
South Carolina Math Standards
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Highlights of the new learning for kindergarteners are
~comparing sets of objects,
~recognizing the effect of addition and subtraction,
~representing place value within specified ranges,
~classifying based on attributes,
~identifying two- and three-dimensional shapes,
~representing basic two-dimensional shapes,
~using positional and directional words to describe location and movement,
~telling time to the hour and using a calendar,
~making nonstandard measurements and identifying
measuring devices, and organizing data in graphic displays and interpreting
data.
Standard K-1: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. |
Number
and Operations

Standard K-2: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. |
Standard K-3: 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. |

Geometry
Standard K-4: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. |

Measurement
Standard K-5: 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |

Data Analysis and Probability
Standard K-6: 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. |