MAFS.K.CC.1.3Archived Standard

Read and write numerals from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0–20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
General Information
Subject Area: Mathematics
Grade: K
Domain-Subdomain: Counting and Cardinality
Cluster: Level 1: Recall
Cluster: Know number names and the count sequence. (Major Cluster) -

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Content Complexity Rating: Level 1: Recall - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5012020: Grade Kindergarten Mathematics (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7712015: Access Mathematics - Grade Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5003010: Dance - Grade Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5020070: STEM Lab Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5012005: Foundational Skills in Mathematics K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2019 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Educational Games

Curious George - Hide and Seek:

Help George search for hidden numerals, number words, and animals in this hide-and-seek game.

Type: Educational Game

Curious George - Count with George and Allie:

Count along as Allie counts up to 20 objects in a counting book for George.

Type: Educational Game

Formative Assessments

Reading Numerals:

Students are shown the numbers 0 - 20 nonsequentially and asked to read each number aloud.

Type: Formative Assessment

You Can Do It, Sam:

Students are read the book, You Can Do It, Sam, by Amy Hest and are asked to count the number of cakes and houses in the illustrations.

Type: Formative Assessment

Model and Write Numbers:

Students use counters and ten frames to model and write given numbers.

Type: Formative Assessment

Matching Ten Frames to Numerals:

Students are asked to match four ten frames representing different numbers to the correct numerals.

Type: Formative Assessment

How Do I Write the Number?:

Students count the objects in a set and write the number of objects they counted.

Type: Formative Assessment

Field Trip to the Fire Station:

Students write the number of objects counted in sets of objects.

Type: Formative Assessment

Fall Math Story:

Students write the numbers they hear in a story.

Type: Formative Assessment

Image/Photograph

Clipart ETC: Counting:

This collection contains over 630 clipart images that can be used for counting. There are Florida-themed flash cards for numbers 0 - 10 offered in English, Spanish, and bilingual options. Illustrations of hands depicting finger counting in both American style (beginning with the index finger) and European style (beginning with the thumb) are available. There are also images of 3-dimensional designs made of cubes and illustrations of bundles of sticks and dominoes for teaching skip-counting, addition, and place value.

Type: Image/Photograph

Lesson Plans

She’s a Grand Old Flag:

Students will identify the American flag as an important symbol of the United States. They will collect and sort data from the American Flag and compare the attributes. Students will sort and count red stripes and white stripes, long stripes and short stripes, long red stripes and long white stripes, short red stripes and short white stripes. Students will compare the stripes using the number line. They will also count stars by 1’s and 10’s in this integrated lesson plan.

Type: Lesson Plan

Fishing for Five:

Counting to five can be fun! After reading Over in the Ocean and exploring animals in the coral reef, students will use goldfish to count out numbers 1 through 5. Students will count using one to one correspondence, explore with numbers and manipulatives. They will then explain how they know the number 5 represents five objects.

Type: Lesson Plan

What if there are none? Read, Write, Represent Zero:

Students will practice working with the number 0 to develop an understanding of how to represent a set that has no objects. A PowerPoint will be used to help students understand the concept of 0.

Type: Lesson Plan

Show me 1,2,3,4,5:

This lesson is designed to teach students to write and represent groups of numbers using drawings. This lesson will cover the numbers 1 to 5.

Type: Lesson Plan

Original Student Tutorials

Lucy is 5! Recognizing and Writing Number 5:

Learn to how to recognize and write the number 5 and count up to 5 objects using 10 frames and number lines as you help Lucy the dog plan a party in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Circus Time With Number 4, Recognizing and Writing Number 4:

Help Lucy the dog recognize and write number 4.  She will also learn to count up to 4 objects using a ten frame and number line in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

We Have 2 Bones! Recognizing and Writing Number 2:

Help Lucy and Izzy learn to recognize and write the number 2. In this interactive tutorial, you'll also count two objects and use a 10 frame and a number line. 

This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Where Is My Bone? Recognizing and Writing Numbers 0 and 1:

Help Lucy and Izzy explore the numbers 0 and 1 using writing, ten frames and number lines in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Washing Hands: Counting to 20:

Learn how to wash your hands and count to 20 in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Teaching Ideas

1-10 Book:

This teaching idea describes a project for kindergarten students. Students create a book of numbers 1-10. Each page has the numerical and written form of each number, as well as colorful drawings that corresponded to that number.

Type: Teaching Idea

How Many Seeds?:

In this activity, students demonstrate that they know the value of numbers by writing numerals and gluing seeds on paper apples.

Type: Teaching Idea

Text Resource

Bibliography of Counting Books:

A printable list of nine counting book references.

Type: Text Resource

Unit/Lesson Sequences

Let's Count to 20:

In this 6-lesson unit, students make groups of 10 to 20 objects, connect number names to the groups, compose and decompose numbers, and use numerals to record the size of a group. Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic activities are included in each lesson.

Individual Lessons

    • This lesson focuses on numbers 0-10, having students making groups of objects, identifying and writing numerals, and recording the number of objects in groups. First the teacher will use the concept of a "high five" to get students to make "high tens" and so on with numbers up to ten. Next they will use connecting cubes to build towers and compare them using descriptive vocabulary. They will use ten frames to lay down the conceptual framework for benchmark numbers, fives and tens. Finally they will make bean sticks to be used in a later lesson.
  • Lesson 2: Building Sets of 11 and 12
    • This lesson focuses on learning the numerals 11 and 12. First students will be shown the numeral 11 and asked how many tens and ones are in it. They will be given 10 each of two different colors of connecting blocks, and asked to make a tower of ten of one color, then add one of the other color. This will reinforce the concept of ten as a single unit. Next they will make a tower of 12, and then they will trace their tower and color it accordingly.
  • Lesson 3: Building Sets of 13 and 14
    • This lesson focuses on learning the numerals 13 and 14. First students will be shown the numerals 13 and 14 and asked to clap and count to each. They will be given 10 each of two different colors of connecting blocks, and asked to make a tower of ten of one color, then add the appropriate number of the other color. They will then trace their tower and color it accordingly. They will then use two ten frames to place the cubes and count out their numbers individually.
  • Lesson 4: Building Sets of 15 and 16
    • This lesson focuses on learning the numerals 15 and 16. First students will be given connecting cubes arranged in a set of 12-16 cubes and are asked to separate them into a group of ten and the rest singles. Then they are given loose cubes of two colors and asked to make a tower of 10 of one color, and add 5 of the other color. Students will trace the tower and color it accordingly, then write "15" using the first crayon color for the "1" and the other color for the "5". They will repeat this activity for 16. Next, they will then use two ten frames to place the cubes and count out their numbers individually. Lastly, they will use their bean sticks to count out and draw 15 and 16.
  • Lesson 5: Building Sets of 17 and 18
    • This lesson focuses on learning the numerals 17 and 18. First students will be distributed number cards and bags of connecting cubes, then asked to determine if their numeral card matches the number of cubes in the bag. If not, they are to determine whose bag does and trade with them. Next, they will be shown the numeral 18 and asked to clap and count it out. They will be given connecting cubes and asked to model 18 (and then 17) in ten frames. Then they will sort the cubes and record them into as many sets of two as they can. The next activity uses a spinner applet to randomly pick numbers 10-20 for the students to assemble towers and model bean sticks.
  • Lesson 6: Building Sets of 19 and 20
    • This lesson focuses on sets of 19 and 20. Students use ten frames, connecting cubes and bean sticks to compare other sets to a set of 20, construct and decompose, identify, write, and record groups of up to 20.

Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence

Let's Count to 10:

In this 8-lesson unit, students make groups of zero to 10 objects, connect number names to the groups, compose and decompose numbers, and use numerals to record the size of a group. Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic activities are included in each lesson.

Individual Lessons

    • Students group from zero to five objects, identify and use number names for groups, compose and decompose numbers, and record groups by writing with numerals. Students will acquire a sense of number through visual, auditory and kinesthetic activities.
  • Lesson 2: Writing Numbers to Five
    • Students construct groups up to five, identify how many in a group, and record them using numerals. They will learn the words for numbers through five in order (rote counting), and develop the ability to count rationally.
  • Lesson 3: Building Sets of Six
    • Students will construct sets of six, compare sets of up to six objects and learn to write the numeral 6. They will use a Ten Frame and recording charts to show sets of six.
  • Lesson 4: Building Sets of Seven
    • Students will learn to identify and construct sets of seven, compare them to sets of up to seven and record them in chart form.
  • Lesson 5: Building Sets of Eight
    • Students will learn to identify and construct sets of eight, compose and decompose to eight, and write the numeral 8.
  • Lesson 6: Building Sets of Nine
    • Students will learn to identify and construct sets of nine, write the numeral 9, and record it in chart form. They will also be required to identify sets of up to nine in a game.
  • Lesson 7: Building Sets of Ten
    • Students will learn to identify and construct sets of up to ten objects, compose and decompose sets, practice writing numerals 0 through 10, count back from ten, and record it in chart form.
  • Lesson 8: Wrapping Up the Unit
    • Students will review all that they have learned in the other 7 lessons in this unit by composing, decomposing, and comparing sets of zero through ten, and by writing cardinal numbers for each set.

Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence

Virtual Manipulative

Five Frame :

This applet contains four games (How Many?, Build, Fill, and Add) that utilize a frame with five slots for students to place objects, which helps students develop counting and addition skills.

Type: Virtual Manipulative

MFAS Formative Assessments

Fall Math Story:

Students write the numbers they hear in a story.

Field Trip to the Fire Station:

Students write the number of objects counted in sets of objects.

How Do I Write the Number?:

Students count the objects in a set and write the number of objects they counted.

Matching Ten Frames to Numerals:

Students are asked to match four ten frames representing different numbers to the correct numerals.

Model and Write Numbers:

Students use counters and ten frames to model and write given numbers.

Reading Numerals:

Students are shown the numbers 0 - 20 nonsequentially and asked to read each number aloud.

You Can Do It, Sam:

Students are read the book, You Can Do It, Sam, by Amy Hest and are asked to count the number of cakes and houses in the illustrations.

Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5

Circus Time With Number 4, Recognizing and Writing Number 4:

Help Lucy the dog recognize and write number 4.  She will also learn to count up to 4 objects using a ten frame and number line in this interactive tutorial.  

Lucy is 5! Recognizing and Writing Number 5:

Learn to how to recognize and write the number 5 and count up to 5 objects using 10 frames and number lines as you help Lucy the dog plan a party in this interactive tutorial.  

Washing Hands: Counting to 20:

Learn how to wash your hands and count to 20 in this interactive tutorial.

We Have 2 Bones! Recognizing and Writing Number 2:

Help Lucy and Izzy learn to recognize and write the number 2. In this interactive tutorial, you'll also count two objects and use a 10 frame and a number line. 

This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials.

Where Is My Bone? Recognizing and Writing Numbers 0 and 1:

Help Lucy and Izzy explore the numbers 0 and 1 using writing, ten frames and number lines in this interactive tutorial.  

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Original Student Tutorials

Lucy is 5! Recognizing and Writing Number 5:

Learn to how to recognize and write the number 5 and count up to 5 objects using 10 frames and number lines as you help Lucy the dog plan a party in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Circus Time With Number 4, Recognizing and Writing Number 4:

Help Lucy the dog recognize and write number 4.  She will also learn to count up to 4 objects using a ten frame and number line in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

We Have 2 Bones! Recognizing and Writing Number 2:

Help Lucy and Izzy learn to recognize and write the number 2. In this interactive tutorial, you'll also count two objects and use a 10 frame and a number line. 

This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Where Is My Bone? Recognizing and Writing Numbers 0 and 1:

Help Lucy and Izzy explore the numbers 0 and 1 using writing, ten frames and number lines in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Washing Hands: Counting to 20:

Learn how to wash your hands and count to 20 in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Educational Games

Curious George - Hide and Seek:

Help George search for hidden numerals, number words, and animals in this hide-and-seek game.

Type: Educational Game

Curious George - Count with George and Allie:

Count along as Allie counts up to 20 objects in a counting book for George.

Type: Educational Game

Virtual Manipulative

Five Frame :

This applet contains four games (How Many?, Build, Fill, and Add) that utilize a frame with five slots for students to place objects, which helps students develop counting and addition skills.

Type: Virtual Manipulative

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Text Resource

Bibliography of Counting Books:

A printable list of nine counting book references.

Type: Text Resource