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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 9

Families

Every family is special

What your child practices

Seeing that families come in many shapes and sizes, growing up from baby to grandparent, family stories and traditions, and helping at home.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: History 2; History 3 · families and their traditions, and putting events in order with before and after

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Every family is special. Families can look different.
  2. Families help each other at home.
  3. A tradition is something a family does again and again.

Example: Your family has pancakes every Sunday. What is that? You do it again and again. That makes it a family tradition. Answer: a tradition

Families in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 2 of 9 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after All About Me and before Needs & Wants.

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

    Put these in order, from youngest to oldest.

    • 👶baby
    • 🧒child
    • 🧓grandparent
    • 🧑grown-up

  2. Question 2

    Which is a way to help at home?

    • 🧩leave toys out
    • 🍽️set the table
    • 🛏️jump on the bed

  3. Question 3

    Does it help at home? Tap a picture, then its basket.

    Sort into: 👍 helps · 👎 doesn't help

    • 🧸put toys away
    • 🧩leave toys on the floor
    • 🍽️set the table
    • 🛋️jump on the couch
    • 🧦match the socks
    • 🚰leave the water running

  4. Question 4

    Kenji's family speaks two languages at home. Is that okay?

    💬
    • 👎No
    • 👍Yes, that's great!

  5. Question 5

    Which job can a kid do at home?

    • 🍳cook at the hot stove
    • 🚗drive the car
    • 🧸put toys away

  6. Question 6

    How can you learn about your family long ago?

    • ☁️look at the clouds
    • 📺watch a cartoon
    • 👵ask an older family member

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