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Features

  • Both forms ask the same questions with different shapes and pictures
  • Circle every triangle among turned, skinny and look-alike shapes, find the squares among rectangles, and find hexagons that are turned, bigger or smaller
  • Name the shape of a clock or a door, circle the closed shapes, and name a cube, sphere, cone and cylinder
  • Sort flat from solid, and circle the animal under the table or between the trees
  • The last question (the flat shape of a solid's face) for Texas, which teaches it
  • A small picture beside each question number, so the teacher can say "find the sun"
  • Answer keys that name the lesson and skill of every question

Skills Covered

  • Find circles and triangles, turned, big and small
  • Tell squares from rectangles
  • Find hexagons; turned or resized, still the same shape
  • Name the shapes of everyday things
  • Tell closed shapes from open ones
  • Name a cube, sphere, cone and cylinder
  • Sort flat shapes from solid shapes
  • Use above, under, beside, in front of, behind, inside, outside and between

How to Use This Pack

The Kindergarten unit test on flat and solid shapes. Pages 1 and 2 are Form A. Pages 3 and 4 are Form B: the same questions in the same order with different shapes and pictures, for a retake or a child who was away. Each form has 10 questions, one point each, and a Score line on its first page. Read every question aloud: a small picture beside each question number (a sun, a moon, a car) lets you say "Find the sun. Circle every triangle." The pre-check and the unit review are packs of their own.

In the Classroom

Give Form A the day after the unit review, to a small group at a table, reading one question at a time and waiting until everyone is done. Question 10 (the flat shape of a solid's face) is taught in Kindergarten in Texas: leave it out and score out of 9 if your class does not learn it. Point to the choices as you name them ("circle, square, triangle"). The answer keys name each question's skill, so a missed question points to the lesson to reteach.

At Home

Use Form B as a check after the unit. Read each question aloud, and let your child trace the shapes with a finger and count the sides out loud.

Tips for Success

  • Read every question aloud; children answer by circling
  • Say the picture first: "Find the moon," then the question
  • Name each choice as you point to it, so no child has to read a word
  • A turned square is still a square; watch for children who call it a diamond
  • Use Form B as a retake after reteaching what was missed

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • K.G.A.1 Use shape names for everyday objects, and tell where things are with position words like over, under, next to and behind.
  • K.G.A.2 Name shapes correctly even when they are turned, tilted, bigger or smaller.
  • K.G.A.3 Tell whether a shape is flat (two-dimensional) or solid (three-dimensional).
  • K.G.B.4 Compare flat and solid shapes of any size or position, using everyday words for their sides, corners and other features.

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Kindergarten Flat and Solid Shapes Test

A read-aloud unit test on flat and solid shapes, in two forms, A and B. Children find triangles, squares and hexagons, name everyday shapes, sort flat from solid and find an animal by its position.

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What’s Included

  • The unit test in two forms, A and B, to read aloud (10 questions each)
  • Answer keys that name each question's lesson and skill (8 pages in all)
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