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MST Standard Three: Mathematics: Kindergarten

Students will:

·         understand the concepts of and become proficient with the skills of mathematics;
·         communicate and reason mathematically;
·         become problem solvers by using appropriate tools and strategies;

through the integrated study of number sense and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and statistics and probability.

Problem Solving
Students will build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.
    K.PS.1 Explore, examine, and make observations about a social problem or mathematical situation
        K.PS.2 Interpret information correctly, identify the problem, and generate possible solutions
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      Problem Solving
      Students will solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts.
          K.PS.3 Act out or model with manipulatives activities involving mathematical content from literature and/or story telling
            K.PS.4 Formulate problems and solutions from everyday situations (e.g., counting the number of children in the class, using the calendar to teach counting).
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          Problem Solving
          Students will apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems.
              K.PS.5 Use informal counting strategies to find solutions
                K.PS.6 Experience teacher-directed questioning process to understand problems
                  K.PS.7 Compare and discuss ideas for solving a problem with teacher and/or students to justify their thinking
                    K.PS.8 Use manipulatives (e.g., tiles, blocks) to model the action in problems
                      K.PS.9 Use drawings/pictures to model the action in problems
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                    Problem Solving
                    Students will monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving.
                        K.PS.10 Explain to others how a problem was solved, giving strategies
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                      Reasoning and Proof
                      Students will recognize reasoning and proof as fundamental aspects of mathematics.
                          K.RP.1 Understand that mathematical statements can be true or false
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                        Reasoning and Proof
                        Students will make and investigate mathematical conjectures.
                            K.RP.2 Investigate the use of knowledgeable guessing as a mathematical tool
                              K.RP.3 Explore guesses, using a variety of objects and manipulatives
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                            Reasoning and Proof
                            Students will develop and evaluate mathematical arguments and proofs.
                                K.RP.4 Listen to claims other students make
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                              Communication
                              Students will organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication.
                                  K.CM.1 Understand how to organize their thought processes with teacher guidance
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                                Communication
                                Students will communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others.
                                    K.CM.2 Share mathematical ideas through the manipulation of objects, drawings, pictures, and verbal explanations
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                                  Communication
                                  Students will analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others.
                                      K.CM.3 Listen to solutions shared by other students
                                        K.CM.4 Formulate mathematically relevant questions with teacher guidance 
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                                      Communication
                                      Students will use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely.
                                          K.CM.5 Use appropriate mathematical terms, vocabulary, and language
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                                        Connections
                                        Students will recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.
                                            K.CN.1 Recognize the presence of mathematics in their daily lives
                                              K.CN.2 Use counting strategies to solve problems in their daily lives
                                                K.CN.3 Recognize and apply mathematics to objects and pictures
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                                              Representation
                                              Students will create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
                                                  K.R.1 Use multiple representations, including verbal language, acting out or modeling a situation, and drawing pictures as representations
                                                    K.R.2 Use standard and nonstandard representations
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                                                  Representation
                                                  Students will use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena.
                                                      K.R.3 Use objects to show and understand physical phenomena (e.g., guess the number of cookies in a package)
                                                        K.R.4 Use objects to show and understand social phenomena (e.g., count and represent sharing cookies between friends)
                                                          K.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)
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                                                        Number Sense and Operations
                                                        Students will understand numbers, multiple ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.
                                                        Number Systems
                                                            K.N.1 Count the items in a collection and know the last counting word tells how many items are in the collection (1 to 10)
                                                            K.N.2 Count out (produce) a collection of a specified size 1 to 10
                                                            K.N.3 Numerically label a data set of 1 to 5
                                                            K.N.4 Verbally count by 1’s to 20
                                                            K.N.5 Verbally count backwards from 10
                                                            K.N.6 Represent collections with a finger pattern up to 10
                                                            K.N.7 Draw pictures or other informal symbols to represent a spoken number up to 10
                                                            K.N.8 Draw pictures or other informal symbols to represent how many in a collection up to10
                                                            K.N.9 Write numbers 1-10 to represent a collection
                                                            K.N.10 Visually determine how many more or less, and then using the verbal counting sequence, match and count 1-10
                                                            K.N.11 Use and understand verbal ordinal terms, first to tenth
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                                                        Number Sense and Operations
                                                        Students will understand meanings of operations and procedures, and how they relate to one another.
                                                        Operations
                                                            K.N.12 Solve and create addition and subtraction verbal word problems (use counting-based strategies, such as counting on and to ten)
                                                            K.N.13 Determine sums and differences by various means
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                                                        Algebra
                                                        Students will recognize, use, and represent algebraically patterns, relations, and functions.
                                                        Patterns, Relations, and Functions
                                                            K.A.1 Use a variety of manipulatives to create patterns using attributes of color, size, or shape
                                                            K.A.2 Recognize, describe, extend, and create patterns that repeat (e.g., ABABAB or ABAABAAAB)
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                                                        Geometry
                                                        Students will use visualization and spatial reasoning to analyze characteristics and properties of geometric shapes.
                                                        Shapes
                                                            K.G.1 Describe characteristics and relationships of geometric objects
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                                                        Geometry
                                                        Students will identify and justify geometric relationships, formally and informally.
                                                        Geometric Relationships
                                                            K.G.2 Sort groups of objects by size and size order (increasing and decreasing)
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                                                        Geometry
                                                        Students will apply transformations and symmetry to analyze problem solving situations.
                                                        Transformational Geometry
                                                            K.G.3 Explore vertical and horizontal orientation of objects
                                                            K.G.4 Manipulate two- and three-dimensional shapes to explore symmetry
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                                                        Geometry
                                                        Students will apply coordinate geometry to analyze problem solving situations.
                                                        Coordinate Geometry
                                                            K.G.5 Understand and use ideas such as over, under, above, below, on, beside, next to, and between
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                                                        Measurement
                                                        Students will determine what can be measured and how, using appropriate methods and formulas.
                                                        Units of Measurement
                                                            K.M.1 Name, discuss, and compare attributes of length (longer than, shorter than)
                                                            K.M.2 Compare the length of two objects by representing each length with string or a paper strip
                                                            K.M.3 Relate specific times such as morning, noon, afternoon, and evening to activities and absence or presence of daylight
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                                                        Statistics and Probability
                                                        Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.
                                                        Collection of Data
                                                            K.S.1 Gather data in response to questions posed by the teacher and students
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                                                        Statistics and Probability
                                                        Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.
                                                        Organization and Display of Data
                                                            K.S.2 Help to make simple pictographs for quantities up to10, where one picture represents 1
                                                            K.S.3 Sort and organize objects by two attributes (e.g., color, size, or shape)
                                                            K.S.4 Represent data using manipulatives
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                                                        Statistics and Probability
                                                        Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.
                                                        Analysis of Data
                                                            K.S.5 Identify more, less, and same amounts from pictographs or concrete models
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