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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 13

My Community

Places, helpers and good choices

What your child practices

Community helpers and places, plus rights, rules, roles and responsibilities at home, at school and in the community.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 1.3a · being an active member of a community who takes part and helps

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A community is where people live, work and play.
  2. Helpers do jobs: a vet helps pets, a farmer grows food.
  3. Rules help us stay safe and be fair.

Example: Who helps sick pets get better? Pets go to an animal doctor. An animal doctor is called a vet. Answer: vet

My Community in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 3 of 13 in 1st grade Social Studies, after School & Travel Long Ago and before Respect & Inclusion.

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 is a responsibility at home?

    • 📺watch TV all day
    • 🍽️help set the table
    • 🧸leave toys on the stairs

  2. Question 2

    Where can you play on swings and slides?

    • 🏥hospital
    • 🏦bank
    • 🌳park

  3. Question 3

    Is it a helpful choice or not? Tap an item, then tap its basket.

    Sort into: 👍 helpful choice · 👎 not helpful

    • 🚪hold the door
    • 👉push in line
    • 💬say thank you
    • 🧸share your toys
    • 🙅leave someone out
    • 📢yell in the library

  4. Question 4

    What is a community?

    • 🏢one big building
    • 🍲a kind of food
    • 🏘️people who live, work and play in one place

  5. Question 5

    Where do families buy food?

    • 🛒grocery store
    • 🏫school
    • 📚library

  6. Question 6

    Who helps you learn at school?

    • 🚜farmer
    • 🦷dentist
    • 🏫teacher

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