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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.

Maine Learning Results 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.

  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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, 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: Maine 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 has the fewest?

    Bugs we saw

    ant
    🐜🐜🐜🐜
    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
    bee
    🐝🐝

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐝bee
    • 🐜ant
    • 🦋butterfly

  2. Question 2

    Sort them: fly or swim?

    Sort into: 🪽 Flies · 🌊 Swims

    • 🐬dolphin
    • 🐦bird
    • 🐙octopus
    • 🐝bee
    • 🦇bat

  3. Question 3

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • How far away is the moon?
    • What is the name of the tallest tree on Earth?
    • Which game do we like to play at recess?

  4. Question 4

    How many chose snowy?

    Our favorite weather

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

    Each picture = 1

    • 4
    • 8
    • 7
    • 5

  5. Question 5

    Which has more: orange or banana?

    Our favorite fruit

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

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍊orange
    • 🍌banana

  6. Question 6

    Which has the most?

    Bugs we saw

    butterfly
    🦋
    bee
    🐝🐝
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐝bee
    • 🐞ladybug
    • 🦋butterfly

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