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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 15

Community Services

Helpers and who runs what

What your child practices

Jobs that serve the community (fire, health, sanitation, libraries, transit) and services the government or community provides for everyone.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.7(A); 1.9(B) · goods and services in the community and the jobs that provide them

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Community helpers do many jobs for us.
  2. Teachers teach. Vets care for pets. Road workers fix roads.
  3. Some services, like public schools and libraries, are run by the government.

Example: Where can everyone borrow books for free? It is a place full of books. It is open to everyone. Answer: the public library

Community Services in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 4 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after My Community and before Earning, Saving & Sharing.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    Where can everyone borrow books for free?

    📚
    • the public library
    • a car wash
    • a shoe store

  2. Question 2

    Who teaches children at school?

    🧑‍🏫
    • a lifeguard
    • a teacher
    • a pilot

  3. Question 3

    Who collects garbage and recycling?

    🚛
    • dentists
    • sanitation workers
    • pilots

  4. Question 4

    Who helps you when you are sick?

    • 🚌bus driver
    • 🧑‍⚕️doctor or nurse
    • 🥖baker

  5. Question 5

    Who drives an ambulance?

    🚑
    • a clown
    • a baker
    • a paramedic

  6. Question 6

    Who drives the school bus or city bus?

    🚌
    • a vet
    • a bus driver
    • a baker

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