South Carolina State Standards for Mathematics: Kindergarten

SC.K-1 Mathematical Processes: The student will have a basic understanding of the mathematical processes of problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connections, and representation.

K-1.1 Apply substantive mathematical problem-solving strategies.

K-1.2 Generate conjectures and exchange mathematical ideas.

K-1.3 Explain and justify answers to simple problems.

K-1.4 Analyze patterns by reasoning systematically.

K-1.5 Generalize mathematical concepts.

K-1.6 Use a variety of forms of mathematical communication.

K-1.7 Generalize connections among mathematics, the environment, and other subjects.

K-1.8 Use multiple informal representations to convey mathematical ideas.

SC.K-2 Numbers and Operations: The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an emerging sense of quantity and numeral relationships, sets, and place values.

K-2.1 Recall numbers, counting forward through 99 and backward from 10.

K-2.2 Translate between numeral and quantity through 31.

K-2.3 Compare sets of no more than 31 objects by using the terms more than, less than, and the same as.

K-2.4 Represent simple joining and separating situations through 10.

K-2.5 Understand that addition results in increase and subtraction results in decrease.

K-2.6 Analyze the magnitude of digits through 99 on the basis of their place values.

K-2.7 Represent the place value of each digit in a two-digit whole number.

K-2.8 Identify ordinal positions through 31st.

SC.K-3 Algebra: The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an emerging sense of repeating and growing patterns and classification based on attributes.

K-3.1 Identify simple growing patterns.

K-3.2 Analyze simple repeating and growing relationships to extend patterns.

K-3.3 Translate simple repeating and growing patterns into rules.

K-3.4 Classify objects according to one or more attributes such as color, size, shape, and thickness.

SC.K-4 Geometry: The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an emerging sense of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and relative positions in space.

K-4.1 Identify the two-dimensional shapes square, circle, triangle, and rectangle and the three-dimensional shapes cube, sphere, and cylinder.

K-4.2 Represent two-dimensional geometric shapes.

K-4.3 Use the positional words near, far, below, above, beside, next to, across from, and between to describe the location of an object.

K-4.4 Use the directional words left and right to describe movement.

SC.K-5 Measurement: The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an emerging sense of coin values and the measurement concepts of length, weight, time, and temperature.

K-5.1 Identify a penny, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, and a dollar and the value of each.

K-5.2 Compare the lengths of two objects, both directly and indirectly, to order objects according to length.

K-5.3 Use nonstandard units to explore the measurement concepts of length and weight.

K-5.4 Identify rulers, yardsticks, and tape measures as devices used to measure length; scales and balances as devices used to measure weight; calendars and analog and digital clocks as devices used to measure time; and digital and standard thermometers as devices used to measure temperature.

K-5.5 Understand which measure-length, weight, time, or temperature-is appropriate for a given situation.

K-5.6 Use analog and digital clocks to tell time to the hour.

K-5.7 Use a calendar to identify dates, days of the week, and months of the year.

K-5.8 Recall equivalencies associated with time: 7 days = 1 week and 12 months = 1 year.

SC.K-6 Data Analysis and Probability: The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an emerging sense of organizing and interpret data.

K-6.1 Organize data in graphic displays in the form of drawings and pictures.

K-6.2 Interpret data in graphic displays in the form of drawings and pictures.