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

3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
M-3K-1.7
Show an awareness of numbers in a personally
meaningful context.
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Tells own age by saying “3” and/or
holding up 3 fingers.
Pushes buttons on the play telephone and
says, “I am calling home.”
M-3K-1.8
Not expected at this level
M-4K-1.7
Begin to show an awareness of numbers in the
environment.
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Writes lines and squiggles to represent the
price for food in a class grocery store.
Discusses addresses in small group time and
tells the others, “My apartment number is
12.”
M-4K-1.8
Integrate mathematical ideas into personal representations.
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Places four small balls of playdough into a
nest and comments, “The mother bird laid
four eggs.”
Builds a long road with blocks and then uses
large and small blocks to create a tunnel that
“goes under the mountain so the cars can go
through.”
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M-K-1.7
Generalize connections among mathematics,
the environment, and other subjects.
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Says that she’s saving all her coins to buy
a new book from the book fair
Points to the number and says, “That says
how fast you can go,” after seeing a 55
mile per hour road sign.
M-K-1.8
Use multiple informal representations to convey
mathematical ideas.
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Sorts the leaves and makes a chart of the
different kinds of leaves collected on a
nature walk.
Pastes paper shapes in a row to
represent a pattern he has made with
wooden shapes.