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Georgia Standards

Georgia Kindergarten Math Standards

All 30 Georgia math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Georgia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

30 standards

Mathematical Practices

8 standards
K.MP.1
Figure out what a problem is asking and keep trying when it gets hard, like acting out a story about ducks with counters until it makes sense.
K.MP.2
Connect numbers to the real things they stand for, like knowing the 3 in 2 + 1 = 3 means three apples in the basket.
K.MP.3
Explain why an answer works and listen to how classmates solved it, like showing with cubes why 6 is more than 4.
K.MP.4
Show an everyday situation with math, like drawing circles for cookies or holding up fingers for friends who join a game.
K.MP.5
Choose helpful math tools for a task, like counters, a ten frame or a number path, and use them to solve problems.
K.MP.6
Count carefully and use exact math words, like touching each object only once and saying circle or triangle instead of thing.
K.MP.7
Notice how numbers and shapes are built and use it, like seeing 7 on a ten frame as 5 and 2 more.
K.MP.8
Notice when the same thing keeps happening in math, like each next counting number being one more, and use it as a shortcut.

Numerical Reasoning

13 standards
K.NR.1.1
Count as many as 20 objects set out in lines, rows or ten frames, and as many as 10 objects spread out at random.
K.NR.1.2
Explain that the last number said when counting tells how many there are, no matter how the objects are placed or counted.
K.NR.1.3
Name the number that comes one before or one after any number from 1 to 20, like 9 and 11 for 10.
K.NR.1.4
Recognize pennies, nickels and dimes on sight and tell the name and worth of each, like a nickel being 5 cents.
K.NR.2.1
Count aloud by ones and by tens up to 100, and count down by ones starting at 20.
K.NR.2.2
Keep counting up from any starting number up to 100, like 47, 48, 49, and count down from any number up to 20.
K.NR.3.1
Show numbers from 11 to 19 as a ten and some extra ones by building and breaking them apart, like 14 as ten ones and 4 more.
K.NR.4.1
Read the numerals 0 to 20 and write the numeral that tells how many objects are in a group, using 0 for an empty group.
K.NR.4.2
Compare two groups of up to 10 objects and tell whether one has more, fewer or the same, saying greater than, less than or the same as.
K.NR.5.1
Put numbers up to 10 together and break them apart with objects and drawings, like 8 as 5 and 3 or as 6 and 2.
K.NR.5.2
Show real-life adding and taking away stories within 10 in different ways, like with fingers, drawings, objects or number sentences.
K.NR.5.3
Solve addition and subtraction problems within 10 with different methods, like counting on, drawing pictures or using a ten frame.
K.NR.5.4
Add and subtract within 5 quickly and accurately to solve everyday problems, using methods like counting on or known pairs such as 2 and 3.

Patterning & Algebraic Reasoning

2 standards
K.PAR.6.1
Make, continue and describe repeating patterns of shapes and numbers, like 1, 2, 1, 2, and explain what rule the pattern follows.
K.PAR.6.2
Describe patterns in time with words about real events, like morning, afternoon and night, or the days of the school week.

Measurement & Data Reasoning

3 standards
K.MDR.7.1
Line up everyday objects side by side to compare and order them by length, height, width or weight, and tell how they differ.
K.MDR.7.2
Sort up to 10 objects into groups by a feature like color or size, count each group, and order the groups by how many they have.
K.MDR.7.3
Ask and answer everyday questions using information collected, things noticed and simple graphs, like which snack the class likes most.

Geometric & Spatial Reasoning

4 standards
K.GSR.8.1
Name, sort and compare flat and solid shapes of any size or turn, using everyday words for sides, corners and how they look alike or differ.
K.GSR.8.2
Tell where an object is using position words, like above, below, beside, in front of, behind and next to.
K.GSR.8.3
Build models and draw pictures of real things using basic shapes, like a rectangle and a triangle for a house.
K.GSR.8.4
Put two or more simple shapes together to make a bigger shape, like two triangles that form a square.

The official Georgia documents

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