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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 10 of 12

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.8(A); K.8(B); K.8(C) · sorting data into two or three groups and reading picture graphs

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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 10 of 12 in Kindergarten Math, after Build with Blocks and before Coins.

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 has the fewest?

    Our favorite fruit

    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇
    orange
    🍊🍊
    apple
    🍎🍎🍎🍎

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍎apple
    • 🍇grapes
    • 🍊orange

  2. Question 2

    Which has more: fish or dog?

    Our pets

    cat
    🐱🐱🐱🐱
    dog
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐶dog
    • 🐟fish

  3. Question 3

    How many chose ladybug?

    Bugs we saw

    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
    ant
    🐜🐜
    ladybug
    🐞

    Each picture = 1

    • 0
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3

  4. Question 4

    Which has the most?

    Bugs we saw

    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋🦋
    bee
    🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐝bee
    • 🐞ladybug
    • 🦋butterfly

  5. Question 5

    Sort them: food or toy?

    Sort into: 🍽️ Food · 🧸 Toy

    • 🍌banana
    • 🪀yo-yo
    • 🪁kite
    • 🧸teddy bear
    • 🥕carrot

  6. Question 6

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • How far away is the moon?
    • What is the name of the tallest tree on Earth?
    • How many of us walk to school?

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