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Name a sphere

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

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Name a sphere

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Sphere? Type its number.

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A sphere is round all over.

It has no flat face and no corner.

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Read it: Name a solid: look at its faces

A sphere is round all over. It has no flat faces, so it rolls every way.

  1. Look for flat faces.
  2. Look for a curved side or a point.
  3. Round all over, no flat faces: it is a sphere.

A solid's flat faces tell its name.

A ball, a globe and an orange are all spheres.

A solid with a point and a round flat face is a cone.

Look at the faces. They tell you the solid's name.

Calling a sphere a circle.

A circle is flat. A sphere is round all over: you can hold it.

How many flat faces does a sphere have? — 0. A sphere is round all over. It has no flat faces: 0.

Identifying spheres

Look at this bouncy ball. What shape is it?

Kindergarten · Round solid shapes all around us

This shape has a special name. It is a sphere.

A sphere is round all over, like a perfect ball.

It has no flat sides anywhere.

And no corners or pointy parts.

That means a sphere can roll any way you push it!

An orange is a sphere too. Round all over.

A tiny marble is also a sphere. Big or small, still a sphere.

If it's round all over, with no flat sides and no corners, it's a sphere!

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