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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 5 of 11

Shapes & Sizes

Shapes, big and small

What your child practices

Naming flat shapes and solid objects by one feature (sides, corners, rolls or not), and comparing things by size, height, length, weight and how much they hold.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.16; K.17; K.19; K.20 · naming flat and solid shapes, and describing and comparing objects by length and weight

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A circle is round with no corners.
  2. A triangle has 3 sides.
  3. A square and a rectangle each have 4 sides.

Example: Which shape has 3 sides? Count the sides on each shape. The triangle has 3. Answer: The triangle

Shapes & Sizes in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 5 of 11 in Kindergarten Math, after More, Less, Same and before Patterns.

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

    Tap the square.

    • square
    • rectangle
    • triangle

  2. Question 2

    Which shape has 4 sides?

    • square
    • triangle
    • circle

  3. Question 3

    Which is the heaviest?

    • 🎈balloon
    • 🍉watermelon
    • 🍎apple

  4. Question 4

    Which is the longest?

    • 🚆train
    • 🚗car
    • 🚌bus

  5. Question 5

    Which holds the most water?

    • 🍲pot
    • ☕cup
    • 🛁bathtub

  6. Question 6

    Which shape is like this cookie?

    🍪
    • square
    • rectangle
    • circle

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