Kindergarten Math (Indiana Academic Standards)

Your Teacher Information Pack for Kindergarten Math in Indiana: the standards with their official codes, the state tests and the official links. Check what you're teaching and plan a lesson.

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The standards (our summaries)

Indiana's official codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.

Kindergarten

Number Sense (NS)

• K.NS.1 Count to at least 100 by ones and tens from any number; name the number one or ten more or less.
• K.NS.2 Write numerals 0–20, match a numeral to a set (0 for none) and recognize number words to ten.
• K.NS.3 Count objects one-to-one in order, know the last number said is the total, and count out sets up to 20.
• K.NS.4 Recognize small groups of 1–10 objects in patterned arrangements and say how many without counting.
• K.NS.5 Decide whether one group has more, fewer or the same number of objects as another by matching or counting.
• K.NS.6 Compare two written numerals from 1 to 20 to tell which is greater or less.
• K.NS.7 Understand a ten as ten ones and show numbers 10–20 as tens and ones with objects and drawings.

Computation and Algebraic Thinking (CA)

• K.CA.1 Solve real-world addition and subtraction problems within 10 by modeling with objects or drawings.
• K.CA.2 Break numbers below 10 into pairs in more than one way and record each split with an equation.
• K.CA.3 For any number 1–9, find the number that makes 10 and record it with a drawing or equation.
• K.CA.4 Make, extend and describe the rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

Geometry (G)

• K.G.1 Compare 2D and 3D shapes of different sizes and orientations, using everyday words for sides, corners and other features.

Measurement (M)

• K.M.1 Compare objects directly by length, capacity, weight and temperature using words such as shorter, lighter, warmer.
• K.M.2 Use everyday time words (today, month) and explain how calendars and clocks help us track time.

Data Analysis (DA)

• K.DA.1 With support, sort data into simple bar graphs, pictographs or tables and use them to spot patterns and compare.

Mathematics Process Standards (all grades)

Process Standards (PS)

• PS.1 Make sense of problems, plan a solution path, monitor progress and check that answers are reasonable.
• PS.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively, moving between symbols and the real context while attending to units.
• PS.3 Build and justify arguments (including always/sometimes/never), critique others' reasoning and collaborate.
• PS.4 Model with mathematics: apply math to everyday situations, make reasonable assumptions and check results.
• PS.5 Choose and use suitable tools, from paper and models to technology, knowing their strengths and limits.
• PS.6 Attend to precision: communicate with clear definitions, correct symbols, labeled units and suitable accuracy.
• PS.7 Look for and use structure and patterns, seeing complex items as single objects or as sets of parts.
• PS.8 Notice repeated reasoning, look for general methods and shortcuts, and keep checking intermediate results.

Tests and key dates

• ILEARN
• IREAD-3
• SAT / PSAT (College Board)

Check the Indiana Department of Education for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates (we have not yet confirmed every detail above on the official site).

Official documents

• secure.in.gov: mathematics
• in.gov: indiana academic standards for math and ela
• in.gov: Kindergarten ELA 2023 IAS CCSS Correlation Guide

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