Motivation to Read
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance;
Child demonstrates an interest in pictures, text, and stories read aloud.
make and confirm predictions using text features and structures with adult assistance;
Child tells a story by looking at pictures or from memory.
create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance;
Child notices and connects meaning to environmental print.
make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance;
Child recognizes when a word in a spoken sentence is changed.
Child begins to distinguish differences between similar-sounding words.
Child recognizes the individual words in a compound word.
Child participates in oral syllabication activities.
Phonological Awareness
make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance;
Child uses rhyming words through playful activities such as songs, nursery rhymes, and fingerplay.
evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance;
Child uses alliteration through playful activities such as songs and read alouds.
synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance; and