Know the parts of a book and their functions.

Begins to track print when listening to a familiar text being read or when rereading own writing.

Reads familiar text energetically, i.e., not neccessarily verbatim from the print alone.

Recognizes and can name all uppercase and lowercase letters.

Understands that the sequence of letters in a written word represents the sequence of sounds (phonemes) in a spoken word (alphabetic principle).

Learns many, though not all, one-to-one letter sound correspondences.

Recognizes some words by sight, including a few very common ones (a, the, I, my, you, is, are).

Uses new vocabulary and grammatical constructions in own speech.

Makes appropriate switches from oral to written language situations.

Notices when simple sentences fail to make sense.

Connects information and events in texts to life and life to text experiences.

Retells, reenacts, or dramatizes stories or parts of stories.