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Indiana Standards

Indiana Kindergarten Math Standards

All 15 Indiana math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Indiana Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

15 standards

Number Sense

7 standards
K.NS.1
Count out loud to 100 or beyond, by ones and by tens, and keep counting by ones starting from any number, like 37, 38, 39.
K.NS.2
Write the numerals 0 to 20, recognize number words up to ten, and write the numeral that tells how many objects are in a group, with 0 for none.
K.NS.3
Count objects by tagging each with exactly one number word, know the last number said is the total however they are arranged, and count out up to 20 on request.
K.NS.4
Tell how many objects are in a group of up to 10 at a glance, without counting, when they are set out in a pattern like the dots on a die.
K.NS.5
Tell whether one group of objects has more, fewer or the same number as another group, by matching or counting.
Common Core K.CC.6
K.NS.6
Decide which of two written numbers between 1 and 20 is greater or less, like 14 is more than 9.
K.NS.7
Explain that a ten is a bundle of ten ones, and use objects or drawings to show numbers 10 to 20 as one ten and some ones, like 16 is a ten and 6 ones.

Computation and Algebraic Thinking

4 standards
K.CA.1
Solve everyday story problems that add or take away within 10 by acting them out with objects or drawing them, like 4 apples and 3 more apples.
K.CA.2
Break numbers under 10 into two parts in different ways with objects or drawings, and match each split to its equation, like 7 = 5 + 2 and 7 = 4 + 3.
K.CA.3
For any number from 1 to 9, find how many more make 10 using objects or drawings, and show the answer with a picture or an equation, like 6 + 4 = 10.
K.CA.4
Make and continue simple repeating and growing patterns with shapes and numbers, and say the rule that keeps them going, like circle, square, circle, square.

Geometry

1 standard
K.G.1
Compare flat and solid shapes of any size or turned any way, using everyday words for how they are alike and different, like how many sides and corners they have.

Measurement

2 standards
K.M.1
Compare two objects directly, without measuring tools, to tell which is longer, taller, heavier, warmer or holds more, and which is shorter, lighter or cooler.
K.M.2
Use time words like morning, yesterday, tomorrow, week, month and year correctly, and explain that clocks and calendars are tools for measuring time.

Data Analysis

1 standard
K.DA.1
With an adult's help, gather information and sort it into simple bar graphs, picture graphs or tables, then spot patterns and compare groups, like favorite fruits.

The official Indiana documents

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