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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 10 of 10

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.

Alaska content standards learning standard: K.MD.3 · 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 Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 10 of 10 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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 more: banana or orange?

    Our favorite fruit

    banana
    🍌🍌
    apple
    🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
    orange
    🍊🍊🍊

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍌banana
    • 🍊orange

  2. Question 2

    Which has the most?

    Our favorite snack

    cheese
    🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀
    carrots
    🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕
    crackers
    🍘🍘🍘

    Each picture = 1

    • 🥕carrots
    • 🍘crackers
    • 🧀cheese

  3. Question 3

    How many chose windy?

    Our favorite weather

    rainy
    🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
    windy
    🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️
    snowy
    ❄️

    Each picture = 1

    • 3
    • 4
    • 8
    • 6

  4. Question 4

    Sort them: hot or cold?

    Sort into: 🔥 Hot · 🧊 Cold

    • 🍲hot soup
    • 🔥campfire
    • 🍦ice cream
    • ❄️snowflake
    • ⛄snowman

  5. Question 5

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • How many of us lost a tooth this year?
    • What will the weather be next year?
    • What is the name of the tallest tree on Earth?

  6. Question 6

    Which has the fewest?

    Our pets

    fish
    🐟🐟🐟
    bird
    🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
    dog
    🐶

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐟fish
    • 🐦bird
    • 🐶dog

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