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Louisiana Standards

Louisiana Kindergarten Math Standards

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

23 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
Start counting from any number, like 7, and keep going without going back to 1.
Common Core K.CC.2
K.CC.A.3
Write the numerals 0 to 20 and write the number that shows how many objects are in a group, with 0 for none.
Common Core K.CC.3
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 to find how many, up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle and up to 10 scattered, and count out a set of 1 to 20 objects when given a number.
K.CC.C.6
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.CC.C.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
K.OA.A.1
Show adding and taking away with fingers, objects, drawings, claps, acting it out or a simple equation.
Common Core K.OA.1
K.OA.A.2
Solve simple adding and taking-away story problems within 10, using objects or drawings to help.
Common Core K.OA.2
K.OA.A.3
Break a number up to 10 into two parts in more than one way, like 6 = 2 + 4 and 6 = 5 + 1, and record it.
Common Core K.OA.3
K.OA.A.4
Find the number that goes with any number from 1 to 9 to make 10, like 7 and 3, and show it with a drawing or equation.
Common Core K.OA.4
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

1 standard
K.NBT.A.1
Build and break apart the numbers 11 to 19 as one ten and some ones with objects or drawings, then record it, like 18 = 10 + 8.

Measurement and Data

4 standards
K.MD.A.1
Talk about what can be measured on an object, like how long or how heavy it is, and name more than one for the same object.
Common Core K.MD.1
K.MD.A.2
Put two objects side by side to see which is longer, taller or heavier, and say how they differ.
Common Core K.MD.2
K.MD.B.3
Sort objects into given groups by their features, count how many are in each group, and order the groups from most to fewest.
K.MD.C.4
Name pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters and tell what each coin is worth, like a dime is worth 10 cents.

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
Recognize a shape by name even when it is turned sideways, upside down, big or small.
Common Core K.G.2
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 in everyday words, like counting sides and corners or noticing sides of equal length.
Common Core K.G.4
K.G.B.5
Build shapes from sticks, clay or blocks and draw shapes seen in the world.
Common Core K.G.5
K.G.B.6
Put simple shapes together to make a bigger one, like joining two triangles to make a square.
Common Core K.G.6

The official Louisiana documents

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