Kindergarten

Kindergarten students work towards counting to 100 by ones and tens. Students learn to count forward beginning from any number without having to begin at one. Children also write numbers 0 to 20 and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. Students also work with teen numbers (11-19) to compose and decompose numbers into tens and some ones by using objects or drawings. For example, 18= 10 + 8.

Kindergartners represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. Students will solve word problems where they will add or subtract using numbers within 10. Children learn the parts of numbers (for example- 5 can be made up of 3 and 2 or a 4 and 1). Kindergarten students work towards fluently adding and subtracting within 5.

Students describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight and compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common. Kindergartners will also classify objects into given categories (size, color, shape, etc.) and count the number of objects in each category.

Kindergarten students describe objects in the environment using the names of shapes and classify shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Students will also build shapes from components (sticks, play dough) and compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.