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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 15 of 15

Families Near & Far

How families live and meet their needs

What your child practices

How families meet their needs for food, clothing and shelter in different places, family traditions and languages, and how families are alike and different.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.6(A); 1.6(B); 1.14(A) · how families meet basic needs, and the beliefs, languages and traditions of families

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Families come in many shapes.
  2. Families meet needs: they buy or grow food.
  3. Families may move for a new job or to be near family.

Example: Why might a family move to a new town? A grown-up may need work. A new job can be in a new town. Answer: for a new job

Families Near & Far in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 15 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Rules, Laws & Leaders.

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

    Many families in Texas speak English and…

    • no language
    • only French
    • Spanish
    • only Latin

  2. Question 2

    Ana's family speaks Spanish and English. Is that okay?

    • yes
    • only at school
    • no

  3. Question 3

    Grandma tells stories of when she was little. They teach us about…

    • the weather
    • tomorrow
    • the past

  4. Question 4

    Families meet the need for food by…

    • buying or growing food
    • watching TV
    • sleeping
    • playing tag

  5. Question 5

    Put in order: baby, toddler, Grade 1 kid. What comes last?

    • toddler
    • Grade 1 kid
    • baby

  6. Question 6

    Your grandparents grew up…

    • last year
    • before your parents
    • after you

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