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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 11

Places Near Me

Buildings, nature and what they are for

What your child practices

Naming places in the community (library, park, school, hospital), what they are used for, and whether they are natural or built.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.G1.1; K.G1.2 · simple maps of familiar places

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Some places are nature: hills, lakes, meadows.
  2. Some places are built by people: stores, bridges, libraries.
  3. Each place has a job, like a store for food.

Example: Is a bridge nature or built? People made the bridge. Things people make are built. Answer: built

Places Near Me in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 4 of 11 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Needs & Wants and before Fair & Kind.

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

    Where does a fire truck come from?

    • 🚒fire station
    • 📚library
    • 🏫school

  2. Question 2

    Where can you go to learn?

    • 🏫school
    • 🏦bank
    • 🏊pool

  3. Question 3

    Who works at a school?

    🧑‍🏫
    • teachers
    • only farmers
    • only pilots

  4. Question 4

    Nature or built? Tap a place, then its basket.

    Sort into: 🌿 Nature · 🏗️ Built

    • 🏫school
    • 🌉bridge
    • 🏞️lake
    • 🌾meadow
    • 📚library
    • 🌲forest

  5. Question 5

    Which person helps keep us safe on the road?

    🚸
    • a clown
    • a baker
    • a crossing guard

  6. Question 6

    Who delivers letters and packages?

    📬
    • a baker
    • a dentist
    • a mail carrier

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