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Oklahoma Kindergarten Math Standards

All 27 Oklahoma math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is one click away under each one.

27 standards

Numbers & Operations

11 standards
Understand the relationship between quantities and whole numbers.
K.N.1.1
Say the counting numbers out loud in order up to 100, both one at a time and by tens like 10, 20, 30.
Official wording
Count aloud forward in sequence to 100 by 1s and 10s.
K.N.1.2
Understand that a number tells how many things are in a group, for groups of up to 10 objects.
Official wording
Recognize that a number can be used to represent how many objects are in a set up to 10.
K.N.1.3
Name where something is in a line using words like first, second, and third, up to tenth.
Official wording
Use ordinal numbers to represent the position of an object in a sequence up to 10.
K.N.1.4
Tell how many objects are in a small group at a glance, up to 10, whether neatly arranged like dice dots or scattered.
Official wording
Recognize without counting (subitize) the quantity of a small group of objects in organized and random arrangements up to 10.
K.N.1.5
Start at any number up to 20 and keep counting on from there, with or without objects to touch.
Official wording
Count forward, with and without objects, from any given number up to 20.
K.N.1.6
Show numbers from 0 to 20 and beyond in many ways, like numerals, spoken words, pictures, real objects, picture graphs, and counters, and read and write them.
Official wording
Read, write, discuss, and represent whole numbers from 0 to at least 20. Representations may include numerals, pictures, real-object and pictographs, spoken words, and manipulatives.
K.N.1.7
Name the number just after or just before a given number up to 10, like 6 is one more than 5.
Official wording
Find a number that is 1 more or 1 less than a given number up to 10.
K.N.1.8
Put numbers from 0 to 10 in order and tell which is more, which is less, or if two are the same, with and without objects.
Official wording
Compare and order whole numbers from 0 to 10 with and without objects, using the vocabulary "more than,” “less than,” or “equal to.”
Develop conceptual understanding with addition and subtraction (up to 10) using objects and pictures.
K.N.2.1
Break numbers up to 10 into parts and put parts back together with objects and pictures, like 7 as 4 and 3.
Official wording
Compose and decompose numbers up to 10 using objects and pictures.
Understand the relationship between whole numbers and fractions through fair share.
K.N.3.1
Share a group of objects fairly into two or more smaller groups that each have the same amount.
Official wording
Distribute a set of objects into at least two smaller equal sets.
Identify coins by name.
K.N.4.1
Name a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter when shown each coin.
Official wording
Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by name.

Algebraic Reasoning & Algebra

2 standards
Duplicate patterns in a variety of contexts.
K.A.1.1
Group up to 10 objects by a feature like color, size, or shape, and tell out loud what each group shares.
Official wording
Sort and group up to 10 objects into a set based upon characteristics such as color, size, and shape. Explain verbally what the objects have in common.
K.A.1.2
Spot, copy, finish, and continue patterns that repeat, grow, or shrink, using shapes, colors, sizes, objects, sounds, and movements.
Official wording
Recognize, duplicate, complete, and extend repeating, increasing, and decreasing patterns in a variety of contexts (i.e., shape, color, size, objects, sounds, movement).

Geometry & Measurement

11 standards
Recognize and sort basic two-dimensional shapes; use two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes to represent real-world objects.
K.GM.1.1
Know a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle on sight and tell them apart.
Official wording
Recognize squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles.
K.GM.1.2
Put flat shapes into groups by what they look like and how big they are.
Official wording
Sort two-dimensional objects using characteristics such as shape and size.
K.GM.1.3
Describe flat shapes by counting their sides and corners, using everyday words or math words like vertices and edges.
Official wording
Identify attributes of two-dimensional shapes using informal and formal geometric language interchangeably, such as the number of corners/vertices and the number of sides/edges.
K.GM.1.4
Cover the outline of a big flat shape completely with smaller shapes, like pattern blocks filling a puzzle frame.
Official wording
Use smaller two-dimensional shapes to fill in the outline of a larger two-dimensional shape.
K.GM.1.5
Stack and combine solid objects like blocks to build larger free-form structures.
Official wording
Compose larger, undefined shapes and structures using three-dimensional objects.
K.GM.1.6
Use simple shapes and thinking about space to model real objects, like a rectangle and a triangle for a house.
Official wording
Use basic shapes and spatial reasoning to represent objects in the real world.
Compare and order objects according to location and measurable attributes.
K.GM.2.1
Talk about how objects compare in length, size, weight, and where they are, using words like longer, heavier, and behind.
Official wording
Use words to compare objects according to length, size, weight, position, and location.
K.GM.2.2
Line up as many as 6 objects in order by a measurable feature, like shortest to longest or lightest to heaviest.
Official wording
Order up to 6 objects using measurable attributes, such as length and weight.
K.GM.2.3
Find two or more features that objects have in common and group them into sets by those features.
Official wording
Identify more than one shared attribute between objects, and sort objects into sets.
K.GM.2.4
Fill two containers with the same kind of item and compare how many it took to fill each one.
Official wording
Compare the number of objects needed to fill two different containers.
Tell time as it relates to daily life.
K.GM.3.1
Begin to understand time in everyday life with words like yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, and night.
Official wording
Develop an awareness of simple time concepts within daily life, using age-appropriate vocabulary (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night).

Data & Probability

3 standards
Collect, organize, and interpret categorical data.
K.D.1.1
Gather and sort information about things and happenings nearby, like daily weather or favorite fruits in the class.
Official wording
Collect and organize information about objects and events in the environment.
K.D.1.2
Make graphs with real objects and picture graphs from sorted data, like lining up shoes by color.
Official wording
Use categorical data to create real-object graphs and pictographs.
K.D.1.3
Look at a real-object graph or picture graph and tell what it shows, like which group has the most.
Official wording
Draw conclusions from real-object graphs and pictographs.

The official Oklahoma documents

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics, Oklahoma State Department of Education.

The plain-English lines are EMStudio's own explanations, shown beside the official wording. They are not part of the standards.