Curriculum Overview 

 Kindergarten

 

The Knox County Schools Mathematics program implements a comprehensive, research-based approach to learning mathematics. Our curriculum is carefully aligned with the Tennessee State Standards For Mathematics.

 

In Kindergarten, your child will focus primarily on two important areas. The first is learning numbers and what numbers represent. The second is addition and subtraction. Students will also learn to identify and work with shapes. Activities in these areas include:
• Counting how many objects are in a group and comparing the quantities of two groups of objects
• Comparing two numbers to identify which is greater or less than the other
• Understanding addition as putting together and subtraction as taking away from
• Adding and subtracting very small numbers quickly and accurately
• Breaking up numbers less than or equal to 10 in more than one way (for example, 9=6+3, 9=5+4)
• For any number from 1 to 9, finding the missing quantity that is needed to reach 10
• Representing addition and subtraction word problems using objects or by drawing pictures
• Solving addition and subtraction word problems involving numbers that add up to 10 or less or by subtracting from a number 10 or less