Good Start, Grow Smart Early Learning Standards - SC Department ...

3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
M-3K-2.3
Compare quantities using general terms.
Snapshots:
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Tells a friend that his cup is still full so he
has more water than she does.
Looks at her snack and says, “I don’t have
as much as she does.”
M-3K-2.4
Understand the concept of adding one more
(joining) and taking one away ( separating).
Snapshots:
• Looks for one more glove so he’ll have
two.
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Eats one of her two apple slices and says,
“See, now I only have one left.”
M-4K-2.3
Compare sets of no more than ten objects using
the terms “more than” or “same as”.
Snapshots:
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Counts and says, “I have 5 green cubes and 3
red cubes. I have more green.”
Matches her string of beads to her friends
and says, “Mine is the same as yours.”
M-4K-2.4
Represent simple joining and separating situations
through 4.
Snapshots:
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Looks at a domino and says, “Three dots and
one dot makes four.”
Shows a friend that if he gives him two of his
four trucks, he’ll only have two left.
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M-K-2.3
Compare sets of no more than 31 objects by
using the terms more than, less than and the
same as.
Snapshots:
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Counts picture sets of dogs and cats and
says, “There’s only 13 dogs. That’s less.”
Looks at several drawings of houses and
says, “My house has more windows than
anyone’s, but the same number of doors.”
M-K-2.4
Represent simple joining and separating situations
through 10.
Snapshots:
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Adds a friend’s five beads to her string
of five beads and says, “Now I have ten
beads.”
Gives a friend one of his 7 markers and
says, “Now I only have 6 markers.”