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Describe positions of objects using positional words

Students will use positional vocabulary (above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to) to describe where objects or shapes are located in the environment.

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Describe positions of objects using positional words

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Which is above the circle?

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Position words tell where things sit.

Lowest, higher, and highest are an order.

Read it: Above and below

Find the square. Look just above it: the circle is there, so the circle is above the square.

  1. Find the square.
  2. Look just above it.
  3. The circle is there: it is above the square.

Above means higher up.

Below means lower down.

Find the shape named first, then look up or down.

Find the shape. Then look just above it, or just below it.

Looking at the bottom of the stack for the shape above.

Above is higher up. Look up from the shape you found.

Above, below, and beside

Today we'll learn position words. They tell us WHERE something is. Let's find a teddy bear!

Here is a box. Watch where the teddy goes.

Look! The teddy is on top of the box.

We say the teddy is ABOVE the box.

Now the teddy moved under the box.

We say the teddy is BELOW the box.

Now the teddy is right next to the box.

We say the teddy is BESIDE the box.

Where is the teddy bear?Let's learn position words!boxteddyteddyteddyABOVEBELOWBESIDEPosition words tell us WHERE!WORDS LEARNED3above · below · beside
Kindergarten · Where is the teddy bear?

Above, below, beside! These are position words. They tell us where things are. Great job!

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