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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 9 of 12

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.6(B); K.6(C) · identifying cylinders, cones, spheres and cubes in the real world, and their flat faces

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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 9 of 12 in Kindergarten Math, after Shapes & Sizes and before Sort & Count.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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 describes a ball?

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

  2. Question 2

    A cube has flat sides called…

    • faces
    • wheels
    • wings

  3. Question 3

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

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

  4. Question 4

    A basketball is a…

    • sphere
    • cube
    • cylinder
    • cone

  5. Question 5

    Which 3-D object is a ball?

    • cone
    • cylinder
    • sphere
    • cube

  6. Question 6

    I have two flat circles and a curved side. What am I?

    • cylinder
    • sphere
    • cube
    • cone

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