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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 13

Changes in My Life

Big events and putting them in order

What your child practices

Big life events (a new sibling, a move, starting school), how people's experiences are alike and different, and ordering events as a simple timeline.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 1.7b; 1.7d · how a child and family grow and change, told in order with days, months and years

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Your life has big events, like learning to walk.
  2. Put events in order: what came first, next, last?
  3. Changes can feel big. Friends and family can help.

Example: Which came first: walking or crawling? Babies crawl before they can stand. Then they learn to walk. Answer: crawling

Changes in My Life in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 1 of 13 in 1st grade Social Studies, before School & Travel Long Ago.

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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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 event is a celebration?

    • a sneeze
    • a puddle
    • a birthday

  2. Question 2

    Ravi learned to ride a bike. How might he feel?

    🚲
    • sleepy only
    • cold and dusty
    • proud and happy

  3. Question 3

    Which came first?

    👶
    • crawling
    • walking
    • running a race

  4. Question 4

    A timeline shows events in…

    • order
    • colors
    • sizes only

  5. Question 5

    What happens to a baby as it grows?

    🧒
    • It turns into a pet
    • It shrinks
    • It learns to walk and talk

  6. Question 6

    Which is a big event in a child's life?

    • brushing teeth today
    • eating toast
    • losing a first tooth

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