Skills available for New York pre-K math standards

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PK.PS Problem Solving
  • Students will build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.
  • PK.PS.1 Explore, examine, and make observations about a social problem or mathematical situation
  • PK.PS.2 Interpret information correctly, identify the problem, and generate possible solutions
  • Students will solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts.
  • PK.PS.3 Act out or model with manipulatives activities involving mathematical content from literature and/or story telling
  • PK.PS.4 Formulate problems and solutions from everyday situations (e.g., as counting the number of children in the class or using the calendar to teach counting)
  • Students will apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems.
  • PK.PS.5 Use informal counting strategies to find solutions
  • PK.PS.6 Experience teacher-directed questioning process to understand problems
  • PK.PS.7 Compare and discuss ideas for solving a problem with teacher and/or students to justify their thinking
  • PK.PS.8 Use manipulatives (e.g., tiles, blocks) to model the action in problems
  • PK.PS.9 Use drawings/pictures to model the action in problems
  • Students will monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving.
  • PK.PS.10 Explain to others how a problem was solved, giving strategies
PK.RP Reasoning and Proof
  • Students will recognize reasoning and proof as fundamental aspects of mathematics.
  • PK.RP.1 Understand that mathematical statements can be true or false
  • Students will make and investigate mathematical conjectures.
  • PK.RP.2 Investigate the use of knowledgeable guessing as a mathematical tool
  • PK.RP.3 Explore guesses, using a variety of objects and manipulatives
  • Students will develop and evaluate mathematical arguments and proofs.
  • PK.RP.4 Listen to claims other students make
PK.CM Communication
  • Students will organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication.
  • PK.CM.1 Understand how to organize their thought processes with teacher guidance
  • Students will communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others.
  • PK.CM.2 Share mathematical ideas through the manipulation of objects, drawings, pictures, and verbal explanations
  • Students will analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others.
  • PK.CM.3 Listen to solutions shared by other students
  • PK.CM.4 Formulate mathematically relevant questions with teacher guidance
  • Students will use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely.
  • PK.CM.5 Use appropriate mathematical terms, vocabulary, and language
PK.CN Connections
  • Students will recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.
  • PK.CN.1 Recognize the presence of mathematics in their daily lives
  • PK.CN.2 Use counting strategies to solve problems in their daily lives
  • PK.CN.3 Recognize and apply mathematics to objects and pictures
PK.R Representation
  • Students will create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
  • PK.R.1 Use multiple representations, including verbal language, acting out or modeling a situation, and drawing pictures as representations
  • PK.R.2 Use standard and nonstandard representations
  • Students will use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena.
  • PK.R.3 Use objects to show and understand physical phenomena (e.g., guess the number of cookies in a package)
  • PK.R.4 Use objects to show and understand social phenomena (e.g., count and represent sharing cookies between friends)
  • PK.R.5 Use objects to show and understand mathematical phenomena (e.g., draw pictures to show a story problem, show number value using fingers on your hand)
PK.N Number Sense and Operations
PK.A Algebra
PK.G Geometry
PK.M Measurement
PK.S Statistics and Probability