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Kindergarten Math (North Carolina SCOS)

Your Teacher Information Pack for Kindergarten Math (North Carolina SCOS): the standards with their official codes, in our own short summaries, plus tests and official links.

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State
North Carolina
Grade
Kindergarten
Source
North Carolina K-12 Mathematics Standard Course of Study
Last checked
2026-10-20

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The standards (our summaries)

Official North Carolina codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.

Counting and Cardinality (CC)

  • Know number names and the counting sequence
  • NC.K.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens, noticing patterns in the counting sequence.
  • NC.K.CC.2 Count forward from a given number within the known sequence instead of always starting at 1.
  • NC.K.CC.3 Write numerals 0 to 20 and use them to represent quantities, with 0 meaning none.
  • Count to tell the number of objects
  • NC.K.CC.4 Connect counting to quantity: one-to-one counting, cardinality, and recognizing small groups without counting.
  • NC.K.CC.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions about up to 20 objects in various arrangements.
  • Compare numbers
  • NC.K.CC.6 Decide whether one group of up to 10 objects is greater than, less than, or equal to another.
  • NC.K.CC.7 Compare two written numerals within 10.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • Understand addition and subtraction
  • NC.K.OA.1 Represent addition and subtraction within 10 in several ways and connect the representations.
  • NC.K.OA.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10 using objects or drawings.
  • NC.K.OA.3 Break numbers up to 10 into pairs in more than one way and record each.
  • NC.K.OA.4 For any number from 0 to 10, find the number that makes 10 and record it.
  • NC.K.OA.5 Add and subtract fluently within 5.
  • NC.K.OA.6 Recognize and combine groups totaling up to 5 without counting each object.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

  • Build a foundation for place value
  • NC.K.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers 11 to 19 into ten ones and some more ones.

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • Describe and compare measurable attributes
  • NC.K.MD.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, including several attributes of one object.
  • NC.K.MD.2 Compare two objects directly by a shared attribute and describe which has more or less.
  • Classify objects and count the number in each category
  • NC.K.MD.3 Sort objects into given categories, count each category, and order the categories by count.

Geometry (G)

  • Identify and describe shapes
  • NC.K.G.1 Describe objects using shape names and describe positions with words such as above and beside.
  • NC.K.G.2 Name common flat and solid shapes whatever their orientation or size.
  • NC.K.G.3 Identify shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional.
  • Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes
  • NC.K.G.4 Analyze and compare flat and solid shapes of different sizes and orientations in informal language.
  • NC.K.G.5 Model shapes in the world by building and drawing them.
  • NC.K.G.6 Compose larger shapes from simpler shapes.

Tests and key dates

Check the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for state tests and testing windows.

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Standards codes from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCDPI). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text – see NCDPI for the official wording.

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