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South Carolina Standards

South Carolina Kindergarten Math Standards

All 18 South Carolina math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in South Carolina Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

18 standards

Data, Probability, and Statistical Reasoning

2 standards
K.DPSR.1.1
Sort up to 20 pictures or objects into two or more groups, then count how many ended up in each group.
K.DPSR.1.2
Answer questions about data shown in a t-chart, an object graph or a picture graph, like which group has the most.

Measurement, Geometry, and Spatial Reasoning

4 standards
K.MGSR.1.1
Recognize and name the four common coins: the penny, the nickel, the dime and the quarter.
K.MGSR.1.2
Hold two objects side by side and say which is longer, shorter, taller, heavier or lighter.
K.MGSR.2.1
Name and describe triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, cubes and spheres by their features, and find them in everyday objects like a ball.
K.MGSR.2.2
Tell where an object is with position words like above, below, beside, between, inside, outside, in front of and behind.

Numerical Reasoning

7 standards
K.NR.1.1
Read and write numbers from 0 to 20, and show each one with real objects, like 7 counters for the numeral 7.
K.NR.1.2
Build and break apart the teen numbers 11 to 19 as one ten and some extra ones, with objects or drawings, like 14 is 10 and 4.
K.NR.2.1
Count by ones and by tens up to 100, and count backward by ones starting from 10.
K.NR.2.2
Know at a glance how many are in a neat arrangement of up to 10 objects, like dots on a die, and explain the groups that were seen.
K.NR.2.3
Count a group of up to 20 objects, write the number, and know the total stays the same when the objects are moved around, without counting again.
K.NR.2.4
Count out a set of objects to match any number from 0 to 20, like handing over 12 blocks when asked for 12.
K.NR.3.1
Compare two sets of up to 10 objects each and say whether one has more than, fewer than or the same as the other.

Patterns, Algebra, and Functional Reasoning

5 standards
K.PAFR.1.1
Add and subtract small numbers with totals up to 5, like 3 plus 2 or 4 take away 1.
K.PAFR.1.2
Given one number from 0 to 9, find the number that makes 10 with it using objects or drawings, including in everyday problems, like 6 and 4.
K.PAFR.1.3
Break numbers up to 10 into parts in different ways and put them back together, showing each way with objects or drawings, like 7 is 5 and 2 or 4 and 3.
K.PAFR.1.4
Solve story problems within 10 about adding to, taking from and putting two parts together, including ones where the total or both parts are unknown.
K.PAFR.2.1
Describe, create and continue by one more item simple repeating patterns of the types AB, AAB, ABB and ABC, like circle, square, circle, square.

The official South Carolina documents

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