| 1. | • | Recognize that numerals are symbols for numbers. |
| | • | Recognize that cardinal numbers (counting numbers) 1-20 are used to designate the number of items within a set. |
| | • | Recognize that zero is used to designate the number of elements in the empty set. |
| | • | Recognize even and odd. |
| | • | Identify and read numerals zero through twenty. |
| | • | Determine "one more than" and "one less than". |
| 2. | • | Compare items in sets to develop the ideas of "greater than", "less than", "equal to", and "not equal to". |
| | • | Use the number line to develop the ideas of "greater than" and "less than". |
| 3. | • | Use comparisons to determine size relationships. e.g. smaller, larger, equal to. |
| 4. | • | Recognize the symbols for addition and equal. |
| | • | Recognize that addition can be illustrated by the union of sets. |
| | • | Use objects and numbers to add sets of numbers. |
| 5. | • | Count and order numbers. |
| | • | Recognize and extend simple patterns using numbers. |
| 6. | • | Use the ordinal numbers first through tenth to designate position of objects. |
| 7. | • | Use the number line to identify the position of whole numbers to fifty. |
| | • | Number comparison. |
| 8. | • | Recognizing numbers. |
| | • | Determine "one more than" and "one less than". |
| | • | Number reasoning. |
| 9. | • | Recognize and extend simple patterns using objects. |
| | • | Finding patterns in the environment. |
| 10. | • | Identify circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles by their shapes. |
| | • | Identify circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles that are found in the students' environment. |
| 11. | • | Recognize 1/2, 1/4, and 1/3 of a whole. |
| 12. | • | Recognize that various devices are used for measuring time, money, length, weight, volume, and temperature. |
| 13. | • | Identify clocks as tools that measure time. |
| 14. | • | Use information from a graph of real objects or pictures in order to answer questions. |
| 15. | • | Recognize and determine the value of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters as measures of money. |