Kindergarten

Numerical Sequence

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• • Rote count to 100.

  • Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

  • Name numerals 0 – 20.

  • Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20.

Object Quantity

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• Uses one-to-one correspondence when counting to 20.

• State the total number of objects counted, demonstrating understanding that that last number named tells the number of objects counted.

• Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

Number Comparison

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• • Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.

  • Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

Place Value

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• • Compose and decompose numbers up to 19 into ten and ones by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation.

Addition and Subtraction

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• • Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, and drawings, sounds acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

  • Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation.

  • Find the number that makes 10, for any number from 1 to 9, when added to the given number, by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

  • Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, by using objects or drawings to represent the problems.

Two- and Three- Dimensional Shapes

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• Identify shapes as two- dimensional or three- dimensional.

• Name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

• Use simple shapes to compose larger shapes.

• Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front, behind, and next to.

• Analyze and compare two-and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts and other attributes.

Measurable Attributes

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length, weight, area or capacity.

• Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

• Compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common and describe the difference.

Object Classification and Count

Students in Kindergarten are expected to…

• Classify up to 20 objects using one attribute into categories.

• Display the number of objects in each category.

• Count and compare the quantities of each category and describe the difference.