The Common Core in Montana

MT.PK.CC Counting and Cardinality

• MT.PK.CC.1 Number sense and operations, wherein students develop the ability to think and work with numbers, to understand their uses, and describe their relationships through structured and everyday experiences.

  • Identify numbers - up to 3 (P-A.1)
  • Choose the number that you hear - up to 3 (P-A.2)
  • Learn to count - up to 3 (P-B.1)
  • Count pictures - up to 3 (P-B.2)
  • Count dots - up to 3 (P-B.3)
  • Count shapes - up to 3 (P-B.4)
  • Count cubes - up to 3 (P-B.5)
  • Count on frames - up to 3 (P-B.6)
  • Count out stickers - up to 3 (P-B.7)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 3 (P-B.8)
  • Show numbers on frames - up to 3 (P-B.9)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 3 (P-B.10)
  • Represent numbers with shapes - up to 3 (P-B.11)
  • Identify numbers - up to 5 (P-C.1)
  • Choose the number that you hear - up to 5 (P-C.2)
  • Learn to count - up to 5 (P-D.1)
  • Count pictures - up to 5 (P-D.2)
  • Count dots - up to 5 (P-D.3)
  • Count shapes in rows - up to 5 (P-D.4)
  • Count cubes - up to 5 (P-D.5)
  • Count on frames - up to 5 (P-D.6)
  • Count scattered shapes - up to 5 (P-D.7)
  • Count out stickers - up to 5 (P-D.8)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 5 (P-D.9)
  • Show numbers on frames - up to 5 (P-D.10)
  • Represent numbers with pictures - up to 5 (P-D.11)
  • Represent numbers with shapes - up to 5 (P-D.12)
  • Choose the number that you hear - up to 7 (P-E.1)
  • Learn to count - up to 7 (P-E.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 7 (P-E.3)
  • Count cubes - up to 7 (P-E.4)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 7 (P-E.5)
  • Count out stickers - up to 7 (P-E.6)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 7 (P-E.7)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 7 (P-E.8)
  • Represent numbers - up to 7 (P-E.9)
  • Choose the number that you hear - up to 9 (P-F.1)
  • Learn to count - up to 9 (P-F.2)
  • Count pictures - up to 9 (P-F.3)
  • Count cubes - up to 9 (P-F.4)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 9 (P-F.5)
  • Count out stickers - up to 9 (P-F.6)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 9 (P-F.7)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 9 (P-F.8)
  • Represent numbers - up to 9 (P-F.9)
  • Identify numbers - up to 10 (P-G.1)
  • Choose the number that you hear - up to 10 (P-G.2)
  • Learn to count - up to 10 (P-H.1)
  • Count pictures - up to 10 (P-H.2)
  • Count cubes - up to 10 (P-H.3)
  • Count dots - up to 10 (P-H.4)
  • Count shapes in rows - up to 10 (P-H.5)
  • Count on ten frames - up to 10 (P-H.6)
  • Count scattered shapes - up to 10 (P-H.7)
  • Count shapes in rings - up to 10 (P-H.8)
  • Count out stickers - up to 10 (P-H.9)
  • Show numbers with cubes - up to 10 (P-H.10)
  • Show numbers on ten frames - up to 10 (P-H.11)
  • Represent numbers - up to 10 (P-H.12)
  • What number comes next? - up to 10 (P-H.13)
  • More (P-K.1)
  • Fewer (P-K.2)
  • Fewer and more - compare by matching (P-K.3)
  • Fewer and more - compare by counting (P-K.4)
  • Fewer and more - compare in a mixed group (P-K.5)
  • Fewer, more, and same (P-K.6)
  • Are there enough? (P-K.7)
  • Are there the same number? (P-K.8)

MT.PK.OA Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• MT.PK.OA.1 Initial algebraic thinking and operations, wherein students identify, describe, produce, and create patterns using mathematical language and materials.

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

MT.PK.MD Measurement and Data

• MT.PK.MD.1 Measurement concepts, wherein students use measurement instruments to explore and discover measurement relationships and characteristics, such as length, quantity, volume, distance, weight, area, and time.

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

• MT.PK.MD.2 Mathematical skills in data analysis, wherein students count, sort, and compare objects.

  • One more with pictures - up to 5 (P-I.1)
  • One less with pictures - up to 5 (P-I.2)
  • One more with pictures - up to 10 (P-I.3)
  • One less with pictures - up to 10 (P-I.4)
  • Different (P-O.1)
  • Same (P-O.2)
  • Same and different (P-O.3)
  • Classify shapes by color (P-O.4)
  • Classify and sort by color (P-O.5)
  • Classify and sort by shape (P-O.6)

MT.PK.G Geometry

• MT.PK.G.1 Geometric and spatial reasoning, wherein students build the foundation for recognizing, creating, and manipulating shapes, and learning spatial reasoning and directional words as they become aware of their bodies and personal space in their physical environment.

  • In front of and behind (P-N.1)
  • Inside and outside (P-N.2)
  • Left and right (P-N.3)
  • Left, middle, and right (P-N.4)
  • Top and bottom (P-N.5)
  • Top, middle, and bottom (P-N.6)
  • Above and below (P-N.7)
  • Beside and next to (P-N.8)
  • Circles (P-P.1)
  • Triangles (P-P.2)
  • Rectangles (P-P.3)
  • Squares (P-P.4)
  • Circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles (P-P.6)
  • Name the shape (P-P.7)
  • Sort flat shapes (P-P.8)