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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 10

Respect & Inclusion

Sharing, turns and caring for places

What your child practices

Sharing, taking turns, listening, including others, and showing respect for people, belongings and the places we share.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1.5.24.1; 1.1.3.1 · how people care for each other, and respecting the rights of every learner

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sharing means letting others use something too.
  2. Include everyone. Ask a new friend to teach you a word.
  3. Respect places: pick up litter, be gentle with plants.

Example: Everyone in class helps tidy up. What is this called? Everyone works together. Working together is cooperating. Answer: cooperating

Respect & Inclusion in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 4 of 10 in 1st grade Social Studies, after My Community and before My Roles & Responsibilities.

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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 one is a way to be kind to a new classmate?

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    • Invite them to play
    • Ignore them
    • Laugh at them

  2. Question 2

    Why should we say please and thank you?

    • It shows respect
    • It is a secret rule
    • It makes toys fly

  3. Question 3

    You both want the computer. Which is inclusive?

    • Push them away
    • Take turns or work together
    • Hide the mouse

  4. Question 4

    What does sharing mean?

    • letting others use something too
    • hiding it
    • keeping it all

  5. Question 5

    Why do we ask before touching someone's art?

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    • It belongs to them
    • It is boring
    • It is magic

  6. Question 6

    When a teacher speaks, you…

    • hide in a corner
    • listen with your ears and eyes
    • talk to a friend

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