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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 5 of 11

Shapes & Sizes

Shapes, big and small

What your child practices

Naming flat shapes and solid objects by one feature (sides, corners, rolls or not), and comparing things by size, height, length, weight and how much they hold.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 0.2.4.2; 0.2.3.2 · naming and comparing flat and solid shapes, and describing objects by length and weight

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A circle is round with no corners.
  2. A triangle has 3 sides.
  3. A square and a rectangle each have 4 sides.

Example: Which shape has 3 sides? Count the sides on each shape. The triangle has 3. Answer: The triangle

Shapes & Sizes in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 5 of 11 in Kindergarten Math, after More, Less, Same and before Patterns.

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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 holds the least water?

    • 🥄spoon
    • 🛁bathtub
    • 🥣bowl

  2. Question 2

    Does it roll? Sort them.

    Sort into: 🔄 Rolls · 🛑 Does not roll

    • 🏀basketball
    • 📦box
    • 🍅tomato
    • 🥫can
    • 🧊ice cube
    • 📕book

  3. Question 3

    Which train is the longest?

    • 🚂🚃🚃🚃
    • 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
    • 🚂🚃

  4. Question 4

    Tap the rectangle.

    • circle
    • rectangle
    • triangle

  5. Question 5

    Which shape is round?

    • square
    • circle
    • triangle

  6. Question 6

    Which is the smallest?

    • 🍉watermelon
    • 🍎apple
    • 🍓strawberry

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