Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 14
All About Me
Feelings, kindness and being me
What your child practices
Naming feelings, noticing how we are the same and different, and choosing kind actions so everyone feels respected.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.10 · how people are alike and different
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Feelings have names: happy, sad, scared, angry.
- Think: what happened? How would you feel?
- Kind choices help others feel good.
Example: Your friend shares a toy with you. How might you feel? Sharing is a kind thing to do. Kind things make us feel good. Answer: happy
All About Me in Texas
In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 1 of 14 in Kindergarten Social Studies, before Families.
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.
- Kindergarten guide for Texas parents
- Printable Kindergarten Social Studies sheet
- Texas report cards explained
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.
Question 1
How are all people the same?
- ❤️We all have feelings
- 💇We all have the same hair
- 🍕We all like the same food
❤️ We all have feelings
Hint: People look different, but everyone has feelings.
Question 2
Zoe is new and alone at recess. What can you do?
- 🙈pretend not to see her
- 🙅tell others to leave her out
- 👋ask her to play
👋 ask her to play
Hint: Asking someone to play is a kind way to include them.
Question 3
Which one is a kind thing to do?
- 🤝help a friend
- 🗯️say mean words
- ✊grab a toy
🤝 help a friend
Hint: Kind choices help others feel good.
Question 4
Jay dropped his ice cream. How might he feel?
🍦- 😴sleepy
- 😄happy
- 😢sad
😢 sad
Hint: Losing something we like can make us feel sad. That's okay!
Question 5
You feel angry. What can help you calm down?
😠- ✊grab a friend's toy
- 📢yell at a friend
- 🌬️take deep breaths
🌬️ take deep breaths
Hint: Slow, deep breaths help our bodies feel calm.
Question 6
Ana and Leo look different. Is that okay?
- 🌈Yes! Everyone is special
- 🚫No, we should all look the same
🌈 Yes! Everyone is special
Hint: We are all different, and everyone deserves respect.