LEARNING STANDA RD 5.B Use writing to represent ideas and information.17 Preschool Benchmarks 5.B.ECa With teacher assistance, use a combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to express an opinion about a book or topic. 5.B.ECb With teacher assistance, use a combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. 5.B.ECc With teacher assistance, use a combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to narrate a single event and provide a reaction to what happened.