This Quarter at a Glance document offers guidelines for what your child should know and be able to do at the end of each quarter. The new kindergarten curriculum for Prince George’s County is based upon The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Maryland, along with more than 45 other states, has adopted these standards to provide coherent, focused and rigorous instruction that will prepare our students to become “College and Career Ready.” The mission statement for the Common Core State Standards reads as follows:The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.
The following websites provide more details for grade level expectations of the Common Core curriculum.
www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf
www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/mathematics/index.html
By the end of the First Quarter your students should be able to:
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Describing Location and Position:
- Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes and describe the relative position
- Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size
Developing Strategies for Counting and writing numbers to 12:
- Count to 25 by ones
- Count objects, in the standard order, pairing each object with only one number name
- Understand the last number said tells the number of objects counted
- Identify the number that comes next
- Know that zero means no objects
- Write numbers from 0 to 12. Represent a number of objects with written numeral 0-12.
- Count to answer “how many?” about as many as 12 things arranged in a line and other configurations
- Build the quantity when shown the number
Comparing Numbers to 12:
- Identify and compare objects in groups to determine if one group is greater than, less than, or equal to
- Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals
By the end of the Second Quarter your students should be able to:
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Sorting and Classifying by Attributes:
- Sort shapes and tell a sorting rule
- Directly compare objects with a measurable attribute in common
- Classify objects into given categories; count the number of objects in each category
- Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.
- Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three –dimensional (“solid”)
- Analyze and compare two-and three dimensional shapes in different sizes and orientations
Counting and Representing Quantities to 20:
- Build a quantity when shown the number
- Count to 50
- Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence
- Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with written numeral 0-20.
- Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger
- Count to answer “how many?” about as many as 20 things arranged in a line and other configurations
- Match a set to a number
- Tell one before or after a given number
Making Combinations to 10: (beginning addition and subtraction)
- Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 in pairs in more than one way
- For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number
By the end of the Third Quarter your students should be able to:
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Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers (within 10):
- Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, etc.
- Solve addition and subtraction word problems and add and subtract within 10
- Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way
- For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to a given number
- Fluently add and subtract within 5
- Show a number within 10 by adding 2 numbers
Counting to 50:
Count on from a given number to 50
Identify one more than a given number
Measuring and Comparing Length and Weight:
Describe measurable attributes of objects such as length or weight
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common and describe the difference
By the end of the Fourth Quarter your students should be able to:
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Making and Comparing Shapes:
- Compose shapes/figures based on attributes
- Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components
- Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes
Counting and Using Number Patterns to 100:
- Count to 100 by ones and tens
- Count forward beginning from a given number with the known sequence
- Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger
Composing and Decomposing 11-19:
- Build quantity (11-19) when given 10
- Compose and decompose numbers from 11-19 into ten
- Identify how many 1’s are needed to make
Solving Addition and Subtraction Problems:
- Solve addition and subtraction word problems and add and subtract within 10
- Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way
- Fluently add and subtract within 5
Mastery of all kindergarten grade level standards is expected by the end of the year.