Skip to content
Brainsladder

Name a circle

Students identify and name a circle in everyday objects, recognizing the shape regardless of its size or orientation.

Try three of them

Real questions from this skill, graded here. No account, and nothing is saved.

Name a circle

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

0 of 12

12 rungs. A star at the top.

123

Type the circle's number.

How it is taught

0:00 of 1:45

A circle is round, with no corners.

It has no straight sides.

12345

Read it: Name a shape: count sides and corners

Count the sides. Count the corners. A shape with 3 sides and 3 corners is a triangle.

  1. Count the sides: 3.
  2. Count the corners: 3.
  3. 3 sides and 3 corners: it is a triangle.

A shape's sides and corners tell its name.

A tipped triangle still has 3 sides, so it is still a triangle.

A circle is round, so it has no sides to count.

Count the sides and the corners. They tell you the name.

Saying a tipped triangle is not a triangle.

Turn it in your head. It still has 3 sides and 3 corners.

How many corners does a circle have? — 0. A circle is round. It has no corners: 0.

What is a circle?

Hi friends! Today we're learning about a special shape — the circle.

Here is a circle. It is round all the way around.

Kindergarten · Round shapes all around us

We call it a cir-cle. Say it with me — circle!

Let's trace it with our finger. Around and around — no corners!

A pizza is shaped like a circle. Yum!

A clock face is a circle too.

And a wheel — that is also a circle.

Now look at these three shapes. Which one is the circle?

That's right! The round one with no corners is the circle.

A circle is round with no corners. Great job naming the circle!

What you see

While they climb, your page writes one true line to ask about tonight, and a short note each Sunday.

MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics
Did you know?

A chessboard has 64 squares — share them out between the 8 rows and each row holds exactly 8.

Today’s goal
1 star — one skill mastered, every rung of its ladder climbed
Climbing now
Divide within 100

An example student.

MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.

An example week.

More of the library

Every skill has a page

Practise this skill free

14 days of every skill, practice packets, Fluency sheets and up to four students. No card.

Start free