Early Childhood Standards of Quality for ... - State of Michigan

ELE: early Learning in maTHEMATICS• Adults model the process of measuring and talk through their process.• Adults point out multiple types of measurement; e.g., length, area, weight,capacity, time and temperature.• Adults ask open-ended questions.Questions for Reflection1. To what degree is the environment rich with objects natural, interestingand beautiful that children can manipulate, measure and describe?2. What tools are in the environment for children to use in measuring?3. How does the daily routine incorporate concepts about measurement,across domains; i.e., song, movement, literacy?4. What practices are in place to help children learn to organize theirmaterials and information?5. To what extent do adults use descriptive language regardingmeasurement, size, comparisons and attributes?6. How do adults respond verbally and non-verbally to children’s activitywhen making comparisons?7. How are parents involved or informed about the classroom activities andlearning that can be extended at home?6. Early Learning Expectation: Children can translate a problem oractivity into a new form (e.g., a picture, diagram, model, symbol,or words) by applying emerging skills in representing, discussing,reading, writing, and listening. [HSCOF-M 4.1.2]Children typically:1. Participate regularly in informal conversations about mathematicalconcepts and relationships.2. Talk about their own mathematical explorations and discoveries usingsimple mathematical language and quantity-related words.3. Show growth in understanding that number words and numeralsrepresent quantities.4. Begin to use symbols to represent real objects and quantities.5. Make progress from matching and recognizing number symbols toreading and writing numerals.6. Recognize that information comes in many forms and can be organizedand displayed in different ways.7. Begin to record their work with numbers in a variety of simple concreteand pictorial formats, moving toward some use of number symbols.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten 115