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ELA-3K-3.22
Begin to orient books in correct position and
turn pages from front to back.
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Points out to friend that she’s holding
book wrong or starting at the wrong end.
Stops occasionally to look closely at a
picture as he turns the pages from front
to back.
ELA-3K-3.23
Express interest in adult writing and identify
it by meaning.
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Makes wavy lines on paper and shows
it to adult commenting “This says my
name.”
Recognizes a few letters such as ABC or
those in her name and saying “That’s my
letter.”
ELA-4K-3.22
Understand relationship between print and
pictures on page.
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Draws a picture and places scribbled letter
forms to identify it.
Shows the adult a picture and asks her to
“Read me these words about what the snake
eats.”
ELA-4K-3.23
Begin recognizing some letters in words.
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Distinguishes own name from another
beginning with the same letter.
Tells adult “That sign says ‘Z-O-O’. Is that a
word?”
ELA-K-3.22
Carry out left-to-right and top-to-bottom
directionality on the printed page.
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Looks at the book and runs her finger under
the printed text in a left-to-right and
top-to-bottom direction.
Writes words left-to-right and from the
top to the bottom of the page in his journal.
ELA-K-3.23
Distinguish between letters and words.
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Concepts About Print
Counts the number of letters in a word or
number of words on a line of print in the
morning message.
Frames the word in a big book used for
shared reading.