Maine Pre-Kindergarten Math Standards

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Counting and Cardinality Cluster

• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.1 Rote counts to 20 and beyond by ones with increasing accuracy
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.2 Recognizes and names written numerals 0-10
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.3 Subitizes to determine how many (recognizes small quantities immediately)
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.4 Recognizes the relationship between numbers and quantities: connect counting to cardinality (0-10)
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.5 Shows understanding that the last number name spoken tells the number of objects counted up to 10 (cardinality)
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.6 Shows understanding that the number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.7 Begins to write number symbols 0-10
• MELDS.M.CCC.PS.8 Identifies whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group up to 10

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.1 Associates quantity with a number name or written numeral
• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.2 Counts using 1:1 correspondence with increasing accuracy
• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.3 Represents addition and subtraction with fingers, drawing, acting out situations and verbal explanation
• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.4 Uses concrete objects to model real-world addition and subtraction up to 5 (composing and decomposing numbers)
• MELDS.M.OAT.PS.5 Acts out and solves story problems using sets of up to ten objects

Geometry

• MELDS.M.G.PS.1 Describes, sorts and classifies shapes using some attributes such as size, sides and other properties
• MELDS.M.G.PS.2 Discovers connections between formal geometric shapes and the surrounding environment
• MELDS.M.G.PS.3 Combines materials to make three-dimensional and two-dimensional shapes
• MELDS.M.G.PS.4 Breaks down shapes into parts and wholes
• MELDS.M.G.PS.5 Initiates activities that indicate understanding of directionality
• MELDS.M.G.PS.6 Uses orientation and directionality words such as slides, flips and turns as shapes are manipulated
• MELDS.M.G.PS.7 Uses symbols and/or objects to indicate beginning understanding of relative positions in space (i.e. creates simple maps; follows directions during nature walks)
• MELDS.M.G.PS.8 Demonstrates or describes relative positions of objects, using words such as up, down, beside, over

Measurement and Data

• MELDS.M.MD.PS.1 Describes, sorts and classifies groups of objects using one or more attribute
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.2 Identifies and compares measurable attributes of everyday objects, using appropriate vocabulary (e.g., long, short, tall, heavy, light, big, small, full, empty)
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.3 Begins to identify such words as “first”, “next”, and “last”
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.4 Uses discrete attributes to order and seriate materials
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.5 Recognizes, duplicates, creates, and extends simple patterns using objects
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.6 Uses past and future tenses and time words appropriately
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.7 Begins to understand concepts such as yesterday, today, and tomorrow
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.8 Responds to questions that can be answered through data analysis
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.9 Represents data using simple charts and graphs (2-D or 3-D)
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.10 Uses non-standard units of measurement to measure objects; notices similarities and differences
• MELDS.M.MD.PS.11 Connects measurement terms and concepts in everyday life