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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 11 of 11

Sort & Count

Sort, count and compare

What your child practices

Sorting things into groups, counting each group, saying which group has more, and choosing a question we can answer by asking the class.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.15 · sorting objects into given groups, counting each group and ordering the groups by count

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sort things into groups that match.
  2. Count each group.
  3. The group with the most is the biggest.

Example: 3 🍎 and 5 🍌. Which has more? Count: 3 apples, 5 bananas. 5 is more than 3. Answer: 🍌

Sort & Count in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 11 of 11 in Kindergarten Math, after 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 has the fewest?

    Our favorite weather

    sunny
    ☀️☀️☀️
    snowy
    ❄️❄️
    windy
    🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️

    Each picture = 1

    • 🌬️windy
    • ❄️snowy
    • ☀️sunny

  2. Question 2

    Which has the most?

    How we get to school

    bike
    🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶
    car
    🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗

    Each picture = 1

    • 🚶walk
    • 🚗car
    • 🚲bike

  3. Question 3

    Which has more: orange or banana?

    Our favorite fruit

    orange
    🍊🍊🍊
    banana
    🍌🍌
    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇🍇

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍌banana
    • 🍊orange

  4. Question 4

    How many chose bee?

    Bugs we saw

    bee
    🐝🐝🐝🐝
    ant
    🐜🐜🐜
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 3
    • 2
    • 4

  5. Question 5

    Sort them: fly or swim?

    Sort into: 🪽 Flies · 🌊 Swims

    • 🐙octopus
    • 🐦bird
    • 🦋butterfly
    • 🐟fish

  6. Question 6

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • How many fish are in the ocean?
    • How many of us lost a tooth this year?
    • What will the weather be next year?

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