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

M-3K-3.3
Not expected at this level.
3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
M-3K-3.4
Recognize similar objects in the environment
by color, shape or size.
Snapshots:
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Gathers up only the yellow tennis balls on
the playground.
Comments, “Hey! Sue and I have big
lunch bags today.”
M-4K-3.3
Recognize a simple pattern and extend.
Snapshots:
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Lines up blocks in a tall-short/tall-short
pattern and says we need a tall one next.
Notices that friends are lining up boy, girl,
boy, girl and calls a boy to come up next.
M-4K-3.4
Sort and classify objects by one attribute (size,
shape, or color).
Snapshots:
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Picks out the red counters from a small
basket.
Decides to pick up all of the triangle blocks
during clean-up.
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M-K-3.3
Translate simple repeating and growing patterns
into rules.
Snapshots:
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Comments that a red-red-green/red-redgreen
pattern is the same as a clap-clapstep/clap-clap-step
pattern (e.g. both are
AAB patterns).
Looks at steps made from unit blocks and
says that each step is one more block
than the one below it.
M-K -3.4
Classify objects according to one or more attributes
such as color, size, shape and
thickness.
Snapshots:
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Sorts the buttons by color and then sorts
each color group into large and small
buttons.
Looks through the new library books, and
sorts them by thick and thin.