Kindergarten Mathematics: Chapter 7 | Shapes, Position, Sorting and Numbers
Student name: __________ Date: __________. Answer the six daily questions after studying the student textbook. An adult may read instructions without telling the answers.
Day 1: Describe Flat Shapes
- 1. How many straight sides does a triangle have?
- 2. How many corners does a rectangle have?
- 3. Which has no corners, a circle or square?
- 4. Is every square also a rectangle?
- 5. Does turning a triangle make it a new shape?
- 6. Draw and label a shape with four equal sides.
Hands-on extension: explain one answer with a safe model, drawing or oral retelling. Save the student’s work privately.
Day 2: Describe Solid Shapes
- 1. Which solid resembles a ball?
- 2. Which solid resembles a dice?
- 3. What shape resembles a can?
- 4. Does a cube have flat faces?
- 5. Can a sphere roll?
- 6. Name one real object that resembles a cylinder.
Hands-on extension: explain one answer with a safe model, drawing or oral retelling. Save the student’s work privately.
Day 3: Use Position Words
- 1. Where is an object placed between two chairs?
- 2. What word means next to?
- 3. What is the opposite of above?
- 4. What word describes an object inside a box?
- 5. Why might left and right depend on where you stand?
- 6. Position a pencil beside a book and describe it.
Hands-on extension: explain one answer with a safe model, drawing or oral retelling. Save the student’s work privately.
Day 4: Sort and Count Objects
- 1. Name one attribute used to sort.
- 2. If there are four red buttons and three blue, how many buttons in all?
- 3. Can objects be sorted by shape?
- 4. Should you explain your sorting rule?
- 5. Which group is larger, five or eight objects?
- 6. Give a rule for sorting blocks into two groups.
Hands-on extension: explain one answer with a safe model, drawing or oral retelling. Save the student’s work privately.
Day 5: Chapter 7 Independent Check
- 1. Which flat shape has three straight sides?
- 2. Which solid resembles a ball?
- 3. How many corners in a square?
- 4. What does beside mean?
- 5. Which is greater, 16 or 13?
- 6. Explain one way to sort a group of classroom objects.
Hands-on extension: explain one answer with a safe model, drawing or oral retelling. Save the student’s work privately.
Review and next steps
Revisit missed problems after reviewing the textbook. Do not copy from the teacher guide.