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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 14

Fair & Kind

Speak up and be kind

What your child practices

Noticing fair and unfair choices, using kind words, standing up for ourselves and others, and getting a grown-up to help.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.15(A); K.15(B) · solving problems fairly and kindly with others

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Fair means everyone gets a turn.
  2. Kind means helping and using nice words.
  3. If something is not okay, say so in a calm voice.

Example: Two kids want the same swing. What is fair? Both kids want a turn. Fair means each one gets a turn. Answer: take turns

Fair & Kind in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 6 of 14 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Places Near Me and before Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

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

    Which one is a kind action?

    • Shutting it on a friend
    • Pushing in line
    • Holding the door for someone

  2. Question 2

    You and a friend both want the red crayon. What is a fair idea?

    • Take turns using it
    • Grab it
    • Break it

  3. Question 3

    One child gets many more stickers than everyone else. Is it fair?

    • No, it is not fair
    • Yes, it is fair
    • Only if you are tall

  4. Question 4

    Two kids want the same swing. What is fair?

    🎠
    • Pull it apart
    • The bigger kid always wins
    • Take turns

  5. Question 5

    Someone takes your pencil. What can you say?

    • Nothing, ever
    • Hit them
    • Please give it back. It is mine.

  6. Question 6

    A child is left out of the game. What is a kind thing to do?

    🧒
    • Laugh
    • Invite them to play
    • Ignore them

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