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Ohio Kindergarten Math Standards

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

22 standards

Counting and Cardinality

7 standards
K.CC.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.2
Keep counting up by ones from a starting number other than 1, staying within 100, like 47, 48, 49, 50.
K.CC.3
Write the numbers 0 to 20 and write the matching numeral for a set of objects, using 0 when there are none.
K.CC.4
Count objects by giving each one exactly one number word, know the last number said is how many, and see each next number is one more, using pennies too.
K.CC.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.6
Tell aloud whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer, or the same number as another group, without using comparison symbols.
K.CC.7
Look at two written numbers from 0 to 10 and say which is greater or less, without using comparison symbols.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
K.OA.1
Show adding and taking away with objects, fingers, mental pictures, drawings, claps, acting out, words, or equations, like acting out 2 friends joining 3.
K.OA.2
Add and subtract within 10 to solve spoken or written story problems, using objects or drawings to show what happens.
K.OA.3
Break numbers up to 10 into two parts in more than one way and record each, like 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1, using objects or drawings.
K.OA.4
Find the number that joins any number from 1 to 9 to make 10, like 7 and 3, and show the answer with a drawing or equation.
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
K.NBT.1
Build and break apart the numbers 11 to 19 as one ten and some extra ones, like 14 is ten ones and 4 more, using objects or drawings.

Measurement and Data

3 standards
K.MD.1
Name the parts of an object that can be measured, like its length, weight, or height, and describe them with words like long, heavy, or tall.
K.MD.2
Put two objects side by side to see which has more or less of something like length or weight, then describe it, like saying one child is taller.
K.MD.3
Sort objects into given groups of up to 10, count each group, and order the groups by how many, using only pennies when sorting coins.

Geometry

6 standards
K.G.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.2
Recognize a shape by name even when it is turned sideways, upside down, big or small.
Common Core K.G.2
K.G.3
Tell flat shapes, like a square, from solid shapes, like a cube.
Common Core K.G.3
K.G.4
Describe and compare flat and solid shapes of any size or position in everyday words, telling how they are alike and different and what parts they have.
K.G.5
Build shapes from sticks, clay or blocks and draw shapes seen in the world.
Common Core K.G.5
K.G.6
Put small shapes together to make a bigger shape, like joining two triangles to make a square.

The official Ohio documents

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