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Kentucky Standards

Kentucky Kindergarten Math Standards

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

23 standards

Counting and Cardinality

7 standards
KY.K.CC.1
Say the numbers out loud up to 100 by ones and by tens, and count backward from 30 by ones.
KY.K.CC.2
Start counting on from any number up to 100 instead of always starting at 1, like counting on from 37.
KY.K.CC.3
Write the numerals 0 to 20 and match a written numeral to a set of objects, using 0 for a set with nothing in it.
KY.K.CC.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
KY.K.CC.5
Count out a set of up to 20 objects when given a number, and tell how many there are in up to 20 things in a line, array, or circle or up to 10 scattered things.
KY.K.CC.6
Compare two groups of objects to tell whether one has more, fewer, or the same number as the other.
KY.K.CC.7
Look at two written numbers from 1 to 10 and say which is bigger, like 8 is more than 3.
Common Core K.CC.7

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
KY.K.OA.1
Show adding and subtracting in many ways, like with fingers, objects, drawings, sounds, acting it out, words, or number sentences.
KY.K.OA.2
Act out and solve addition and subtraction story problems within 10, using objects or drawings to show what is happening.
KY.K.OA.3
Break numbers up to 10 into two parts in more than one way, like 7 = 3 + 4, recording each with a drawing or equation, and show equal amounts balancing.
KY.K.OA.4
Find the partner that makes 10 with any number from 1 to 9 using objects or drawings, like 6 and 4, and record it with a drawing or equation.
KY.K.OA.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

1 standard
KY.K.NBT.1
Build and break apart numbers from 11 to 19 as a group of ten ones plus extra ones, like 14 is ten ones and four more.

Measurement and Data

4 standards
KY.K.MD.1
Use words like long, tall, heavy, wide, and deep to describe the features of an object or a group of objects that can be measured.
KY.K.MD.2
Put two objects side by side to see which has more or less of a shared feature, like which is taller, and describe the difference.
KY.K.MD.3
Sort objects or people into groups by their features, keeping no more than 10 in each group.
KY.K.MD.4
Recognize pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and call each coin by its name.

Geometry

6 standards
KY.K.G.1
Name the shapes they see in everyday objects and tell where things sit using position words, like the ball is behind the box or the lamp is above the table.
KY.K.G.2
Name shapes correctly no matter which way they are turned or how big they are.
KY.K.G.3
Sort shapes into flat two-dimensional shapes, like a circle, and solid three-dimensional shapes, like a cube.
KY.K.G.4
Compare flat and solid shapes of different sizes and positions, telling how they are alike, how they differ, and what features they have, like sides and corners.
KY.K.G.5
Model shapes they see in the world by building them from parts like sticks and clay balls and by drawing them.
KY.K.G.6
Put simple shapes together to make bigger shapes, like two triangles forming a square.

The official Kentucky documents

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