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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 5 of 13

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-K.G.2; NY-K.G.3; NY-K.MD.1; NY-K.MD.2 · naming flat and solid shapes, and comparing 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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 5 of 13 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: 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

    Which is the shortest?

    • 🧹broom
    • 🔑key
    • 🥄spoon

  2. Question 2

    Which holds the most water?

    • ☕cup
    • 🍲pot
    • 🛁bathtub

  3. Question 3

    Which train is the shortest?

    • 🚂🚃
    • 🚂🚃🚃🚃
    • 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

  4. Question 4

    Which is the heaviest?

    • 🎈balloon
    • 🍎apple
    • 🍉watermelon

  5. Question 5

    Does it roll? Sort them.

    Sort into: 🔄 Rolls · 🛑 Does not roll

    • 🏀basketball
    • 🍊orange
    • 🥫can
    • 🧱brick
    • 📕book
    • 📦box

  6. Question 6

    Which shape has 4 sides?

    • square
    • circle
    • triangle

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