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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 9

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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Geography 1; Geography 2 · places near home and school and how the land around us affects families

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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 4 of 9 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: 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

    Who keeps our teeth healthy?

    🦷
    • a pilot
    • a dentist
    • a bus driver

  2. Question 2

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

    Sort into: 🌿 Nature · 🏗️ Built

    • ⛰️hill
    • 🌲forest
    • 🏫school
    • 🌾meadow
    • 🌉bridge
    • 🏪store

  3. Question 3

    Which one is a natural place in a community?

    • 🏞️a river
    • 🚏a bus stop
    • 🏪a store

  4. Question 4

    Where do people go when they are sick or hurt?

    • 🌳park
    • 🏥hospital
    • 🥖bakery

  5. Question 5

    Who delivers letters and packages?

    📬
    • a dentist
    • a baker
    • a mail carrier

  6. Question 6

    A place in your community has ice, and people skate. It is a…

    • 🏦bank
    • 🥖bakery
    • ⛸️rink

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