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

M-3K-1.3
Not expected at this level
M-3K-1.4
Not expected at this level
3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
M-4K-1.3
Investigate solutions to simple problems.
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Adds drops of water to sand to try to make
a sandbox road firm.
Places two rocks on a balance scale to
identify the one that is heavier.
M-4K-1.4
Locate patterns in the environment.
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Looks at his painting and says, “I made a
pattern- blue line, yellow line, blue line,
yellow line. “
Points out the two colored pattern of checks
on her shirt.
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M-K-1.3
Explain and justify answers to simple problems.
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Shows on a ruler how he measured his
bean plant to see how much it grew this
week.
Tells the teacher that she counted how
many cups of water she poured into each
container to decide which holds more.
M-K-1.4
Analyze patterns by reasoning systematically.
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Says that there are three red cubes
before every green one, so that must be
the pattern-red, red, red, green.
Listens to a clap-stamp pattern in a chant
and shows a friend how to do it by
starting with a clap.