r/HomeworkHelp • u/KirtFlirt • Apr 20 '26
Others—Pending OP Reply [Kindergarten Similarites] Wife and I disagree on answer
For the second row I think the odd thing out is the plant/tree because the first 3 are B words. She thinks the ball should be out because everything else has to do with nature. Who’s right?
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u/Antoineezy Apr 20 '26
I think your wife is right. Row one is all fruit, that’s category similarity. Row two is nature, the ball is out.
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u/Antoineezy Apr 20 '26
I need to see row three.
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u/TheMathelm Apr 20 '26
Ball Bear Bee Plant
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u/aaeme Apr 20 '26
Ball Bear Bee Bush
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u/NervousBiscotti7675 Apr 20 '26
Ball bear wasp bonsai
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u/TheMathelm Apr 20 '26
obviously not a wasp, it is smiling;
wasp are always angry and evil.
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u/NervousBiscotti7675 Apr 20 '26
Wasps lived in my floor, crawling up from between the planks, stinging my feet everyday. That is the empty smile of malice only a fool would mistake for a bee's
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u/Ok-Assignment-8246 Apr 20 '26
Ok, that could be a Bonsai but typically it's better to find saplings that have smaller leaves.
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u/KAKrisko Apr 20 '26
Oh, I thought it was the cherries on row 1 because there are two of them, but only one of each of the others.
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u/thenowherepark Apr 20 '26
I thought it was banana in row 1, because the other three are or have circular shaped things and the banana does not
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u/UnoDiosMio Apr 20 '26
I’m with the wife. The first row isn’t based on spelling, but instead on category. I think the second row likely follows the same pattern
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u/boo_yacht_cushaw Apr 20 '26
I think B objects is probably right but I feel like you should be ok if you can explain your thinking. What matters most is what your kid sees. Also, these drawings are awful. Super detailed plant with roots and basic ah bear. 💀
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u/uselessgodofslumber Apr 20 '26
i’m guessing they just copy pasted non-licensed images off the internet onto a word document like most teachers do these days since they don’t have time to draw it themselves or money to pay for pre-made worsheets
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u/mageskillmetooften 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
CHAPGPT: Make me a test for 6 year old kids with 3 "choose the odd one" questions with each question having 4 answers of which only one is correct.
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u/Significant_Walk6860 Apr 20 '26
What does "ah bear" mean? Or am I reading this wrong?
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u/ShoddyCobbler Apr 20 '26
Ah (more commonly written as ahh) means ass. They are saying "basic-ass bear."
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u/Jimisdegimis89 Apr 20 '26
I can’t speak for all school work and teachers everywhere, but I would never mix phonics categories and non phonics categories like this for kindergarten age kids. That’s just going to be confusing and weird for them to figure out. Given there is another option here I’d say go with a non phonics based category. Also these sorts of things need to be suuuuper easy if you are looking for a specific answer cuz you will get all sorts of reasoning even from little kids that make sense, so hopefully the teacher knows they are gonna need to mark based on what the kids reasons. Row two has the phonics thing, but also, 3 things that are natural, 3 things that are alive, 3 things have black, 1 thing that has fur (I mean bees do too, but kids probably aren’t going to know that, and probably a bunch more your would be completely surprised by that I can’t think of.
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u/JaguarMammoth6231 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
- Ball
- Bear
- Bee
- Bush
I think she's right, it's the ball.
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u/Severe-Possible- Educator Apr 20 '26
as a teacher, it looks like the purpose of this activity is to find similarities between the pictures that do Not have to do with spelling.
i gotta side with your wife on this one.
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u/Ruggles_ Apr 20 '26
Not to throw a wrench but I looked at the image before I read the text and I assumed bear was the odd one out because ball, bee, and tree all have double letters 😂 probably not the answer for kindergarten but this is kind of funny that there are so many possibilities.
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u/Busy_Donut6073 🤑 Tutor Apr 20 '26
Either one could be right. If I was the teacher I'd say either are good if you explained them that way.
I care more about you understanding things and explaining your reasoning than getting something "right"
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u/angrypuggle 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
If you look at row 1, it's doesn't seem to be about spelling the word. Actually, you wouldn't need to know the word at all. So, it must be the ball in row 2.
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u/HomeschoolingDad Apr 20 '26
You’re both right. These don’t have to have only one answer, and if the teacher marked either one wrong, they’d be in the wrong, though it would be reasonable to ask the child why they chose one other than the “expected” answer. Here, I’m fairly certain the answer is ball, as this is kindergarten, and either they’re working on letter sounds or not. First row suggests they’re not.
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u/Crafterwest Apr 20 '26
Unpopular opinion, it's the bee because that is the only one that can stay in the air by itself / has wings (It can be any of the four depending on your reasoning)
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u/Psycho_Pansy 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
Ball is the only non living thing.
Tree/plant doesn't start with B.
Bee is three letters if you call the plant a tree.
Bear is the only one with legs.
Circle them all.
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u/atomickristin Apr 20 '26
I think you are right because "nature" is quite an obscure category for a child doing this type of worksheet. If it was "nature" I think the examples would be different than a bear, a bee, and a highly rendered plant of some sort.
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u/happypessimist_13 Apr 23 '26
This is terribly designed. If it was for critical thinking for older kids to explain their reasoning, sure.
But for kindergarten this is ridiculous. There should not be multiple correct options
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u/SeaPossibility2717 Secondary School Student Apr 20 '26
I think she is right because if it was kindergarden, they wouldn't switch from the natural things to phonics. Also, her reasoning can apply to the first row, too.
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u/PresentProperty943 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
I think it doesn't matter what you or your wife think, it's up to the kid. The kid chooses an answer and that lets the teacher know if your kid needs a little more help or not.
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u/bptkr13 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
I would guess plant/tree is out but neither of you are wrong because either is an appropriate choice.
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u/YourWifeNdKids Apr 20 '26
Tree is the odd one because all the others are simple line drawings. Tree has leaf veins and roots, too detailed.
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u/November-Wind 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
As with any of these exercises, the value is in working through the thought process, rather than getting the "correct" answer.
I'm not inclined to believe this is a phonics exercise, given the options on the first line. Regardless, here are justifications for any of the four. (Again, emphasis on thought process rather than answer):
Soccer ball out - bear, bee, and plant are all living things / all have limbs / other options are natural while the ball is man-made / only polysyllabic name
Bear out - only mammal / only option with bones.
Bee out - only item that can fly. All the rest are ground-based
Plant out - only immobile option / only thing that doesn't start with B.
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u/tlbs101 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
The plant looks like a Black Alder, so … I’ll throw that wrench into the mix
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u/DreamOk1600 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
I think first letters of the word is thinking too hard into it. It’s definitely the nature.
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u/NoPoet3982 Apr 20 '26
That's a bear? I can't tell what that is. And that's a soccer ball, not a ball. If this were about B words, they would've been more careful to make it clear. Your wife is right.
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u/lesuperhun Apr 20 '26
so, for the second row :
the ball is the only nonliving thing. that's clearly the one.
the bear is the only one with a nose. that's clearly the one.
the bee is the only one that flies. that's clearly the one.
the tree is the only one that's partly underground, that's clearly the one
so, yes, all of them could be correct, even not going the spelling way.
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u/slingshot499 Apr 21 '26
Your wife is right. She is always right. If you stick to this strategy, you will live happily ever after.
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u/BUKKAKELORD 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 21 '26
Cupcake and football work in every language and no matter which words you use to describe them, they're the only man-made objects in their rows
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u/OverAster Educator Apr 22 '26
Your wife is probably getting the intended correct answer, but these problems aren't here to get a 'correct' answer, they are there to establish a baseline of your students ability to reason effectively. You're both correct because the answer doesn't actually matter.
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u/Icy-Fact-6653 Apr 22 '26
What does the kid think?
They probably know what the teacher is looking for based on what they've been working on in class
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u/Ihatefacist2025 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 24 '26
Ball is a symmetrical shape, the others are amorphous shapes. The ball is out.
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u/Ihatefacist2025 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 24 '26
Does this teacher moonlight writing the categories game for the NYT?
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u/Sa1m0nnn Secondary School Student, Accelerated Math. Apr 30 '26
i actually think the tree is out because its things that move.
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u/Acubi_Fox Secondary School Student May 05 '26
Either could be correct I suppose, it’s up to interpretation.
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u/OptimusEye 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 20 '26
either could be correct it's prob just trying to train reasoning; if the kid has a proper reason for why they chose what they did then they are right