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Kindergarten Math (Iowa Core)

Your Teacher Information Pack for Kindergarten Math in Iowa: 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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State
Iowa
Grade
Kindergarten
Standards
Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics
Last checked
2026-10-21

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The standards (our summaries)

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

Counting and Cardinality (CC)

  • K.CC.A.1 Count aloud to 100 in ones and in tens.
  • K.CC.A.2 Count on from any given number up to 100, not only from 1.
  • K.CC.A.3 Write numerals from 0 to 20 and use them to show how many objects are in a set.
  • K.CC.IA.A.1 Iowa standard: count backward by ones from 20 down to 0.
  • K.CC.IA.A.2 Iowa standard: count backward starting from any number from 0 to 20.
  • K.CC.B.4 Show the principles of counting (a–e): stable order, one-to-one matching, cardinality, conservation and that each next number is one more.
  • K.CC.B.5 Count up to 20 objects set out in a line, an array, a circle or scattered.
  • K.CC.IA.B.1 Iowa standard: recognize small quantities up to 5 at a glance without counting (subitizing).
  • K.CC.C.6 Compare two groups of up to 10 objects and say whether one has more, fewer or the same.
  • K.CC.C.7 Compare two written numerals between 1 and 10.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • K.OA.A.1 Show addition and subtraction situations in several different ways.
  • K.OA.A.2 Add and subtract within 10 and solve the listed types of word problems using objects or drawings.
  • K.OA.A.3 Break numbers up to 10 into pairs in more than one way and record each with a drawing or equation.
  • K.OA.A.4 Find the partner that brings any number from 1 to 9 up to 10.
  • K.OA.A.5 Add and subtract within 5 fluently.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

  • K.NBT.A.1 Build and break apart numbers from 11 to 19 as ten ones and some more ones.

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • K.MD.A.1 Describe attributes of objects that can be measured, such as length or weight, using everyday words.
  • K.MD.A.2 Compare two objects directly by a shared attribute and say which has more or less of it.
  • K.MD.B.3 Sort objects into given categories, count each category and order them by count (10 or fewer per category).
  • K.MD.IA.B.1 Iowa standard: identify a penny and count collections of pennies up to 20.

Geometry (G)

  • K.G.A.1 Name shapes seen in the environment and describe where they are using position words.
  • K.G.A.2 Name shapes correctly whatever their size or orientation.
  • K.G.A.3 Say whether a shape is flat (two-dimensional) or solid (three-dimensional).
  • K.G.B.4 Analyze and compare 2D and 3D shapes of different sizes and orientations using informal language.
  • K.G.B.5 Model real-world shapes by building them from components and by drawing them.
  • K.G.B.6 Put simple shapes together to make larger shapes.

Tests and key dates

Check the Iowa 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).

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Standards codes from the Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics (Iowa Department of Education). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Iowa Department of Education.

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