Eureka Math Kindergarten, Module 6: Analyzing Comparing and Composing Shapes
In this unit, the year finishes with a closer look at shapes. Your child compares shapes by their sides and corners, builds them from sticks or clay, draws them, and puts smaller shapes together to make larger ones, like two triangles forming a rectangle. After all the work with numbers to 100, this gives kindergarten a hands-on close and a strong start for shapes in first grade.
By Robert “Bobby” BarnettMath teacher, parent, and founder of Bobby’s Math Club
What is my child learning in Module 6?
- Describing and comparing flat and solid shapes by their sides, corners, and faces, and naming how two shapes are alike. Learn more: Comparing shapes by their sides and corners
- Modeling shapes from the world around them by building with sticks and clay balls and by drawing them. Learn more: Building and drawing shapes
- Composing shapes, which means putting small shapes together, to make larger shapes such as a rectangle from two triangles. Learn more: Putting shapes together to make new shapes
Sample questions to try together
These are real questions from our practice. Tap the speaker to hear one read aloud, or the light bulb for a hint, and talk about the answer together.
Question 1 of 3
How is a triangle different from a square?
- It has 3 sides
- It has 4 sides
- It is round
How you can help
- Roll play dough into balls and connect them with straws or craft sticks to build a triangle, a square, and a rectangle, counting corners as you go.
- Fold paper napkins into triangles and squares and arrange them on the table to make a bigger shape, like a house or a boat.
- Ask your child to draw a window, a door, and a clock, then name the shape of each one and count its sides.
Where kids can get stuck
- Building a square from four sticks of different lengths and still calling it a square.
- Letting the sides of two shapes only partly touch, so the new shape comes out with a step or gap.
- Saying a square has 5 sides after counting one side twice.
Practice makes perfect
Bobby's Math Club has practice problems that adapt to your child’s level, each with a detailed explanation and an easy-to-follow video, so your child can build confidence in these skills one step at a time.
Words your child will hear
- side
- A straight line that makes part of a flat shape's edge.
- corner
- The point where two sides of a shape meet.
- face
- A flat surface on a solid shape, like each side of a box.
- compose
- To put smaller parts or shapes together to make something new.
- build
- To make a shape from parts, such as sticks and clay.
- closed shape
- A shape whose sides all meet, with no gaps.
- rectangle
- A flat shape with 4 sides and 4 square corners.
Ready to build your child’s confidence with building shapes?
In Bobby's Math Club, your child practices these skills at just the right level, with a hint when they need one, a clear explanation after every question, and kid-friendly videos. Unlimited practice is free.
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Written by Robert “Bobby” Barnett
Bobby is an award-winning math teacher, the author of Meet Every Learner’s Needs, and the father of two elementary-school math learners. He uses Bobby’s Math Club with his own kids a few times every week. Learn more or contact Bobby.
Which math standards does Eureka Math Kindergarten Module 6 cover?
Eureka Math Kindergarten Module 6 covers these math standards. Each one links to what it means, sample questions, and teaching strategies.
For teachers: Unit names and order vary between editions and districts, so your school’s own materials have the exact sequence. Learn how Bobby's Math Club can help your students grow.