Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 13
Social Studies Skills
Find information, sort, order events and share ideas.
What your child practises
Practises the skills children use in social studies: gathering and sorting information, using words for time, simple timelines, comparing, forming and changing opinions with reasons, listening respectfully and telling events in order.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 1-S-200, 1-S-201, 1-S-202, 1-S-203, 1-S-204, 1-S-300, 1-S-302, 1-S-303, 1-S-400, 1-S-401, 1-S-402, 1-S-403, 1-S-404 · gathering and sorting information, time words, timelines, comparing, opinions and reasons, and sharing ideas in order
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
Which word is about now?
- today
- someday
- last year
Show answer
today
Hint: Today is the day we are in.
Question 2
Sort these: cap, boot, sock, spoon. Which are clothes?
- cap and spoon
- spoon and sock
- cap, boot and sock
Show answer
cap, boot and sock
Hint: A spoon is not clothing.
Question 3
You think it will rain. Then you see sunshine. A good thing to say is…
- I changed my mind because I saw sun.
- I won't change.
- It's the sun's fault.
Show answer
I changed my mind because I saw sun.
Hint: Change ideas when you see new facts.
Question 4
A timeline shows events in…
- any order
- alphabetical order
- the order they happened
Show answer
the order they happened
Hint: Timelines show order from first to last.
Question 5
Which word tells about time long ago?
- yesterday
- next week
- tomorrow
Show answer
yesterday
Hint: Yesterday has already happened.
Question 6
Listen actively means…
- look away
- talk the whole time
- pay attention to the speaker
Show answer
pay attention to the speaker
Hint: Listen with your ears and eyes.