Minnesota

PK.NCO Number Concepts and Operations

• PK.1 Demonstrate increasing interest in and awareness of numbers and counting

• PK.2 Demonstrate understanding of one-to-one correspondence between objects and number

  • 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 using stickers - up to 3 (P-A.6)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 3 (P-A.7)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 3 (P-A.8)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 3 (P-A.9)
  • 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 using stickers - up to 5 (P-B.7)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 5 (P-B.10)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 5 (P-B.11)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 5 (P-B.12)
  • 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 using stickers - up to 10 (P-C.8)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 10 (P-C.11)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 10 (P-C.12)
  • Represent numbers - up to 10 (P-C.13)
  • Count pictures - up to 20 (P-D.2)
  • Count dots - up to 20 (P-D.3)
  • Count shapes - up to 20 (P-D.4)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 20 (P-D.5)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 20 (P-D.6)
  • Represent numbers - up to 20 (P-D.7)

• PK.3 Demonstrate ability to count in sequence

  • What number comes next? - up to 5 (P-B.)
  • What number comes next? - up to 10 (P-C.)
  • Count forward - up to 10 (K-C.28)
  • Count forward - up to 20 (K-D.12)

• PK.4 Demonstrate ability to state the number that comes next up to 9 or 10

  • Count up - up to 10 (K-C.22)

• PK.5 Demonstrate beginning ability to combine and separate numbers of objects

PK.PR Patterns and Relationships

• PK.6 Recognize and duplicate simple patterns

  • Color patterns (P-H.1)
  • Size patterns (P-H.2)
  • Shape patterns (P-H.3)
  • What comes next? (P-H.4)
  • Find the next row in a growing pattern (K-I.8)

• PK.7 Sort objects into subgroups by one or two characteristics

  • 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)
  • Sort flat shapes (P-K.)

• PK.8 Order or sequence several objects on the basis of one characteristic

PK.SRG Spatial Relationships/ Geometry

• PK.9 Identify and name common shapes

  • 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)
  • Sort flat shapes (P-K.)
  • Flat and solid shapes (P-L.1)
  • 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)

• PK.10 Use words that show understanding of order and position of objects

  • 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)

PK.M Measurement

• PK.11 Recognize objects can be measured by height, length, weight, and time

  • 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)

• PK.12 Make comparisons between at least two groups of objects

  • 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)

PK.MR Mathematical Reasoning

• PK.13 Use simple strategies to solve mathematical problems