1st grade Social Studies practice sheet
Oregon State Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Who brings letters to your home?
- 🚒firefighter
- 🚜farmer
- 📬mail carrier
📬 mail carrier
Hint: A mail carrier delivers letters and packages to homes.
Question 2
Where it snows a lot, what do people need?
❄️- 🧥warm coats and boots
- 👡sandals
- 🩱swimsuits
🧥 warm coats and boots
Hint: The weather where we live changes what we wear.
Question 3
What tells you what the symbols on a map mean?
🗺️- 🔑the legend (or key)
- 🎨the colors
- 🏷️the title
🔑 the legend (or key)
Hint: The legend, or key, is a little box that tells what each symbol means.
Question 4
Sam is 6 now. How old was he last year?
- 5
- 7
- 4
5
Hint: Last year means one year before.
Question 5
A friend's lunch is new to you. What can you say?
🍱- That looks interesting. What is it?
- Yuck!
- That is gross.
That looks interesting. What is it?
Hint: Being curious is kinder than judging.
Question 6
Who keeps your teeth healthy?
🦷- a driver
- a pilot
- a dentist
a dentist
Hint: Dentists look after our teeth.
Question 7
Jay saves a little money every week. Soon he will have…
- no money
- less money
- more money
more money
Hint: Small savings add up.
Question 8
Which state is east of Oregon?
- Nevada
- California
- Idaho
Idaho
Hint: Idaho is on Oregon's east side.
Question 9
How can you help your community?
- 📢be noisy in the library
- 🧤pick up litter at the park
- 🥤leave garbage on the grass
🧤 pick up litter at the park
Hint: Small helpful jobs, like picking up litter, make our community a better place.
Question 10
Does it help or harm nature? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 💚 helps nature · 💔 harms nature
- 🚰leave the tap running
- ♻️recycle
- 🥀pick all the wildflowers
- 🪵break branches off trees
- 🚶walk to school
- 🌱plant a tree
💚 helps nature: recycle, walk to school, plant a tree · 💔 harms nature: leave the tap running, pick all the wildflowers, break branches off trees
Hint: Caring for the land, water and animals keeps our community healthy.
Answer key
- 1. 📬 mail carrier (My Community)
- 2. 🧥 warm coats and boots (Our Land)
- 3. 🔑 the legend (or key) (Maps)
- 4. 5 (Changes in My Life)
- 5. That looks interesting. What is it? (Respect & Inclusion)
- 6. a dentist (Community Services)
- 7. more money (Earning, Saving & Sharing)
- 8. Idaho (Oregon & the World)
- 9. 🧤 pick up litter at the park (My Community)
- 10. 💚 helps nature: recycle, walk to school, plant a tree · 💔 harms nature: leave the tap running, pick all the wildflowers, break branches off trees (Our Land)
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