Texas Kindergarten Math TEKS Coverage Map
Math Quest Academy · Parent and educator review · Reviewed October 2026
This page connects Texas Kindergarten math expectations to existing learning activities and identifies where an explicit assessment or new lesson is still required.
Review in progress — not a certification. A linked game is an example of relevant instruction, not proof that it completely covers the expectation or that a child has mastered it. Each standard still needs evidence-based curriculum review and educator validation.
Priority improvements before claiming Texas alignment
The site already offers useful practice in counting, operations, shapes, and picture graphs. Several standards have appropriate hands-on activities as well.
High-priority gaps: K.9 financial literacy (earned income, gifts, job skills, needs and wants); assessing instant recognition of small quantities; counting backward to 20; building and comparing sets through 20; naming capacity as a measurable attribute; recognizing 2D faces of 3D solids; and independently creating real-object and picture graphs.
Note about K.1: Texas mathematical process standards are embedded throughout teaching and learning; parents should ask children to explain methods, choose tools, and justify their answers rather than treating a game score as proof.
How to use this map
Choose a TEKS row, open the related activity if available, then observe the child demonstrating that expectation without answer prompts. Use the existing hands-on record and Common Core checklist where applicable. Mark uncovered expectations for future lessons and educator review. Do not automatically translate these findings into a passing grade or school-credit decision.
Mathematical process standards — K.1
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.1A | Apply mathematics to everyday situations | Open activity ↗ | Practice available; observe application |
| K.1B | Plan, solve, justify, and check a solution | Open activity ↗ | Adult explanation needed |
| K.1C | Select tools and techniques for problem solving | Open activity ↗ | Adult observation needed |
| K.1D | Communicate mathematics with numbers, words, pictures, and graphs | Open activity ↗ | Adult observation needed |
| K.1E | Create and use representations | Open activity ↗ | Adult observation needed |
| K.1F | Connect and explain mathematical relationships | Open activity ↗ | Adult observation needed |
| K.1G | Explain and justify ideas using mathematics vocabulary | Open activity ↗ | Adult observation needed |
Number and operations — K.2
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.2A | Count forward and backward to at least 20 | Open activity ↗ · Number Trail ↗ · Number Trail ↗ · Oral Count Coach ↗ | Backwards oral counting needs explicit check |
| K.2B | Read, write, and represent numbers 0–20 | Open activity ↗ | Hands-on writing required |
| K.2C | Count sets to at least 20; explain that the last number names the total | Open activity ↗ | Hands-on evidence available |
| K.2D | Recognize small quantities instantly in arranged or scattered groups | Domino Dots ↗ · Quick-Look Dots ↗ | Brief dot-display recognition practice (1–5) added; independent observation and educator review still needed |
| K.2E | Build groups showing more, fewer, or equal quantities to 20 | More or Fewer ↗ · Make Groups Up to 20 ↗ | Interactive group-building practice added; physical counters and educator review recommended |
| K.2F | Show one more and one less than numbers to 20 | Open activity ↗ · Number Trail ↗ | Practice available; check through 20 |
| K.2G | Compare two sets containing up to 20 objects each | More or Fewer Groups ↗ · Compare up to 20 ↗ | 12 balanced more/fewer/equal comparison questions up to 20 added; hands-on demonstration still needed |
| K.2H | Compare written numbers up to 20 | Open activity ↗ | Game available; verify 11–20 |
| K.2I | Compose and decompose numbers up to 10 | Open activity ↗ | Practice and hands-on checks available |
Addition and subtraction — K.3
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.3A | Model joining and separating with objects or pictures | Open activity ↗ | Hands-on evidence available |
| K.3B | Solve addition/subtraction stories with totals and differences within 10 | Open activity ↗ | Practice and hands-on checks available |
| K.3C | Explain addition and subtraction strategies in words, pictures, and equations | Open activity ↗ | Adult explanation needed |
Money and counting sequences — K.4–K.5
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.4 | Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by name | Coin-name game ↗ · Extra coin counting ↗ | New coin-name game includes all four coins; adult identification with real coins still needed |
| K.5 | Recite numbers to at least 100 by ones and tens starting at a given number | Open activity ↗ · Number Trail ↗ · Oral Count Coach ↗ | Adult oral counting check; starting number needs verification |
Geometry — K.6
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.6A | Identify circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares (including squares as rectangles) | Open activity ↗ · Square & Rectangle Detective ↗ | Clarify square as special rectangle |
| K.6B | Identify cylinders, cones, spheres, and cubes in real objects | Open activity ↗ | Practice and hands-on checks available |
| K.6C | Identify flat 2D faces of solid 3D objects | Open activity ↗ · Flat Face Detective ↗ | Explicit 2D-face check needed |
| K.6D | Describe attributes of flat shapes | Open activity ↗ | Practice and hands-on checks available |
| K.6E | Sort regular and irregular 2D and 3D shapes at different orientations/sizes | Open activity ↗ · Shape Sorting Studio ↗ | Irregular forms need verification |
| K.6F | Create 2D shapes using materials and drawing | Open activity ↗ | Hands-on evidence available |
Measurement — K.7
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.7A | Describe length, capacity, and weight of objects | Open activity ↗ · Capacity Detective ↗ | Capacity needs explicit assessment |
| K.7B | Directly compare objects with the same measurable attribute | Open activity ↗ · Capacity Detective ↗ | Hands-on evidence available |
Data and graphs — K.8
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.8A | Collect, sort, and organize information into 2–3 categories | Open activity ↗ | Sorting present; data collection needs checking |
| K.8B | Create graphs with real objects and pictures | Open activity ↗ · Build Picture Graph ↗ | Graph reading game exists; student graph creation needs hands-on task |
| K.8C | Interpret and draw conclusions from real-object or picture graphs | Open activity ↗ · Graph Conclusions ↗ | Graph reading practice available |
Personal financial literacy — K.9
| TEKS | What to learn | Existing resource | Current review finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.9A | Identify ways people can earn income | Money Smart Kids ↗ | Guided lesson and practice available; hands-on assessment and educator review pending |
| K.9B | Distinguish income earned from money received as gifts | Money Smart Kids ↗ | Guided lesson and practice available; hands-on assessment and educator review pending |
| K.9C | Identify simple skills people need for jobs | Money Smart Kids ↗ | Guided lesson and practice available; hands-on assessment and educator review pending |
| K.9D | Distinguish needs from wants and connect income to meeting both | Money Smart Kids ↗ · Needs & Wants Sorting ↗ | Guided lesson and practice available; hands-on assessment and educator review pending |
Next curriculum-development work
Build and review a kindergarten coin-identification check with all four required coins, a separate set of personal-finance learning activities, and the identified hands-on number, measurement, geometry and graph-creation checks. This coverage map should be revised after each new activity is tested and reviewed by a qualified educator.
Standards source: Texas Education Agency, 19 TAC §111.2, Kindergarten Mathematics. This page is an internal curriculum planning crosswalk, not a Texas Education Agency endorsement or approved instructional-materials determination.