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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 9

My Jobs, Rules & Leaders

Jobs at home and school, rules, sharing and leaders.

What your child practices

Practices responsibilities at home and in school, respecting the rules of the classroom and playground, respecting property, sharing, helping, and who makes decisions that affect our lives.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Civics & Government 1; Civics & Government 3 · community workers and volunteers, and why school has rules

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A responsibility is a job you should do.
  2. At home, you can put away toys.
  3. We respect rules when we follow them.

Example: Which is a job you can do at home? A job helps your family. Putting toys away is a helpful job. Answer: Put away your toys

My Jobs, Rules & Leaders in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 6 of 9 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Fair & Kind and before Money & Work.

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

    What can you say if you borrowed a pencil?

    • Mine!
    • Boo!
    • Thank you!

  2. Question 2

    There is one set of blocks and two friends. What can you do?

    • Share the blocks
    • Break them
    • Hold them all

  3. Question 3

    Who helps make decisions for a city or town?

    • The bus driver only
    • A kitten
    • The mayor and council

  4. Question 4

    Which shows respect for school property?

    • Ripping pages
    • Drawing on the wall
    • Putting books back on the shelf

  5. Question 5

    Which is the right thing to do with a library book?

    • Lose it on purpose
    • Take care of it and return it
    • Draw in it

  6. Question 6

    Which is a way to be a good friend at school?

    • Hide from everyone
    • Invite someone to play
    • Say no to everyone

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