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Kindergarten Math (Kentucky Academic Standards)

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

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The standards (our summaries)

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

Counting and Cardinality (CC)

  • KY.K.CC.1 Count forward and backward.
    • a. Count forward to 100 by ones and by tens.
    • b. Count backward from 30 by ones.
  • KY.K.CC.2 Count forward from any given number within 100.
  • KY.K.CC.3 Write numerals and match them to amounts.
    • a. Write the numerals 0 to 20.
    • b. Match a group of objects to a written numeral from 0 to 20.
  • KY.K.CC.4 Understand how counting links to how many.
    • a. Match each object counted with one number name, in order.
    • b. Know the last number said gives the total, however the objects are arranged.
    • c. Know each next number name means one more.
  • KY.K.CC.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions.
    • a. Count up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle.
    • b. Count up to 10 scattered objects.
  • KY.K.CC.6 Say whether one group has more, fewer or the same as another.
  • KY.K.CC.7 Compare two written numerals from 1 to 10.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • KY.K.OA.1 Show addition and subtraction in different ways, such as objects, drawings or equations.
  • KY.K.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10 using objects or drawings.
  • KY.K.OA.3 Break apart numbers and understand equality.
    • a. Split numbers up to 10 into two parts in more than one way and record each.
    • b. Use objects or drawings to show equality as quantities that balance.
  • KY.K.OA.4 For numbers 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 and record it.
  • KY.K.OA.5 Add and subtract within 5 fluently.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

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

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • KY.K.MD.1 Describe measurable features such as length, height, weight, width and depth.
  • KY.K.MD.2 Compare two objects by a shared measurable feature and describe the difference.
  • KY.K.MD.3 Sort objects or people by a feature, with no more than 10 in each group.
  • KY.K.MD.4 Recognize and name the penny, nickel, dime and quarter.

Geometry (G)

  • KY.K.G.1 Name shapes and describe where things are.
    • a. Name shapes seen in the environment.
    • b. Describe position with words such as above, below, in front of, behind and next to.
  • KY.K.G.2 Name shapes correctly whatever their size or which way they face.
  • KY.K.G.3 Say whether a shape is two-dimensional or three-dimensional.
  • KY.K.G.4 Describe how 2-D and 3-D shapes of different sizes and orientations are alike and different.
  • KY.K.G.5 Model real-world shapes by building figures and drawing shapes.
  • KY.K.G.6 Put simple shapes together to make larger shapes.

Tests and key dates

Check the Kentucky Department of Education for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates.

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Standards codes from the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics, Kentucky Department of Education. Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text. Classfern is not affiliated with or endorsed by KDE.

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