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Massachusetts Standards

Massachusetts Kindergarten Math Standards

All 22 Massachusetts math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

22 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 already known, like 6, 7, 8, 9, rather than always going back to one.
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 up to 20 objects in a line, grid or circle, or up to 10 scattered ones, and count out a given number of objects.
Common Core K.CC.5
K.CC.C.6
Tell whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer, or the same number as another, by matching them up or counting.
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
Add and subtract within 5 quickly and accurately, including facts with zero, like 4 + 0 or 3 − 3.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

1 standard
K.NBT.A.1
See the numbers 11 to 19 as ten ones plus some more, like 14 = 10 + 4, and show it with objects, drawings or an equation.
Common Core K.NBT.1

Measurement and Data

3 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, count how many are in each group up to 10, and put the groups in order by their counts.

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 shapes correctly no matter which way they are turned or how big they are, like a triangle balanced on its point.
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 Massachusetts documents

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