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Alabama Standards

Alabama Kindergarten Math Standards

All 23 Alabama math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Alabama State Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

23 standards

Foundations of Counting

7 standards
K.1
Count out loud by ones and by tens all the way up to 100, and count back down from 10 to 0 by ones.
K.2
Start counting by ones from any number below 100 and keep going up to 100, like 47, 48, 49 and on.
K.3
Write the numerals 0 through 20, and show a written number up to 20 with that many objects, using no objects for 0.
K.4
Link counting to quantity with objects, saying numbers in order, knowing the last number said is the total in any layout, and each next number is one more.
K.5
Count to answer how many, up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle or up to 10 scattered, and draw a set that matches a numeral up to 20.
K.6
Say whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer or the same number as another, by matching, counting or another strategy.
K.7
Compare two written numerals from 0 to 10 to tell which is larger or smaller, without using the greater-than or less-than signs.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

6 standards
K.8
Show adding and taking away within 10 in many ways, like with fingers, pennies, drawings, claps, acting it out, or a number sentence.
K.9
Solve addition and subtraction story problems within 10, and add and subtract within 10, using objects or drawings to show the problem.
K.10
Break any number up to 10 into two smaller parts in more than one way with objects or drawings, and record each, like 7 = 4 + 3 and 7 = 5 + 2.
K.11
Find the partner that makes 10 with any number from 0 to 10, using objects or drawings, and record it as a drawing or equation, like 6 + 4 = 10.
K.12
Know addition and subtraction facts within 5 quickly and accurately, like 2 + 3 = 5 and 4 - 1 = 3.
Common Core K.OA.5
K.13
Copy a simple pattern made with objects and keep it going, like red block, blue block, red block, blue block.

Operations with Numbers

1 standard
K.14
Build and break apart the numbers 11 to 19 with objects or drawings to show each is ten ones plus some more ones, like 14 is 10 and 4.

Data Analysis

1 standard
K.15
Sort objects into given groups of up to 10 each, count each group, order the groups by count, and show the sort on Venn diagrams, pictographs or yes-no charts.

Measurement

2 standards
K.16
Name the measurable features of one object, like its length, weight or height, and describe them with words such as long, short, heavy, light or tall.
K.17
Put two objects side by side to see which has more or less of something measurable, like which is longer or heavier, and describe the difference.

Geometry

6 standards
K.18
Name the shapes of everyday objects and say where things are using words like above, below, beside and behind.
Common Core K.G.1
K.19
Name shapes correctly no matter which way they are turned or how big they are, like a triangle standing on its point.
K.20
Tell flat shapes, like a square, from solid shapes, like a cube.
Common Core K.G.3
K.21
Compare flat and solid shapes of different sizes and positions in everyday words, telling how they are alike and different and counting their sides and corners.
K.22
Build models of shapes seen in the world from sticks, clay balls or other materials, and draw them too.
K.23
Put simple shapes together to make bigger ones, like two triangles joined to form a square.

The official Alabama documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Alabama's standards, not the official wording, which Alabama State Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.