Kindergarten Math
11 units matched to the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards. Kids see this subject as “Numbers”.
Focus areas
- Patterns and relationships: counting to 100, numbers to 20, and adding and subtracting within 10
- Spatial reasoning, data and probability: naming and comparing shapes, comparing lengths and weights, and sorting
- Mathematical practices: making sense of problems and explaining reasoning
Units
Unit 1
Count to 10
Counting objects one at a time, matching numbers to amounts, counting on and back, putting numbers in order, and knowing that nothing is zero.
Benchmark: 0.3.5.1; 0.3.5.3 · using a number to tell how many objects are in a set, and representing numbers to answer how-many questions
Unit 2
Make 5 and 10
Using 5 and 10 as anchors (fingers, five and ten frames), finding how many more make 5 or 10, and breaking numbers into two parts.
Benchmark: 0.3.5.7 · breaking numbers up to 10 into pairs in more than one way
Unit 3
Add & Take Away
Small story problems where some join or some leave (totals to 10), plus finding one more and one less.
Benchmark: 0.3.5.6; 0.3.5.8 · solving addition and subtraction stories within 10, and adding and subtracting within 5 fluently
Unit 4
More, Less, Same
Comparing groups by matching them one to one, seeing equal as balanced and unequal as unbalanced on a scale, and reading simple picture graphs.
Benchmark: 0.3.6.1 · telling whether one group has more, fewer or the same number of objects as another
Unit 5
Shapes & Sizes
Naming flat shapes and solid objects by one feature (sides, corners, rolls or not), and comparing things by size, height, length, weight and how much they hold.
Benchmark: 0.2.4.2; 0.2.3.2 · naming and comparing flat and solid shapes, and describing objects by length and weight
Unit 6
Patterns
Spotting the part that repeats in patterns like AB, AAB, ABB and ABC, then predicting what comes next or what is missing.
Benchmark: 0.3.7.1 · recognizing, completing and extending simple repeating patterns
Unit 7
Numbers to 20
Counting to 20 forward and back from any number, recognizing small groups at a glance, and comparing two numbers.
Benchmark: 0.3.5.4; 0.3.5.3 · counting forward with and without objects, and reading and writing numbers
Unit 8
See It Fast
Subitizing means knowing how many are in a small group without counting. Practice with dice, dominoes and fingers: show a number and ask how many.
Benchmark: 0.3.5.1 · using a number to tell how many objects are in a small group
Unit 9
Build with Blocks
Practices naming and describing 3-D objects (sphere, cube, cylinder, cone) by how they look and move, and choosing blocks to build with. At home, build a tower and talk about which block goes where and why.
Benchmark: 0.2.4.2; 0.2.4.4 · comparing solid shapes and naming the shapes of objects around us
Unit 10
Count to 100
Counting to 100 by ones and by tens, counting on from any number, and seeing 11 to 19 as ten and some more ones.
Benchmark: 0.3.7.2; 0.3.5.2 · skip-counting by tens to 100, and counting collections by grouping them in tens
Unit 11
Sort & Count
Sorting things into groups, counting each group, saying which group has more, and choosing a question we can answer by asking the class.
Benchmark: 0.2.4.1; 0.1.1.2 · sorting objects by shape, size and color, and counting and showing the groups
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