Kindergarten Math
8 units matched to the NWT Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Numbers”.
Big Ideas
- Numbers represent quantities that can be decomposed into smaller parts.
- One-to-one correspondence and a sense of 5 and 10 are essential for fluency with numbers.
- Repeating elements in patterns can be identified.
- Objects have attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.
- Familiar events can be described as likely or unlikely and compared.
Units
Unit 1
Count to 10
Counting objects one at a time, matching numbers to amounts, counting on and back, putting numbers in order, and knowing that nothing is zero.
Learning standard: Number concepts to 10
Unit 2
Make 5 and 10
Using 5 and 10 as anchors (fingers, five and ten frames), finding how many more make 5 or 10, and breaking numbers into two parts.
Learning standard: Ways to make 5; decomposition of numbers to 10
Unit 3
Add & Take Away
Small story problems where some join or some leave (totals to 10), plus finding one more and one less.
Learning standard: Change in quantity to 10, using concrete materials
Unit 4
More, Less, Same
Comparing groups by matching them one to one, seeing equal as balanced and unequal as unbalanced on a scale, and reading simple picture graphs.
Learning standard: Equality as a balance and inequality as an imbalance; concrete graphs, using one-to-one correspondence
Unit 5
Patterns
Spotting the part that repeats in patterns like AB, AAB, ABB and ABC, then predicting what comes next or what is missing.
Learning standard: Repeating patterns with two or three elements
Unit 6
Shapes & Sizes
Naming flat shapes and solid objects by one feature (sides, corners, rolls or not), and comparing things by size, height, length, weight and how much they hold.
Learning standard: Single attributes of 2D shapes and 3D objects; direct comparative measurement (e.g., linear, mass, capacity)
Unit 7
Coins
Recognizing the nickel, dime, quarter, loonie and toonie by colour, size and picture (values come in Grade 1), and playing store.
Learning standard: Financial literacy: attributes of coins, and financial role-play
Unit 8
Likely or Unlikely
Describing everyday events as likely or unlikely, and comparing which of two or three things is more likely.
Learning standard: Likelihood of familiar life events
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