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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 10

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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Global Connections; Civics & Government 2 · how families and communities depend on one another, and the rules and laws that help a community

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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 3 of 10 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: Maine 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

    Who puts out fires?

    • 🚒firefighter
    • 📚librarian
    • 🦷dentist

  3. Question 3

    What is a community?

    • 🏢one big building
    • 🏘️people who live, work and play in one place
    • 🍲a kind of food

  4. Question 4

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

    Sort into: 👍 helpful choice · 👎 not helpful

    • 🤝help a friend
    • 🔄take turns
    • 👉push in line
    • 🙅leave someone out
    • 🗑️leave a big mess
    • 💬say thank you

  5. Question 5

    Who helps sick pets get better?

    • 🚌bus driver
    • 🐶vet
    • 🍞baker

  6. Question 6

    Who helps you learn at school?

    • 🦷dentist
    • 🏫teacher
    • 🚜farmer

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