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New York Kindergarten Math Standards

All 26 New York math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is one click away under each one.

26 standards

Counting and Cardinality

8 standards
Know number names and the count sequence.
NY-K.CC.1
Count out loud to 100, one number at a time and by tens, like 10, 20, 30.
Official wording
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
Common Core K.CC.1
NY-K.CC.2
Count forward by ones to 100 starting from any number, like picking up the count at 37 instead of always starting at 1.
Official wording
Count to 100 by ones beginning from any given number (instead of beginning at 1).
NY-K.CC.3
Write the numerals 0 to 20 and write the number that shows how many objects are in a group, with 0 for none.
Official wording
Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
Common Core K.CC.3
Count to tell the number of objects.
NY-K.CC.4
Link counting to amounts up to 20 by matching one number to each object, knowing the last number said is the total and the next is one more, and using first to tenth.
Official wording
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities up to 20; connect counting to cardinality.aWhen counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object. (1:1 correspondence)bUnderstand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted, (cardinality). The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.cUnderstand the concept that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.dUnderstand the concept of ordinal numbers (first through tenth) to describe the relative position and magnitude of whole numbers.
NY-K.CC.5a
Count to find how many in a group of up to 20 objects set in a line, a rectangle, or a circle, or up to 10 objects scattered around.
Official wording
Answer counting questions using as many as 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, and a circle. Answer counting questions using as many as 10 objects in a scattered configuration.
NY-K.CC.5b
Count out a set of objects to match a given number from 1 to 20, like handing over 14 blocks when asked for 14.
Official wording
Given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
Compare numbers.
NY-K.CC.6
Compare two groups of up to 10 objects and tell whether one has more, fewer, or the same number as the other.
Official wording
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than (more than), less than (fewer than), or equal to (the same as) the number of objects in another group. Note: Include groups with up to ten objects.
NY-K.CC.7
Look at two written numbers from 1 to 10 and say which is bigger, like 8 is more than 3.
Official wording
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
Common Core K.CC.7

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

7 standards
Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
NY-K.OA.1
Show adding and taking away with objects, fingers, pennies, drawings, sounds, acting it out, spoken explanations, or number sentences.
Official wording
Represent addition and subtraction using objects, fingers, pennies, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, equations, or other strategies. Note: Drawings need not show details, but should show the mathematics in the problem.
NY-K.OA.2a
Add and subtract with numbers up to 10, like 4 + 5 or 9 - 3.
Official wording
Add and subtract within 10.
NY-K.OA.2b
Solve story problems that add or take away with numbers up to 10, like 3 birds joining 4 birds on a fence.
Official wording
Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10.
NY-K.OA.3
Break a number up to 10 into two parts in different ways, like 7 as 5 and 2 or 4 and 3, and show each with a drawing or equation.
Official wording
Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way. Record each decomposition with a drawing or equation.
NY-K.OA.4
Find the partner that makes 10 for any number from 1 to 9, like 6 needs 4, and show it with a drawing or equation.
Official wording
Find the number that makes 10 when given a number from 1 to 9. Record the answer with a drawing or equation.
NY-K.OA.5
Know addition and subtraction facts within 5 quickly and accurately, like 2 + 3 = 5 and 4 - 1 = 3.
Official wording
Fluently add and subtract within 5.
Common Core K.OA.5
Understand simple patterns.
NY-K.OA.6
Copy, continue, and make up simple patterns with real objects, like red block, blue block, red block, blue block.
Official wording
Duplicate, extend, and create simple patterns using concrete objects.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

1 standard
Work with numbers 11–19 to gain foundations for place value.
NY-K.NBT.1
Build and break apart the numbers 11 to 19 as a group of ten ones plus some extra ones, like 16 is ten ones and six more.
Official wording
Compose and decompose the numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

Measurement and Data

4 standards
Describe and compare measurable attributes.
NY-K.MD.1
Describe what can be measured about an object, like its length or weight, with words such as long, short, heavy, or light.
Official wording
Describe measurable attributes of an object(s), such as length or weight, using appropriate vocabulary.
NY-K.MD.2
Put two objects side by side to compare something they share, like height, and tell which is taller or shorter.
Official wording
Directly compare two objects with a common measurable attribute and describe the difference.
Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
NY-K.MD.3
Sort objects into given groups of up to 10, count each group, and order the groups from most to fewest.
Official wording
Classify objects into given categories; count the objects in each category and sort the categories by count. Note: Limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10.
NY-K.MD.4
Explore pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, and start to recognize which coins are pennies and dimes.
Official wording
Explore coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters) and begin identifying pennies and dimes.

Geometry

6 standards
Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).
NY-K.G.1
Name the shapes of everyday objects and say where things are using words like above, below, beside and behind.
Official wording
Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
Common Core K.G.1
NY-K.G.2
Name shapes correctly no matter how big they are or which way they are turned, like a triangle standing on its point.
Official wording
Name shapes regardless of their orientation or overall size.
NY-K.G.3
Tell flat shapes like circles and squares apart from solid shapes like cubes and spheres.
Official wording
Understand the difference between two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) and three-dimensional (“solid”) shapes.
Analyze, compare, sort, and compose shapes.
NY-K.G.4
Compare and sort flat and solid shapes of different sizes and positions, using everyday words for their sides, corners, and other features.
Official wording
Analyze, compare, and sort two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts, and other attributes.
NY-K.G.5
Build or draw shapes to stand for real things around them, like a rectangle and a triangle for a house.
Official wording
Model objects in their environment by building and/or drawing shapes.
NY-K.G.6
Put simple shapes together to make bigger shapes, like joining two triangles to form a square.
Official wording
Compose larger shapes from simple shapes.

The official New York documents

New York State Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards, Copyright 2017, New York State Education Department, used with permission.

Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

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