Kindergarten Social Studies practice sheet
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
You feel angry. What can help you calm down?
😠- ✊grab a friend's toy
- 🌬️take deep breaths
- 📢yell at a friend
🌬️ take deep breaths
Hint: Slow, deep breaths help our bodies feel calm.
Question 2
Noah is kind and always shares. That is one of his…
- colds
- strengths
- worries
strengths
Hint: A strength is something you are good at or good for.
Question 3
Put these in order, from youngest to oldest.
- 🧒child
- 👶baby
- 🧓grandparent
- 🧑grown-up
baby → child → grown-up → grandparent
Hint: Everyone starts as a baby. Then we grow into a child, a grown-up and a grandparent.
Question 4
Is it fair if only some kids get to use the swings?
- No
- Yes
- It depends on their hair
No
Hint: Fair means everyone gets a chance.
Question 5
Who makes decisions for a family?
- A stranger
- The adults who care for you
- The family pet
The adults who care for you
Hint: Caregivers make many family decisions.
Question 6
On a play yard map, a swing picture shows the…
- swing set
- sandbox
- tree
- fence
swing set
Hint: A symbol stands for a real thing.
Question 7
Which person helps keep us safe on the road?
🚸- a clown
- a crossing guard
- a baker
a crossing guard
Hint: A crossing guard helps children cross the street.
Question 8
What can you say to tell about your day in order?
- Dressed then up first.
- I the day.
- First I got up. Then I got dressed.
First I got up. Then I got dressed.
Hint: Tell it in the order it happened.
Question 9
Need or want? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 🏠 need · 🎁 want
- 🍦ice cream
- 🧥a warm coat
- 🎮a video game
- 🥕healthy food
- 💧water
- 🎈a balloon
🏠 need: a warm coat, healthy food, water · 🎁 want: ice cream, a video game, a balloon
Hint: We need things to live and be healthy. Wants are nice, but we can live without them.
Question 10
Which one is paper money?
- a penny
- a quarter
- a dollar bill
a dollar bill
Hint: Bills are paper money. Coins are metal.
Answer key
- 1. 🌬️ take deep breaths (All About Me)
- 2. strengths (I Am Me)
- 3. baby → child → grown-up → grandparent (Families)
- 4. No (Fair & Kind)
- 5. The adults who care for you (My Jobs, Rules & Leaders)
- 6. swing set (My First Maps)
- 7. a crossing guard (Places Near Me)
- 8. First I got up. Then I got dressed. (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)
- 9. 🏠 need: a warm coat, healthy food, water · 🎁 want: ice cream, a video game, a balloon (Needs & Wants)
- 10. a dollar bill (Money & Work)
Want more than 10 questions?
In Gradelings the questions change every time and adjust to your child, with hints and kind feedback. See all social studies units.