Kindergarten+Standards

Kindergarten Standards
By the end of kindergarten, students understand small numbers, quantities, and simple shapes in their everyday environment. They count, compare, describe and sort objects, and develop a sense of properties and patterns. **1.0 Students understand the relationship between numbers and quantities (i.e., that a set of objects has the same number of objects in different situations regardless of its position or arrangement):** 1.1 Compare two or more sets of objects (up to ten objects in each group) and identify which set is equal to, more than, or less than the other.
 * Mathematics Content Standards**
 * Number Sense**

1.2 Count, recognize, represent, name, and order a number of objects (up to 30).

1.3 Know that the larger numbers describe sets with more objects in them than the smaller numbers have. 2.1 Use concrete objects to determine the answers to addition and subtraction problems (for two numbers that are each less than 10). 3.1 Recognize when an estimate is reasonable. **1.0 Students sort and classify objects:** 1.1 Identify, sort, and classify objects by attribute and identify objects that do not belong to a particular group (e.g., all these balls are green, those are red). **1.0 Students understand the concept of time and units to measure it; they understand that objects have properties, such as length, weight, and capacity, and that comparisons may be made by referring to those properties:** 1.1 Compare the length, weight, and capacity of objects by making direct comparisons with reference objects (e.g., note which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, or holds more).
 * 2.0 Students understand and describe simple additions and subtractions:**
 * 3.0 Students use estimation strategies in computation and problem solving that involve numbers that use the ones and tens places:**
 * Algebra and Functions**
 * Measurement and Geometry**

1.2 Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of time (e.g., morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, week, year) and tools that measure time (e.g., clock, calendar).

1.3 Name the days of the week.

1.4 Identify the time (to the nearest hour) of everyday events (e.g., lunch time is 12 o'clock; bedtime is 8 o'clock at night). 2.1 Identify and describe common geometric objects (e.g., circle, triangle, square, rectangle, cube, sphere, cone).
 * 2.0 Students identify common objects in their environment and describe the geometric features:**

2.2 Compare familiar plane and solid objects by common attributes (e.g., position, shape, size, roundness, number of corners). **1.0 Students collect information about objects and events in their environment:** 1.1 Pose information questions; collect data; and record the results using objects, pictures, and picture graphs.
 * Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability**

1.2 Identify, describe, and extend simple patterns (such as circles or triangles) by referring to their shapes, sizes, or colors.

Electronic Pattern Making: http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.1/index.htm

**1.0 Students make decisions about how to set up a problem:** 1.1 Determine the approach, materials, and strategies to be used.
 * Mathematical Reasoning**

1.2 Use tools and strategies, such as manipulatives or sketches, to model problems. 2.1 Explain the reasoning used with concrete objects and/ or pictorial representations.
 * 2.0 Students solve problems in reasonable ways and justify their reasoning:**

2.2 Make precise calculations and check the validity of the results in the context of the problem.