Concepts About Print:

• Understand that printed materials provide information.
• Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
• Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page.
• Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words.
• Distinguish letters from words.

Phonics:

• Say rhyming words in response to an oral prompt.
• Recognize a series of words that have the same beginning sound.
• Blend sounds orally to form words.
• Segment words heard orally into separate sounds.
• Orally manipulate phonemes in words by omitting, adding and substituting sounds to form new words (e.g., man, can, and Dan).
• Blend consonant-vowel-consonant sounds aloud to make words.
• Recognize and name all capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
• Read high frequency words by sight.

Fluency:

• Participate in reading of familiar text.
• Read a familiar text independently.

Comprehension:

• Take initiative to self-select books.
• Investigate picture books, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, poems, legends, etc.
• Identify the use of different text forms, such as magazines, notes, lists, letters, and storybooks.
• Discuss prior knowledge of topic.
• Use learning aids (e.g., KWL, webs, graphic organizers, and technology).
• Retell a story pointing to words in a book.
• Use pictures and text to make predictions about what will happen next.
• Relate text to personal experiences.
• Dramatize, retell, or dictate what has been learned.
• Respond appropriately to questions about the text.
• Discuss and draw pictures to portray characters, settings, and events in stories.
• Compare and contrast a variety of literary works (e.g., fiction and non-fiction stories, poetry, and nursery rhymes).
• Recognize the style of various authors/illustrators.
• Describe the similarities and differences among multiple versions of the same story.
• Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction.

Grammar:

• Write first and last name using correct upper and lowercase letters.
• Use developmental spelling to construct words.
• Use developmental spelling to construct sentences of three or more words.
• Experiment with basic components of writing (e.g., capital letters, punctuation, and directionality).

Writing:

• Communicate information through graphic aids or developmental writing.
• Experiment with different forms of writing (e.g., lists, notes, stories, and letters).
• Begin to brainstorm to gather information.
• Use various approaches to write a story (e.g., pictures, scribbles, and letter approximations).
• Attempt to write text that is related to the picture.
• Maintain focus when communicating ideas.

Speaking:

• Recall recent events.
• Relay needs with appropriate language.
• Respond using complete sentences.
• Convey events in logical order.
• Attempt to use new vocabulary.

Listening:

• Complete a 2-3 step task based on oral instruction.
• Show interest in listening to and discussing storybooks.
• Relate response to personal experiences.
• Ask and answer questions related to the story or topic.
• Make statements related to the discussion topic, as appropriate.