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Kindergarten Math (South Dakota Content Standards)

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

New South Dakota math standards take effect in 2027-28; this page covers the current 2018 standards.

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The standards (our summaries)

South Dakota'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.1 Count up to 100 in 1s and in 10s.
  • K.CC.2 Count forward from any number within 100 and backward from any number within 20.
  • K.CC.3 Write numerals 0–20 and use a numeral for a count of objects, with 0 for none.
  • K.CC.4a Match each object with one number name when counting (one-to-one).
  • K.CC.4b Know the last number said tells how many, whatever the arrangement or counting order.
  • K.CC.4c Know each next number name means a quantity one larger.
  • K.CC.5a Count up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle, or up to 10 scattered, to answer how many.
  • K.CC.5b Given a number from 1 to 20, count out that many objects.
  • K.CC.6 Say whether one group has more, fewer or the same number as another (up to ten).
  • K.CC.7 Compare two written numerals from 1 to 10.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • K.OA.1 Show addition and subtraction with objects, drawings, equations and other models.
  • K.OA.2a Solve add and subtract story problems within 10 where the result, total or a part is missing.
  • K.OA.2b Add and subtract within 10.
  • K.OA.3 Split numbers to 10 into two parts in several ways.
  • K.OA.4 For any number 1–9, find the number that makes 10.
  • K.OA.5 Add and subtract within 5 fluently.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

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

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • K.MD.1 Describe measurable attributes of an object such as length, weight or size.
  • K.MD.2 Compare two objects directly by a shared attribute and describe the difference.
  • K.MD.3 Sort objects into given categories, count each and order the categories by count (10 or fewer).
  • K.MD.4 Know a penny is worth one cent and count pennies within 20.

Geometry (G)

  • K.G.1 Describe objects with shape names and position words such as above, below, beside and behind.
  • K.G.2 Name shapes correctly whatever their orientation or size.
  • K.G.3 Say whether shapes are flat (2D) or solid (3D).
  • K.G.4 Analyze and compare 2D and 3D shapes using informal language about sides, vertices and equal lengths.
  • K.G.5 Model real-world shapes by building them from parts and drawing them.
  • K.G.6 Put simple shapes together to make larger shapes.

Tests and key dates

Check the South Dakota 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 South Dakota State Standards for Mathematics (SDDOE). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text. Not affiliated with or endorsed by SDDOE.

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