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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 11 of 11

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 0.2.4.1; 0.1.1.2 · sorting objects by shape, size and color, and counting and showing the groups

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 11 of 11 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: 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

    How many chose ant?

    Bugs we saw

    ant
    🐜🐜
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋

    Each picture = 1

    • 2
    • 0
    • 3
    • 1

  2. Question 2

    Which has more: snowy or rainy?

    Our favorite weather

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

    Each picture = 1

    • 🌧️rainy
    • ❄️snowy

  3. Question 3

    Sort them: hot or cold?

    Sort into: 🔥 Hot · 🧊 Cold

    • ❄️snowflake
    • 🧊ice
    • ☀️sun
    • 🔥campfire
    • 🍲hot soup

  4. Question 4

    Which has the most?

    Our favorite weather

    rainy
    🌧️🌧️🌧️
    windy
    🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️
    snowy
    ❄️

    Each picture = 1

    • 🌧️rainy
    • 🌬️windy
    • ❄️snowy

  5. Question 5

    Which has the fewest?

    Our favorite fruit

    apple
    🍎🍎
    banana
    🍌🍌🍌🍌
    grapes
    🍇

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍌banana
    • 🍇grapes
    • 🍎apple

  6. Question 6

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • What is the name of the tallest tree on Earth?
    • Which fruit do most of us like?
    • How far away is the moon?

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