Kindergarten

BIG Ideas Students Develop About Math in Kindergarten

By the end of kindergarten, there are a handful of BIG ideas about math that students should understand:

Count to 100
Read, write, and represent (draw picture, build model, etc.) numbers to 20
- How? Numbers to 20
- How? Reading, Writing, and Representing Numbers to 20
Count one to one and know that the last number counted is the number in that set/group of objects
- How? Counting One to One
- How? What is One to One Correspondence?
Compare two sets of numbers (2 numbers by the end of K) as greater/more than, fewer/less than, or equal to/same
- How? Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To
- How? More or Less with Objects
Understand that numbers 10-20 are made up of a "ten" and "someones.
Classify objects into categories
- How? Understanding Classifying and Sorting
Describe and identify various attributes of objects: length, weight, color, shape, number of sides, angles, vertices, etc.
- How? Sorting Shapes by Attributes
- How?2 Sorting By Attributes