Common Core State Standards
Brief Summary of Major Differences Compared with Idaho Content Standards
Kindergarten:
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Count to 100 vs. 31, start at any number, write numbers 0 -20 and count objects in scattered locations
Add and subtract within 10 and solve word problems; fluently add and subtract within 5
Compose and decompose numbers 11 – 19 for place value
Identify shapes as two or three-dimensional, describe similarities and differences, compose simple shapes from larger shapes
Crosswalk CCSS to ID Standards
Grade K: Counting & Cardinality
Know number names and the count sequence.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
Students are expected to:
K.CC.1. Count to 100 by ones and by MP6: Attend to precision.
tens
MP7: Look for and make use
of structure.
K.CC.2. Count forward beginning
MP6: Attend to precision.
from a given number within the
known sequence (instead of having to MP7: Look for and make use
begin at 1).
of structure.
K.CC.3. Write numbers from 0 to 20.
Represent a number of objects with a
written numeral 0-20 (with 0
representing a count of no objects).
Count to tell the number of objects
Standards
K.CC.4. Understand the relationship
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Idaho Content Standards
Standard 1.1.1: Demonstrate knowledge of our numeration system by
counting forward by ones to at least 31.
MP8: Look for and express
regularity in repeated
reasoning.
MP2: Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP6: Attend to precision.
Mathematical Practices
MP1: Make sense of problems
Idaho Content Standards
Standard 1.1.2: Show the verbal, symbolic, and physical representations
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between numbers and quantities;
connect counting to cardinality.
 When counting objects, say
the number names in the
standards order, pairing each
object with one and only one
number name and each
number name with one and
only one object.
 Understand that the last
number name said tells the
number of objects counted.
The number of objects is the
same regardless of their
arrangement or the order in
which they were counted.
 Understand that each
successive number name
refers to a quantity that is one
larger.
and persevere in solving them.
K.CC.5. Count to answer “how
many?” questions about as many as
20 things arranged in a line, a
rectangular array, or a circle, or as
many as 10 things in a scattered
configuration; given a number from 120, count out that many objects.
Compare Numbers
Standards
K.CC.6. Identify whether the number
of objects in one group is greater than,
less than, or equal to the number of
objects in another group, e.g., by
MP2: Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
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of a number up to 10.
MP2: Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP7: Look for and make use
of structure.
Standard 1.1.5: Use appropriate vocabulary.
MP6: Attend to precision.
Mathematical Practices
MP 1: Make sense of problems
and persevere in solving them.
MP2: Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
Idaho Content Standards
Standard 3.1.2: Compare sets of objects using vocabulary (less than,
greater than, and same as).
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using matching and counting
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Grade K: Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understanding subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
Idaho Content Standards
Students are expected to:
K.OA.1. Represent addition and
MP4: Model with
Standard 1.2.1: Use concrete objects to illustrate the concepts of
subtraction with objects, fingers,
mathematics.
addition and subtraction.
mental images, drawings, sounds
(e.g., claps), acting out situations,
verbal explanations, expressions, or
equations.
K.OA.2. Solve addition and
subtraction word problems, and add
and subtract within 10, e.g., by using
objects or drawings to represent the
problem.
K.OA.3. Decompose numbers less
than or equal to 10 into pairs in more
than one way, e.g., by using objects or
drawings, and record each
decomposition by a drawing or
equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 +
1).
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MP1: Make sense of problems
and persevere in solving them.
MP2: Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP4: Model with
mathematics.
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K.OA.4. For any number from 1 to 9,
find the number that makes 10 when
added to the given number, e.g., by
using objects or drawings, and record
the answer with a drawing or
equation.
K.OA.5. Fluently add and subtract
within 5.
MP4: Model with
mathematics.
MP6: Attend to precision.
Grade K: Number & Operations in Base Ten
Work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
Students are expected to:
K.NBT.1. Compose and decompose
MP1: Make sense of problems
numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones
and persevere in solving them.
and some further ones, e.g., by using
objects or drawings, and record each
MP2: Reason abstractly and
composition or decomposition by a
quantitatively.
drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10
+ 8); understand that these numbers
MP4: Model with
are composed of ten ones and one,
mathematics.
two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
or nine ones.
Idaho Content Standards
Grade K: Measurement & Data
Describe and compare measurable attributes.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
Students are expected to:
K.MD.1. Describe measurable
MP1: Make sense of problems
attributes of objects, such as length or and persevere in solving them.
weight. Describe several measurable
attributes of a single object.
K.MD.2. Directly compare two
MP1: Make sense of problems
objects with a measurable attribute in and persevere in solving them.
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Standard 2.1.1: Compare the lengths or sizes of objects (e.g., longer,
shorter, larger, smaller).
Standard 2.1.1: Compare the lengths or sizes of objects (e.g., longer,
shorter, larger, smaller).
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common, to see which object has
“more of”/“less of” the attribute, and
MP2: Reason abstractly and
describe the difference. For example, quantitatively.
directly compare the heights of two
children and describe one child as
taller/shorter.
Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
K.MD.3. Classify objects into given
MP2: Reason abstractly and
categories; count the numbers of
quantitatively.
objects in each category and sort the
categories by count.
MP6: Attend to precision.
Idaho Content Standards
Standard 1.2.1: Use concrete objects to illustrate the concepts of
addition and subtraction.
Grade K: Geometry
Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
Idaho Content Standards
K.G.1. Describe objects in the
MP1: Make sense of problems Standard 4.3.1: Describe the location of an object relative to another
environment using names of shapes,
and persevere in solving them. (e.g., next to, under, over, behind).
and describe the relative positions of
these objects using terms such as
above, below, beside, in front of,
behind, and next to.
K.G.2. Correctly name shapes
MP2: Reason abstractly and
Standard 4.1.1: Recognize, name, compare, and sort two and threeregardless of their orientations or
quantitatively.
dimensional shapes (triangle, rectangle, square, circle, cone, cube).
overall size.
MP7: Look for and make use
of structure.
K.G.3. Identify shapes as twoMP2: Reason abstractly and
Standard 4.1.1: Recognize, name, compare, and sort two and threedimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”)
quantitatively.
dimensional shapes (triangle, rectangle, square, circle, cone, cube).
or three-dimensional (“solid”).
MP7: Look for and make use
of structure.
Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
Standards
Mathematical Practices
Idaho Content Standards
K.G.4. Analyze and compare two- and MP2: Reason abstractly and
Standard 4.1.1: Recognize, name, compare, and sort two and threethree-dimensional shapes, in different quantitatively.
dimensional shapes (triangle, rectangle, square, circle, cone, cube).
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sizes and orientations, using informal
language to describe their
similarities, differences, parts (e.g.,
number of sides and
vertices/“corners”) and other
attributes (e.g., having sides of equal
length).
K.G.5. Model shapes in the world by
building shapes from components
(e.g., sticks and clay balls) and
drawing shapes.
K.G.6. Compose simple shapes to
form larger shapes. For example,
“Can you join these two triangles
with full sides touching to make a
rectangle?”
MP4: Model with
mathematics.
MP1: Make sense of problems
and persevere in solving them.
MP2: Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
MP4: Model with
mathematics.
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