Kindergarten Social Studies practice sheet
New York State Learning Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
A friend falls down. What can you do?
- 🤗ask if they're okay
- 🚶walk away
- 😝laugh at them
🤗 ask if they're okay
Hint: Kind friends check on each other.
Question 2
Your drawing looks different from a friend's. That means…
🖍️- yours is wrong
- we each have our own ideas
- drawing is bad
we each have our own ideas
Hint: Everyone has their own ideas.
Question 3
Put these in order, from youngest to oldest.
- 🧓grandparent
- 🧒child
- 🧑grown-up
- 👶baby
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
Which one is fair?
- Everyone gets a turn
- The biggest kid goes first, always
- Only my friends get a turn
Everyone gets a turn
Hint: Fair means everyone is treated well and gets a chance.
Question 5
What can you say if you borrowed a pencil?
- Mine!
- Thank you!
- Boo!
Thank you!
Hint: We say thanks.
Question 6
On a map, a book picture stands for the…
- beach
- library
- airport
- gas pump
library
Hint: Libraries have books.
Question 7
Which one is a natural place in a community?
- 🏪a store
- 🏞️a river
- 🚏a bus stop
🏞️ a river
Hint: Rivers, lakes and forests are natural places.
Question 8
Which will happen in the future?
- I ate my snack.
- I had lunch.
- I will have lunch later.
I will have lunch later.
Hint: The future has not happened yet.
Question 9
Wants are things that are…
- 🎈nice to have
- 💧needed to live
🎈 nice to have
Hint: Wants are fun, but we can live without them.
Question 10
Which one is paper money?
- a penny
- a dollar bill
- a quarter
a dollar bill
Hint: Bills are paper money. Coins are metal.
Answer key
- 1. 🤗 ask if they're okay (All About Me)
- 2. we each have our own ideas (I Am Me)
- 3. baby → child → grown-up → grandparent (Families)
- 4. Everyone gets a turn (Fair & Kind)
- 5. Thank you! (My Jobs, Rules & Leaders)
- 6. library (My First Maps)
- 7. 🏞️ a river (Places Near Me)
- 8. I will have lunch later. (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)
- 9. 🎈 nice to have (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.