Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 11
My Community
Places, helpers and good choices
What your child practises
Community helpers and places, plus rights, rules, roles and responsibilities at home, at school and in the community.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: A3.1, B1.2, B3.8 · roles and responsibilities, community helpers and shared services
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Who grows food for us to eat?
- 📚librarian
- 📬mail carrier
- 🚜farmer
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🚜 farmer
Hint: Farmers grow fruit, vegetables and grain for our community.
Question 2
What is a crossing guard's job?
- 🛒sell food
- 🛑help kids cross the street safely
- 🔧fix cars
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🛑 help kids cross the street safely
Hint: A crossing guard holds up a stop sign so cars wait while children cross.
Question 3
Who puts out fires?
- 🚒firefighter
- 📚librarian
- 🦷dentist
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🚒 firefighter
Hint: Firefighters put out fires and help keep everyone safe.
Question 4
Is it a helpful choice or not? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 👍 helpful choice · 👎 not helpful
- 🧹clean up your mess
- 💬say thank you
- 📢yell in the library
- ✊grab a toy
- 🗑️leave a big mess
- 🚪hold the door
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👍 helpful choice: clean up your mess, say thank you, hold the door · 👎 not helpful: yell in the library, grab a toy, leave a big mess
Hint: Helpful choices are kind and safe. They show we care about the people around us.
Question 5
Where can you play on swings and slides?
- 🌳park
- 🏥hospital
- 🏦bank
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🌳 park
Hint: Parks and playgrounds are places in a community where everyone can play.
Question 6
Who helps you when you are sick?
- 🩺doctor
- 🚌bus driver
- 🍞baker
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🩺 doctor
Hint: Doctors and nurses help us get better and stay healthy.