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Wisconsin Standards

Wisconsin Kindergarten Math Standards

All 23 Wisconsin math standards for kindergarten, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's document, linked at the end of this page.

23 standards

Counting and Cardinality

8 standards
M.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
M.K.CC.A.2
Start counting from any number, like 7, and keep going without going back to 1.
Common Core K.CC.2
M.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
M.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
M.K.CC.B.5
Say how many objects are in a quick flash of up to 5 without counting them, whether they sit in a neat pattern or are scattered.
M.K.CC.B.6
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
M.K.CC.C.7
Tell whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer or the same number as another, like by lining them up or counting.
M.K.CC.C.8
Compare two written numbers from 1 to 10 and record which is greater in a way the child invents, like a sketch or tally marks.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
M.K.OA.A.1
Show adding and taking away in many ways, like with fingers, objects, claps, simple drawings, acting out a story or numbers.
M.K.OA.A.2
Solve adding and subtracting story problems within 10, using objects or drawings to model what happens in the problem.
M.K.OA.A.3
Split numbers up to 10 into pairs in different ways and record them, and name totals to 10 on fingers or a ten frame by seeing groups, not counting.
M.K.OA.A.4
Find the partner that makes 10 for any number from 1 to 9, like 7 and 3, using objects or drawings, and record it with a picture or numbers.
M.K.OA.A.5
Add and subtract within 5 quickly and flexibly in the head, by picturing amounts and breaking apart or joining small numbers.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

1 standard
M.K.NBT.A.1
Build and break apart numbers from 11 to 19 as ten ones plus some more ones, like 14 is 10 and 4, recording each with a drawing or numbers.

Measurement and Data

3 standards
M.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
M.K.MD.A.2
Hold two objects side by side to see which has more of something, like which child is taller, and describe how they differ.
M.K.MD.B.3
Sort objects into given groups, count each group and order the groups by how many they hold, with no group over 10.

Geometry

6 standards
M.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
M.K.G.A.2
Recognize a shape by name even when it is turned sideways, upside down, big or small.
Common Core K.G.2
M.K.G.A.3
Tell flat shapes, like a square, from solid shapes, like a cube.
Common Core K.G.3
M.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
M.K.G.B.5
Build shapes from sticks, clay or blocks and draw shapes seen in the world.
Common Core K.G.5
M.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 Wisconsin documents

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