Students are learning early literacy skills like alphabet knowledge, letter-sound connections, and concepts about print. Teachers should have students identify and say letters, sort pictures by initial sounds, and engage in pretend writing. Assessment involves pointing to letters, sounds, and capital letters. Developing concepts of print directionality, punctuation, and words helps early readers.

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2. Alphabet Knowledge “Learning the names of the letters is an important first step towards learning the sounds associated with the letters.” Examples: B=Bee, K=Kay, Z=Zee Sing alphabet songs, display alphabet books, have alphabet games, use signs, name tags First step of assessment should have students point to letters and say them out loud

3. Letter-Sound Knowledge Connection between letters and sounds Begin picture sorts Encourage pretend writing and invented spelling

4. Concepts About Print Print referencing during reading and writing Identify different forms of print and their functions Punctuation and directionality in print “who can point to a capital letter D?” COW: concept of word in text. Using finger pointing when reading