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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 9 of 13

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-K.G.1; NY-K.G.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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 9 of 13 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

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

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

  2. Question 2

    Which describes a ball?

    • It has a point on top.
    • It has six flat sides.
    • It is round and has no corners.

  3. Question 3

    A basketball is a…

    • sphere
    • cylinder
    • cone
    • cube

  4. Question 4

    Which object has a point on top?

    • cube
    • cone
    • sphere

  5. Question 5

    Which 3-D object is a ball?

    • sphere
    • cone
    • cube
    • cylinder

  6. Question 6

    I have one point and one flat circle. What am I?

    • sphere
    • cone
    • cylinder
    • cube

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