Common Core Math · Kindergarten
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has 'more of'/'less of' the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students pour water from two cups into clear containers to see which one holds more, or line up two rain gauges side by side to say which collected more water overnight. Direct comparison without numbers is the first step toward measuring volume with standard units later on.
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Kindergarten Lesson plan
A 40-minute kindergarten lesson where students build a tall block water tower and a short one, test which sends water farther down a tube, and count the blocks in each.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
A 40-minute kindergarten lesson at a fictional school where students set out two rain catchers overnight, compare what each caught, and water the class plants with it.
Kindergarten Worksheet
A kindergarten page on close-up drawing: children compare a far-away and a close-up picture of a dripping tap, then draw a big close-up page for a class book.
Kindergarten Worksheet
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
A read-aloud kindergarten worksheet where students compare three barrel stands by height and width, then draw a stand that is tall enough and wide enough to hold up.
Kindergarten Math problem set
A kindergarten math set where a fictional class waters garden rows from a rain barrel, using cups to add, subtract, and compare within 10.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
A kindergarten activity where the class pours the same cup of water on a tilted grass tray and a tilted pavement tray, then compares what runs off each one.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
A three-day kindergarten activity in which pairs mark the water level in a sunny tray and a shady tray, then compare the two directly to see which lost more.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
A kindergarten station activity where partners wash hands two ways at a fictional school, pour the water they used into two clear jugs, and compare which jug holds more.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
A 35-minute kindergarten art activity where children trace clean bottles, cups, and bags into solid black silhouettes and arrange them around a paper pond.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
A 25-minute kindergarten movement game where the class sings and marches through a short shower and a long one, then compares the water poured into two clear jugs.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
A kindergarten movement activity where students compare two pool-noodle downspouts by length, race pom-pom raindrops down them, and solve a debrief subtraction story.