The Common Core in Maine

Counting and Cardinality Cluster

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.1 Rote counts to 20 and beyond by ones with increasing accuracy

  • Count up - up to 20 (K-D.7)
  • Count forward - up to 20 (K-D.12)
  • Complete a sequence - up to 20 (K-D.16)

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.2 Recognizes and names written numerals 0-10

  • Identify numbers - up to 3 (P-A.1)
  • Identify numbers - up to 5 (P-B.1)
  • Identify numbers - up to 10 (P-C.1)

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.3 Subitizes to determine how many (recognizes small quantities immediately)

  • Learn to count - up to 3 (P-A.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 3 (P-A.3)
  • Count dots - up to 3 (P-A.4)
  • Count shapes - up to 3 (P-A.5)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 3 (P-A.7)
  • Learn to count - up to 5 (P-B.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 5 (P-B.3)
  • Count dots - up to 5 (P-B.4)
  • Count shapes in rows - up to 5 (P-B.5)
  • Count cubes - up to 5 (P-B.8)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 5 (P-B.10)

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.4 Recognizes the relationship between numbers and quantities: connect counting to cardinality (0-10)

  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 3 (P-A.9)
  • Represent numbers with shapes - up to 3 (P-A.10)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 5 (P-B.12)
  • Represent numbers with shapes - up to 5 (P-B.13)
  • Learn to count - up to 10 (P-C.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 10 (P-C.3)
  • Count dots - up to 10 (P-C.4)
  • Count shapes in rows - up to 10 (P-C.5)
  • Count cubes - up to 10 (P-C.9)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 10 (P-C.11)
  • Represent numbers - up to 10 (P-C.13)

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.5 Shows understanding that the last number name spoken tells the number of objects counted up to 10 (cardinality)

  • Count using stickers - up to 3 (P-A.6)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 3 (P-A.8)
  • Count using stickers - up to 5 (P-B.7)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 5 (P-B.9)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 5 (P-B.11)
  • Count using stickers - up to 10 (P-C.8)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 10 (P-C.10)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 10 (P-C.12)

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.6 Shows understanding that the number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted

  • Count scattered shapes - up to 5 (P-B.6)
  • Count scattered shapes - up to 10 (P-C.6)
  • Count shapes in rings - up to 10 (P-C.7)

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.7 Begins to write number symbols 0-10

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.8 Identifies whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group up to 10

  • More (P-E.1)
  • Fewer (P-E.2)
  • Fewer and more - compare by counting (P-E.4)
  • Fewer and more - compare in a mixed group (P-E.5)
  • Fewer, more, and same (P-E.6)

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.1 Associates quantity with a number name or written numeral

  • Learn to count - up to 3 (P-A.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 3 (P-A.3)
  • Count dots - up to 3 (P-A.4)
  • Count shapes - up to 3 (P-A.5)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 3 (P-A.7)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 3 (P-A.9)
  • Represent numbers with shapes - up to 3 (P-A.10)
  • Learn to count - up to 5 (P-B.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 5 (P-B.3)
  • Count dots - up to 5 (P-B.4)
  • Count shapes in rows - up to 5 (P-B.5)
  • Count cubes - up to 5 (P-B.8)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 5 (P-B.10)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 5 (P-B.12)
  • Represent numbers with shapes - up to 5 (P-B.13)
  • Learn to count - up to 10 (P-C.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 10 (P-C.3)
  • Count dots - up to 10 (P-C.4)
  • Count shapes in rows - up to 10 (P-C.5)
  • Count cubes - up to 10 (P-C.9)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 10 (P-C.11)
  • Represent numbers - up to 10 (P-C.13)

• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.2 Counts using 1:1 correspondence with increasing accuracy

  • Count using stickers - up to 3 (P-A.6)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 3 (P-A.8)
  • Count using stickers - up to 5 (P-B.7)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 5 (P-B.9)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 5 (P-B.11)
  • Count using stickers - up to 10 (P-C.8)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 10 (P-C.10)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 10 (P-C.12)
  • Are there enough? (P-E.7)

• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.3 Represents addition and subtraction with fingers, drawing, acting out situations and verbal explanation

• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.4 Uses concrete objects to model real-world addition and subtraction up to 5 (composing and decomposing numbers)

  • Put together numbers using cubes - sums up to 5 (P-M.1)
  • Add with cubes - sums up to 5 (P-M.3)
  • Add with pictures - sums up to 5 (P-M.5)
  • Addition sentences up to 5 - which model matches? (P-M.6)
  • Addition sentences up to 5 - what does the model show? (P-M.7)
  • Take away cubes - numbers up to 5 (P-O.1)
  • Subtract with cubes - numbers up to 5 (P-O.2)
  • Subtract with pictures - numbers up to 5 (P-O.3)
  • Subtraction sentences up to 5 - which model matches? (P-O.4)

• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.5 Acts out and solves story problems using sets of up to ten objects

  • Addition word problems with pictures - sums up to 5 (P-M.8)
  • Addition word problems with pictures - sums up to 10 (P-N.8)
  • Subtraction word problems with pictures - numbers up to 5 (P-O.5)
  • Subtraction word problems with pictures - numbers up to 10 (P-P.5)

Geometry

• MELDS.M.G.PS.1 Describes, sorts and classifies shapes using some attributes such as size, sides and other properties

  • Count sides (P-K.8)
  • Count corners (P-K.9)
  • Count sides and corners (P-K.10)

• MELDS.M.G.PS.2 Discovers connections between formal geometric shapes and the surrounding environment

  • Name the shape (P-K.1)
  • Circles (P-K.2)
  • Triangles (P-K.3)
  • Squares (P-K.4)
  • Rectangles (P-K.5)
  • Circles, squares, and triangles (P-K.6)
  • Circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles (P-K.7)
  • Name the solid shape (P-L.2)
  • Spheres (P-L.3)
  • Cubes (P-L.4)
  • Cones (P-L.5)
  • Cylinders (P-L.6)
  • Select solid shapes (P-L.7)
  • Shapes of everyday objects I (P-L.9)
  • Shapes of everyday objects II (P-L.10)

• MELDS.M.G.PS.3 Combines materials to make three-dimensional and two-dimensional shapes

  • Compose two-dimensional shapes (K-W.17)

• MELDS.M.G.PS.4 Breaks down shapes into parts and wholes

• MELDS.M.G.PS.5 Initiates activities that indicate understanding of directionality

• MELDS.M.G.PS.6 Uses orientation and directionality words such as slides, flips and turns as shapes are manipulated

• MELDS.M.G.PS.7 Uses symbols and/or objects to indicate beginning understanding of relative positions in space (i.e. creates simple maps; follows directions during nature walks)

• MELDS.M.G.PS.8 Demonstrates or describes relative positions of objects, using words such as up, down, beside, over

  • Inside and outside (P-F.1)
  • Left and right (P-F.2)
  • Left, middle, and right (P-F.3)
  • Top and bottom (P-F.4)
  • Top, middle, and bottom (P-F.5)
  • Above and below (P-F.6)
  • Beside and next to (P-F.7)

Measurement and Data

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.1 Describes, sorts and classifies groups of objects using one or more attribute

  • Different (P-G.1)
  • Same (P-G.2)
  • Same and different (P-G.3)
  • Classify shapes by color (P-G.4)
  • Classify and sort by color (P-G.5)
  • Classify and sort by shape (P-G.6)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.2 Identifies and compares measurable attributes of everyday objects, using appropriate vocabulary (e.g., long, short, tall, heavy, light, big, small, full, empty)

  • Long and short (P-I.1)
  • Tall and short (P-I.2)
  • Wide and narrow (P-I.3)
  • Light and heavy (P-I.4)
  • Holds more or less (P-I.5)
  • Compare size, weight, and capacity (P-I.6)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.3 Begins to identify such words as "first", "next", and "last"

  • Ordinal numbers - up to fifth (P-B.16)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.4 Uses discrete attributes to order and seriate materials

  • Color patterns (P-H.1)
  • Size patterns (P-H.2)
  • Shape patterns (P-H.3)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.5 Recognizes, duplicates, creates, and extends simple patterns using objects

  • Color patterns (P-H.1)
  • Size patterns (P-H.2)
  • Shape patterns (P-H.3)
  • What comes next? (P-H.4)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.6 Uses past and future tenses and time words appropriately

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.7 Begins to understand concepts such as yesterday, today, and tomorrow

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.8 Responds to questions that can be answered through data analysis

  • Interpret picture graphs (K-S.2)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.9 Represents data using simple charts and graphs (2-D or 3-D)

  • Which picture graph is correct? (K-S.1)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.10 Uses non-standard units of measurement to measure objects; notices similarities and differences

  • Measure length with objects (K-U.7)
  • Measure length with cubes (K-U.8)
  • Build cube trains to measure length (K-U.9)
  • Measure height with cubes (K-U.10)
  • Build cube trains to measure height (K-U.11)

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.11 Connects measurement terms and concepts in everyday life