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Strand A: Foundations of Language and Mathematics · Patterns, Shapes, Measuring and Sorting

Patterns, Shapes, Measuring and Sorting: Unit Review

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Learning goals
  • I can find, make and continue patterns, and find the core.
  • I can sort things, make a graph, and say what it shows.
  • I can name flat shapes and 3D figures, build with them, and use position words.
  • I can follow and fix code, and measure and compare things.

Words to know

core
The part of a pattern that repeats.
sort
To put things that are the same in some way together.
graph
A picture that shows how many.
code
Steps, in order, that tell exactly what to do.
measure
To find out how long, how heavy or how much something holds.

Let's review!

Grown-up, read this out loud.

You have learned so much about patterns, sorting, graphs, shapes, directions, coding and measuring! Here are a few questions from every lesson. Answer out loud, point, or show with your hands. Then press Show answer to check together.

Find the corePick a sorting ruleMeasure: no gapscircle, circle, squarerepeats 2 timesround | cornersclips touch: 4 long
Three big ideas to remember: find the core that repeats, pick a sorting rule, and measure with units that touch with no gaps.

Patterns All Around Us

1

🍁❄️🍁❄️🍁 ?

What comes next?

2

Is this a pattern? 🐶🐶🐱🐶🐱🐱

3

🔵🟡🔵 ? 🔵🟡

What is missing?

The Core: Making and Changing Patterns

1

🐞🐞🌸🐞🐞🌸

What is the core?

2

Turn ⭐🌙⭐🌙 into a clap and jump pattern.

3

? 🍎🍌🍎🍌

What goes before the first apple?

Sorting Things into Groups

1

🐟🐄🐠🐑

Sort them: lives in water, or lives on land.

2

Group 1: 🔴🍓🍎

Group 2: 🔵🫐

What is the rule?

3

🚗🚌🍌🚲

Which one does not belong? Why?

Favourite colourVotes
🔴 red🙂🙂🙂
🔵 blue🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
🟢 green🙂🙂
Use this graph for the next questions.
red3blue5green2
The same votes as blocks in rows. Every row starts at the same line, so the longest row has the most votes.

Picture Graphs and "Will It Happen?"

1

Which colour has the most votes?

2

How many more votes does red have than green?

3

Always, sometimes or never? "A snowman will talk to you."

4

Likely or unlikely? "We will see snow in Ontario in January."

Shapes and 3D Figures

1

How many sides does a hexagon have?

2

🥫

Name this 3D figure.

3

Which one rolls but does not stack: a ball or a box?

4

I have 4 sides all the same length, and I lean over like a diamond. What am I?

Building, Matching Halves and Shape Puzzles

1

Trace the bottom of a cereal box. What shape do you get?

2

Cut a square sandwich corner to corner. What shapes do you get?

3

Which has matching halves: 🦋 or 🐌?

Where Is It? Position, Direction and Views

1

Put a toy beside a cup. Now put it in front of the cup.

2

What is the opposite of under?

3

Look at a cup from the top. What shape is the rim?

Be a Robot: Coding with Steps

1

Look at the grid in the coding lesson. Start at the circle: → → → ↑ ↑. Where do you land?

2

The code says "Step backward 3 times" but the toy is in front of you. Fix the bug.

3

Put in order: put on boots, put on socks, go outside.

Measuring: Longer, Heavier, Holds More

1

Which is heavier: a bag of potatoes or a feather?

2

A spoon is 3 blocks long. A fork is 4 blocks long (same blocks). Which is longer?

3

Why must paper clips touch, with no gaps, when we measure?

4

Which holds more: a bathtub or a mug?

Just for fun

What is a robot's favourite snack?

Computer chips! 🤖

How to use this review

  • Do the review in two or three short sittings. Four- and five-year-olds learn best in small bites.
  • Let your child answer by talking, pointing, or showing with real things. Reading is not needed.
  • Use real objects whenever you can: toys for patterns and sorting, cans and boxes for shapes, paper clips for measuring.
  • If a section is tricky, go back to that lesson and do the activity again. Then come back another day.
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

🌞🌙🌞🌙🌞 ?

What comes next?

2.

⭐⭐❤️⭐⭐❤️

What is the core?

3.

🍎🍌🍎🍎🍌

Sort them. How many bananas?

4.

🐶🐶🐶🐶 (dogs)

🐱🐱 (cats)

Which has fewer votes?

5.

Which one is a cube?

6.

How many trapezoids make a hexagon?

7.

The cat is in the middle of two pillows. The cat is ...

8.

What does this arrow ➡️ mean in code?

9.

Which is longer?

10.

To measure a pencil with paper clips, the clips should be ...

For parents and teachers

Which lesson to revisit:

  • Mistakes saying what comes next or finding a missing piece → Patterns All Around Us.
  • Trouble finding the core, or showing a pattern with sounds or actions → The Core: Making and Changing Patterns.
  • Changing the rule partway through a sort → Sorting Things into Groups.
  • Mixing up most and fewest, or always, sometimes, never → Picture Graphs and "Will It Happen?".
  • Mixing up shape names (circle and sphere, square and cube, rhombus and trapezoid) → Shapes and 3D Figures.
  • Trouble seeing the flat shapes on blocks, putting shapes together, or matching halves → Building, Matching Halves and Shape Puzzles.
  • Mixing up position words (between, beside, behind) or views → Where Is It? Position, Direction and Views.
  • Trouble following arrows, counting squares, or fixing a bug → Be a Robot: Coding with Steps.
  • Not lining up ends, leaving gaps, or thinking bigger is always heavier → Measuring: Longer, Heavier, Holds More.

Keep it playful. At this age, lots of short, hands-on practice works better than long sessions.