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

ELA-3K-4.7
Not expected at this level.
3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
ELA-3K-4.8
Participate in small group reflections on
recent event.
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Answers “Pumpkin, corn, flowers” when
asked “What else did we see at the farmers’
market?” while making a class list.
Watches with interest as teacher writes
a thank you note to the firefighters who
visited the class.
ELA-4K-4.7
Begin to understand the relationship between
oral language and written language.
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Names the first letter in his name when
asked, “How do I write your name?”
Identifies words on objects in the room like
“table” or “door”.
ELA-4K-4.8
Contribute to small group or whole class dictation
activities.
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Answers “Halloween” when the teacher asks
“What kind of pumpkin?” while recording a
dictation story about a trip to the farmers’
market.
Tells the teacher what his favorite animal was
at the zoo as they make a class book.
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ELA-K-4.7
Edit writing with teacher support.
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Replaces the lowercase letter with an
uppercase letter for the first word of a
sentence during a writing conference.
ELA-K-4.8
Revise writing with teacher support.
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Gives a substitute word or an adjective
when rereading a class chart. For instance,
when reading “The pumpkin was
big” the student may propose “orange” or
“huge” to revise the sentence.