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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 9

Respect & Inclusion

Sharing, turns and caring for places

What your child practices

Sharing, taking turns, listening, including others, and showing respect for people, belongings and the places we share.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.C1.1; 1.C1.3 · respect, equality and fairness, and comparing points of view

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sharing means letting others use something too.
  2. Include everyone. Ask a new friend to teach you a word.
  3. Respect places: pick up litter, be gentle with plants.

Example: Everyone in class helps tidy up. What is this called? Everyone works together. Working together is cooperating. Answer: cooperating

Respect & Inclusion in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 5 of 9 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Changes in My Life and before Community Services.

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

    Why should we say please and thank you?

    • It is a secret rule
    • It shows respect
    • It makes toys fly

  2. Question 2

    A friend's lunch is new to you. What can you say?

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    • That looks interesting. What is it?
    • Yuck!
    • That is gross.

  3. Question 3

    Which is a polite way to ask?

    • May I please have a turn?
    • Give me it!
    • Move over!

  4. Question 4

    A friend's family has a different culture. How can you show respect?

    • Make fun of it
    • Be curious and kind
    • Say it is wrong

  5. Question 5

    A child in your class speaks another language at home. You can…

    • say it is strange
    • ask them to teach you a word
    • ignore them

  6. Question 6

    When a teacher speaks, you…

    • talk to a friend
    • hide in a corner
    • listen with your ears and eyes

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