Kindergarten Lesson plan
Two Buckets at Oatfield Park: A Kindergarten Comparing Lesson
A 30-minute kindergarten lesson where students count and compare the litter in two buckets from a pond walk, deciding which group has more, fewer, or the same.
Common Core Math · Kindergarten
K.CC.C.6 Compare groups as greater than, less than, or equal
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students match up drawings of raindrops in two clouds, or cups poured into two buckets, to decide which group has more, fewer, or the same amount. This greater-than/less-than reasoning is the earliest form of the comparisons students will later make between two households' or two towns' water use.
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22 materials aligned to K.CC.C.6
Lesson plans
Kindergarten Lesson plan
Juneberry School Pipe Path: A Blue Paper Strip Collage Lesson
A 40-minute kindergarten art lesson where children count and glue blue paper strips end to end to build one class collage of the pipe path from the tank to the sink.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
The Little Fork Town Vote: Where the New Fountain Goes
A 30-minute kindergarten civics lesson where the class holds a pretend town meeting, hears two plans for a park drinking fountain, and votes with their feet.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
Why the Town of Tin Cup Grew Beside the Creek
A 35-minute kindergarten lesson where children sort near-water and far-from-water places on a map page, count each group, and tell why towns grow by creeks.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
The Water Fountain Line: A Kindergarten Counting and Comparing Lesson
A 25-minute kindergarten lesson where students count children in two pretend water fountain lines and compare the groups as greater than, less than, or equal.
Worksheets
Kindergarten Worksheet
Where the Rain Goes at Tumbleside School: A Storm Day Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet where students trace rain downhill across a fictional schoolyard, decide whether a leaf-covered drain can work, and get ready for a big storm.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Measuring Cup Counts at the Amberdown Library Refill Station
A kindergarten worksheet where students describe and compare a cup, a bottle, and a jug at a library refill station by height, weight, and how many cups they hold.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Cowslip Bend Creek Lines: A Kindergarten Water Drawing Page
A kindergarten art worksheet where children draw straight rain lines, wavy creek lines, and rising curl lines in five boxes, then count what they drew.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Painting the Sunbonnet Hill Water Tower: A Stripe Pattern Page
A kindergarten art worksheet where children color an eight-stripe pattern on a water tower tank, sort the stripes by color, and count each group.
Kindergarten Worksheet
June's Sample Tray at the Bellrock Water Lab
A kindergarten careers worksheet about a water lab tester's sample tray, with nine read-aloud items on counting, comparing, adding, and subtracting within 10.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Coach Wren's Water Break Cups: A Kindergarten Counting Page
A kindergarten gym water-station worksheet with nine counting, adding, and comparing questions within ten and one question on why the body needs water.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Clean the Pond: A Kindergarten Counting and Sorting Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet where students sort pond pictures into animals and trash, count and compare each group, and solve a subtraction story about picking up litter.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Where Does the Rain Go? A Kindergarten Rain Sorting Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet where students sort pictures of hard and soft ground into two groups, count each group, and compare which group has more pictures.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Mia's Water Bottle Tally: A Kindergarten Hydration Worksheet
A kindergarten health worksheet where students count and compare a character's water breaks across a school day and answer simple water-safety questions.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Cedar Lane Water Tower: Counting and Comparing Buckets
A kindergarten math worksheet set at a fictional water tower on Cedar Lane, where students count, add, subtract, and compare buckets, pipes, and houses within 10.
Math problem sets
Kindergarten Math problem set
Pipe Pieces for the Periwinkle Park Fountain
A read-aloud kindergarten problem set where students add, subtract, and compare within 10 while a crew counts pipe pieces for a new park drinking fountain.
Kindergarten Math problem set
The Class Rain Gauge: A Kindergarten Counting Story Problem Set
A kindergarten math set where students add and subtract raindrop stickers on a class rain gauge chart across one week, building a running total within 10.
Kindergarten Math problem set
Fifi's Water Bowl: A Kindergarten Comparing and Counting Set
A kindergarten math set where students count cups poured into a dog's water bowl and a birdbath across three days, comparing totals and adding within 10.
Kindergarten Math problem set
The Drippy Faucet at Sable Creek Cabin: A Kindergarten Math Set
A kindergarten math set where students count, add, subtract, and compare drips from a fictional cabin's leaky faucet before and after it gets fixed.
Classroom activities
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Wickerby Drain Marker Match-Up: A Kindergarten Matching Activity
A kindergarten floor activity where teams match fish markers to storm drain cards one to one across three rounds and decide which group has more, fewer, or the same.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Ironweed Row Storm Drain Sign: A Kindergarten Print Station
A 45-minute kindergarten art rotation where children print round drain covers with tube ends, sort ten picture cards into two icon boxes, and draw the fish symbol.
Graphic organizers
Kindergarten Graphic organizer
Braxenhall Art Room Sink: A Kindergarten Sort and Count Mat
A kindergarten sorting organizer for the art room sink: students place eight picture cards in the sink or bin column, count each column, and name the larger group.