Kindergarten is a crucial and exciting time for introducing children to mathematical concepts. At this stage, students will learn counting, differentiating shapes, and other activities that will give them a strong math foundation. During this formative stage, it's important for the students to have fun while learning and to be engaged in activities that will hold their interest.
Kindergarten Math Expectations
Learning Expectations

Number Sense Expectation

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1. Counts up to 10 or more objects using verbal names and one-to-one correspondence.

Animal Rewards

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2. Reads and writes numerals to 10 or more.

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3. Counts orally to 100 or more.

Jumping to 100

String Thing

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4. Knows that cardinal numbers indicate quantity and ordinal numbers indicate position.

trying again

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5. Uses language such as before or after to describe relative position in a sequence of whole numbers on a number line up to 10 or more (for example, 4 is before 5, 5 is after 4).

testing

Calendars

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6. Compares two or more sets (up to 10 objects in each set) and identifies which set is equal to, more than, or less than the other.

Raisin Sets

Matching size and color

By Colors

card frenzy

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7. Uses sets of concrete materials to represent quantities, to 10 or more, given in verbal or written form.

Beans on Index Cards

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8. Uses concrete materials to represent fractional parts of a whole (one half, one fourth).

Pizza Delivery

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9. Represents equivalent forms of the same number, up to 10 or more, through the use of concrete materials (for example, 5 can be represented as 1+4, 2+3, 0+5; five pennies equal one nickel and ten pennies equal one dime).

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10. Counts orally to 100 or more by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s using a hundred chart or concrete materials.

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11. Uses concrete materials, pictures, and numerals to show the concept of numbers to 10 or more.

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12. Counts backward from ten to one.

Ten Apples on the Tree

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13. Groups objects in sets of 2 or more.

Using Muffin Pans to help young kids group objects

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14. Knows the relationships between larger numbers and smaller numbers.

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15. Demonstrates and describes the effect of putting together and taking apart sets of objects (for example, 3 cubes and 4 cubes is 7 cubes).

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16. Creates and acts out number stories using objects.

Five Little Ducks Went Out to Play - number story

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17. Knows strategies for solving number problems.

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18. Demonstrates an awareness of addition and subtraction in everyday activities (using concrete objects, models, drawings, role playing).

At the Market - for Kindergarten

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19. Estimates and verifies by counting sets that have more, fewer, or the same number of objects (for example, using a reference set of objects, comparing cards with different numbers of dots, estimating whether sets are more or less than a given number such as five).

Using Dominos to help kids learn how to estimate and compare

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20. Builds models to show that numbers are odd or even (up to 10).

Even and Odd with Egg Cartons

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