpers and places, plus rights, rules, roles and responsibilities at home, at school and in the community.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.C3.3; 1.E3.3 · how community groups work together, and people as producers and consumers

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A community is where people live, work and play.
  2. Helpers do jobs: a vet helps pets, a farmer grows food.
  3. Rules help us stay safe and be fair.

Example: Who helps sick pets get better? Pets go to an animal doctor. An animal doctor is called a vet. Answer: vet

My Community in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 3 of 9 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Our Land and before Changes in My Life.

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: Arizona Department of Education

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 is a responsibility at home?

    • 📺watch TV all day
    • 🍽️help set the table
    • 🧸leave toys on the stairs

  2. Question 2

    Is it a helpful choice or not? Tap an item, then tap its basket.

    Sort into: 👍 helpful choice · 👎 not helpful

    • 🚪hold the door
    • 📢yell in the library
    • 🗑️leave a big mess
    • 🔄take turns
    • 💬say thank you
    • 👉push in line

  3. Question 3

    Who brings letters to your home?

    • 🚒firefighter
    • 🚜farmer
    • 📬mail carrier

  4. Question 4

    Where can you play on swings and slides?

    • 🏥hospital
    • 🌳park
    • 🏦bank

  5. Question 5

    Who grows food for us to eat?

    • 🚜farmer
    • 📬mail carrier
    • 📚librarian

  6. Question 6

    All children have the right to…

    • 🌙stay up all night
    • 🚗drive a car
    • ❤️be safe and cared for

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