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.
Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.MD.B.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.
- Sort things into groups that match.
- Count each group.
- 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 Arizona
In the Arizona Academic 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.
- Kindergarten guide for Arizona parents
- Printable Kindergarten Math sheet
- Arizona report cards explained
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.
Question 1
Sort them: fly or swim?
Sort into: 🪽 Flies · 🌊 Swims
- 🐳whale
- 🐙octopus
- 🦇bat
- 🐝bee
🪽 Flies: bat, bee · 🌊 Swims: whale, octopus
Hint: Look at each picture and ask which group it belongs in.
Question 2
Which has the fewest?
Our favorite fruit
orange🍊🍊banana🍌grapes🍇🍇🍇🍇Each picture = 1
- 🍌banana
- 🍇grapes
- 🍊orange
🍌 banana
Hint: Find the shortest row. It has the fewest.
Question 3
Which has more: walk or car?
How we get to school
walk🚶🚶🚶🚶car🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗bus🚌🚌Each picture = 1
- 🚶walk
- 🚗car
🚗 car
Hint: Compare the two rows. The longer row has more.
Question 4
Which question can we answer by asking our class?
- How far away is the moon?
- Which game do we like to play at recess?
- What will the weather be next year?
Which game do we like to play at recess?
Hint: We can ask our classmates about themselves: their pets, snacks or games.
Question 5
How many chose car?
How we get to school
bike🚲bus🚌🚌🚌car🚗🚗Each picture = 1
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 0
2
Hint: Count the 🚗 in the car row.
Question 6
Which has the most?
Our favorite weather
sunny☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️snowy❄️❄️❄️❄️windy🌬️Each picture = 1
- ❄️snowy
- ☀️sunny
- 🌬️windy
☀️ sunny
Hint: Find the longest row. It has the most.