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

3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
M-3K-5.3
Explore measurement informally through
play.
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Pours water from one container to another
at the water table.
Fills the baskets on the balance scale
with acorns to see which one goes down
first.
M-3K-5.4
Associate at least one measurement device
with its purpose.
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Tells a friend, “We got a new alarm clock
so we’d know when to get up.”
Uses a large tape measure to pretend to
measure how long his road is.
M-4K-5.3
Use nonstandard units of measure to compare
everyday objects.
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Measuring the table using blocks and saying
“The table is five blocks long”
Plays at the water table and says that it takes
five full glasses to fill up the pitcher.
M-4K-5.4
Associate at least two measurement devices with
their purposes.
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Goes to the cupboard to get a yardstick so
the teacher can measure her height.
Comments while playing in the house area,
“Get me a thermometer. This baby has a
fever.”
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M-K-5.3
Use nonstandard units to explore the measurement
concepts of length and weight.
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Counts the number of tiles that it takes to
make up the child’s length while laying on the
tile floor.
Holds up individually each rock picked up on
the playground to decide which one weighs
the most.
M-K-5.4
Identify rulers, yardsticks, and tape measures
as devices used to measure lengths; scales
and balances as devices used to measure
weight; calendars and analog and digital
clocks as devices used to measure time; and
digital and standard thermometers as
devices used to measure temperature.
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Recalls her center play by saying, “I
weighed the rock on the scale and it
weighed 1 pound”.
Looks at the calendar to see when he can
take the class pet home.