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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 15

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.12(A); 1.18(A) · respect, fairness and responsibility, and deciding together at school

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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 6 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Earning, Saving & Sharing and before Changes in My Life.

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

    Someone is sad. What is a respectful thing to do?

    • Be gentle and listen
    • Say “Stop crying!”
    • Walk away laughing

  2. Question 2

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

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

  3. Question 3

    A friend's lunch is new to you. What can you say?

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    • That is gross.
    • That looks interesting. What is it?
    • Yuck!

  4. Question 4

    You both want the computer. Which is inclusive?

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

  5. Question 5

    You do not agree with a friend. What is a respectful thing to do?

    • Say so calmly and listen
    • Break their toy
    • Shout

  6. Question 6

    Which is a respectful way to use a library book?

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    • Draw on the pages
    • Turn pages gently
    • Rip out a page

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