Number Sense

Operations, Patterns, Variables

Rote counting to 10
Recognizes numerals to 10
Counts objects to 10 with one-to-one correspondence
Makes marks to represent numbers
or equations
Recognizes patterns
Extends single variable patterns

Geometry and Measurement

Recognizes basic shapes
Builds basic shapes
Draws circles
Sorts objects by one attribute
Compares relative size of objects (bigger, smaller, equal, etc...)

Uses descriptive language (size, speed, temperature, etc...)

Statistics and Probability

Collects and counts objects or data
Contributes data to a pictorial graph

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UCDS Spark, Math Vitamin, Spark

Discovery

(ages 3, 4, 5)

Emerging

(ages 4, 5, 6)

Developing

(ages 5, 6, 7)

Beginning

(ages 6, 7, 8)

Expanding

(ages 7, 8, 9)

Discovery

(ages 3, 4, 5)

Number Sense

Operations, Patterns, Variables

Geometry and Measurement

Statistics and Probability

Recognizes basic shapes

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