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

Standard ELA-6: The student will begin to access
and use information from a variety of sources.
3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
ELA-3K-6.1.
Ask “why” questions about things in their
world.
Snapshots:
•
•
Asks a classroom visitor why he is wearing
a uniform.
Asks the teacher why the gerbil can’t
talk.
ELA-3K-6.2
Look at books, pictures, and videos with
interest.
Snapshots:
•
•
Browses through new books and photographs
in various classroom centers.
Watches short film about a dairy farm and
identifies some of the animals.
ELA-4K-6.1
Ask “how” and “why” questions about things in
books and their environment.
Snapshots:
•
•
Brings a book about cars to the teacher and
asks why all cars have four wheels.
Contributes to a class discussion about questions
to ask the pet store owner when they
take a field trip to the mall.
ELA-4K-6.2
Begin to use classroom resources such as books,
charts, photographs and graphs to gain information
about topics of interest.
Snapshots:
•
•
Browses two or more books, internet sites,
brochures, charts, and pictures to learn more
about airplanes.
Looks at new printed materials that the
teacher has added for their project on pets.
79
ELA-K-6.1
Generate “how” and “why” questions about a
topic of interest.
Snapshots:
•
Gives questions when completing a
simple “What do we want to learn” chart
about a specific topic. For instance, if
completing a chart on trucks, the child
may ask, “How big are the tires on an 18
wheel truck?” or “Why do trucks have
such big mirrors?”
ELA-K-6.2
Recognize that information can be found in
print sources (for example, books, pictures,
simple graphs, and charts) and nonprint
media (for example, videos, television, films,
radio, and the Internet).
Snapshots:
•
•
Brings a magazine from home about motorcycles
to share with his friend who was
interested in motorcycles.
Asks the teacher to help them use the internet
to locate information about caring
for a pet.