Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 10
Families Near & Far
Every kind of family
What your child practises
Families come in many forms (one parent, two parents, grandparents, blended, adoptive and foster families). What makes a family is caring for each other.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: A1.2, A3.1 · different types of families, and how family structures and traditions compare
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
Sam has foster parents. Foster parents are…
- pretend families
- adults who care for a child for a time
- visitors who never help
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adults who care for a child for a time
Hint: Foster families take care of children who need a safe home.
Question 2
What can family members do for each other?
- Be unkind
- Help, share and care
- Never talk
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Help, share and care
Hint: Caring is what families share.
Question 3
Which of these can be part of a family?
- only parents
- grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
- only kids
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grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
Hint: Families can include many relatives.
Question 4
Zoe has a big family with five brothers and sisters. Leo has no siblings. Both are…
- not families
- families
- teams
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families
Hint: Families can be big or small.
Question 5
A multigenerational family is one where…
- only teachers live
- only pets live
- grandparents, parents and kids live together
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grandparents, parents and kids live together
Hint: Multigenerational means more than two generations.
Question 6
A family tradition is something a family…
- does together again and again
- never talks about
- does once and forgets
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does together again and again
Hint: A tradition might be a weekly walk or a birthday song.