Kindergarten Common Core Resources
These tasks are grade-level formative performance assessment tasks aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Some have accompanying scoring rubrics and discussion of student work samples. Others, such as the Dana Center Early Mathematics Tasks, connect to children’s literature.
You may download and use these tasks for professional development purposes without modifying the tasks.
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                          Counting and Cardinality (CC)
      
      Inside Problem Solving 
 First Rate (K.CC.B.5, K.CC.C.6)
 Growing Staircases (K.CC.B.5)
 Dana Center Early Math Tasks
 Mouse Count, Caps for Sale (Series) (K.CC.2 – K.CC.6)
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                          Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)
      
      Inside Problem Solving 
 Digging Dinosaurs (K.OA.A.2)
 Dana Center Early Math Tasks
 Mouse Count, Caps for Sale (Series) (K.OA.1 – K.OA.5)
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                          Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
      
      Dana Center Early Math Tasks 
 Mouse Count, Caps for Sale (Series) (K.NBT.1)
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                          Measurement and Data (MD)
      
      Inside Problem Solving 
 On Balance (K.MD.A.2)
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                          Geometry (G)
      
      Inside Problem Solving 
 Cutting a Cube (K.G.B.4)