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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 9 of 11

Build with Blocks

Balls, boxes, cans and cones.

What your child practices

Practices naming and describing 3-D objects (sphere, cube, cylinder, cone) by how they look and move, and choosing blocks to build with. At home, build a tower and talk about which block goes where and why.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.18; K.21 · describing objects around us with the names of shapes and comparing solid shapes

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A ball is round and rolls everywhere.
  2. A box has flat faces and corners. It stacks well.
  3. A can has flat ends and rolls on its side.

Example: Which object can stack tall, like blocks? A ball rolls away. A box has flat faces, so it stacks. Answer: A box

Build with Blocks in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 9 of 11 in Kindergarten Math, after See It Fast and before Count to 100.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which describes a ball?

    • It has six flat sides.
    • It has a point on top.
    • It is round and has no corners.

  2. Question 2

    Which object can roll like a ball?

    • cube
    • sphere
    • pyramid

  3. Question 3

    A basketball is a…

    • cube
    • cone
    • cylinder
    • sphere

  4. Question 4

    Which two objects both roll?

    • sphere and cylinder
    • cube and sphere
    • cube and cone

  5. Question 5

    You describe your block. It has corners and flat faces. It is a…

    • sphere
    • cube
    • ball

  6. Question 6

    What 3-D object is a tent shaped like?

    • cylinder
    • cone
    • triangular prism
    • sphere

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