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Arizona Kindergarten Math Standards

All 31 Arizona math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Arizona Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

31 standards

Counting and Cardinality

7 standards
K.CC.A.1
Count out loud to 100, one number at a time and by tens, like 10, 20, 30.
Common Core K.CC.1
K.CC.A.2
Count on from a starting number other than 1, like beginning at 5 and going up to 11, while staying within the numbers they already know.
K.CC.A.3
Write the numerals 0 through 20 and use a written numeral to show how many objects are in a group, with 0 meaning there are none.
K.CC.B.4
Count a group by touching each object once, know the last number said tells how many, and know the next number means one more.
Common Core K.CC.4
K.CC.B.5
Count up to 20 objects set in a line, an array or a circle, or up to 10 scattered ones, to tell how many, and count out a set of 1 to 20 objects.
K.CC.C.6
Tell whether one group of up to 10 objects has more than, fewer than or the same number as another group.
K.CC.C.7
Compare two written numbers from 0 to 10 and tell which is greater or less, like 8 is greater than 3.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
K.OA.A.1
Show adding and taking away with real objects, like joining 2 blocks and 3 blocks to make 5 or removing 1 of 4 apples.
K.OA.A.2
Solve addition and subtraction story problems, like putting together or taking away, and add and subtract with numbers up to 10.
K.OA.A.3
Break a number up to 10 into two parts in more than one way, like 5 as 2 and 3 or 4 and 1, using fingers, objects, tally marks or drawings.
K.OA.A.4
Find the partner that makes 10 for any number from 1 to 9, like 7 and 3, using fingers, objects, tally marks, drawings or an equation.
K.OA.A.5
Know addition and subtraction facts within 5 quickly and accurately, like 2 + 3 = 5 and 4 - 1 = 3.
Common Core K.OA.5

Number and Operations in Base Ten

2 standards
K.NBT.A.1
Build and break apart the numbers 11 to 19 as ten ones and some extra ones, like 18 = 10 + 8, using objects, drawings or equations.
K.NBT.B.2
Use place value ideas, like filling a ten frame, to show what adding and subtracting within 10 means.

Measurement and Data

3 standards
K.MD.A.1
Describe the things about a single object that can be measured, like how long it is or how heavy it is.
K.MD.A.2
Put two objects side by side to see which has more or less of something like length, and describe it, like a pencil being longer than 10 cubes.
K.MD.B.3
Sort objects into given groups, count how many are in each group and order the groups by count, with no more than 10 in a group.

Geometry

6 standards
K.G.A.1
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.G.A.2
Name flat and solid shapes like circles, rhombuses, trapezoids, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres, whatever their size or the way they are turned.
K.G.A.3
Tell flat shapes, like a square, from solid shapes, like a cube.
Common Core K.G.3
K.G.B.4
Compare flat and solid shapes of different sizes and positions in everyday words, talking about likenesses, differences, sides, corners and equal side lengths.
K.G.B.5
Build models of shapes seen in the world from parts like sticks and clay balls, and draw shapes.
K.G.B.6
Put simple shapes together to make a larger shape, like joining two triangles along a full side to form a rectangle.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

8 standards
K.MP.1
Work at understanding a counting or story problem and keep trying, like counting a pile of blocks a new way when the first count goes wrong.
K.MP.2
Connect numbers to the things they count, like knowing that the numeral 4 stands for 4 apples in a story problem.
K.MP.3
Explain how they know an answer using objects or drawings, and listen to a classmate's thinking, like why one tower has more cubes.
K.MP.4
Show a real-life situation with objects, fingers or drawings, like using counters to act out 3 birds joining 2 birds on a branch.
K.MP.5
Pick helpful tools such as counters, ten frames or connecting cubes to count, add and compare groups.
K.MP.6
Use number words and shape names with care, and touch each object exactly once when counting to get the right total.
K.MP.7
Spot structure in numbers and shapes, like seeing 7 as 5 and 2 more on a ten frame, or teen numbers as ten plus some ones.
K.MP.8
Notice what repeats when counting, like each number being one more than the one before, and use it to count on with ease.

The official Arizona documents

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