CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1
The Standard
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
What This Standard Means
Students need to know how books and print work. They should hold a book right side up, find the front cover, turn pages in order, and understand that print carries the message. They should track words from left to right and top to bottom.
Mastery looks like a child pointing to words while a shared text is read, naming parts of a book, and showing where reading starts. Students often mix up letters, words, and sentences. They may also point randomly instead of matching spoken words to print.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs a familiar big book and ask them to show the front cover, title, first page, and where reading starts.
- Ask, “How do you know where to start reading on this page?” and have students explain using a classroom chart.
- Show a page from a picture book and ask each child to point to one word, one letter, and the first word.
- Bring in a cereal box or class note and ask students to show where the print is and what job it has.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1c
Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.1
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5
Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in...