K.3 Flat Shapes All Around Us

Unit Goals

  • Students identify, describe, analyze, compare, and compose two-dimensional shapes.

Section A Goals

  • Recognize and describe shapes in the environment.
  • Use informal language to describe and compare shapes and their attributes.

Section B Goals

  • Explore shapes by putting shapes together to form larger shapes.
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Glossary Entries

  • above
  • below
  • beside
  • circle
  • fewer
  • less

    3 is less than 9

  • longer

    The straw on the top is longer than the straw on the bottom.

  • more
  • next to
  • number writing reference

    1

    one

    2

    two

    3

    three

    4

    four

    5

    five

    6

    six
    Five-frame, full. Below, 1 dot.

    7

    seven

    8

    eight

    9

    nine

    10

    ten

  • rectangle

  • shorter

    The straw on the bottom is shorter than the straw on the top.

  • triangle