K-Ready
Child identifies letters of the alphabet and produces the correct sound associated with letters
Competency
Demonstrated
Child demonstrates awareness that spoken language is made of up smaller segments of sound
Competency
Demonstrated
Can produce a rhyming word
What rhymes with 'mat'?
Can identify the beginning sound in a word
What's the first sound in 'dog'?
Can provide a word with the same first sound.
'Dog' starts with the /d/ sound. What else starts with the /d/ sound?
Child ask and answers questions about a text that is read aloud do them
Competency
Demonstrated
Answers questions about information that is is explicitly stated in the story
What color were the cat's eyes?
Answers questions about information that is not explicitly stated in the story, such as making inferences, predictions, or describing how a character might feel.
How did Whiskers feel when he found the box?
Provides a summary of a story, highlighting a number of key ideas and how they relate.
What happened in this story?
Print Awareness
Child demonstrates an understanding of how print is used (functions of print) and the rules that govern how print works (conventions of print)
Competency
Demonstrated
Understands that printed words are made up of individual letters
Can you tap each letter in the word?
Can identify book parts and features, including the front cover, title, and author.
Can you turn to the first page of the story?
Can look at letters and words (in a book, on paper, or on screen) and determine what type of document they are looking at.
Is this a list, a note, or a story?