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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 8 of 10

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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.G.A.1; K.G.B.4 · describing objects in the world 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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 8 of 10 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: Arizona Department of Education

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 block do you use to build a round pillar?

    • cube
    • sphere
    • cylinder

  2. Question 2

    Which 3-D object is like a box?

    • cylinder
    • cube
    • cone
    • sphere

  3. Question 3

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

    • sphere
    • ball
    • cube

  4. Question 4

    Which object can stack tall, like blocks?

    • sphere
    • cone
    • cube

  5. Question 5

    You build a tower with blocks. Which block goes on the bottom?

    • a ball
    • a pointy cone
    • a flat, wide block

  6. Question 6

    How many flat faces does a cube have?

    • 6
    • 2
    • 4
    • 8

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