Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.K.F.1.1

ELAKindergartenLearning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

The Standard

Demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of print.

Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students handle a book correctly and follow print across and down a page. They identify letters and words, connect spoken words to print, and name uppercase and lowercase letters. They use print for meaning and pictures for clues.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to book parts, finds a printed word, and tracks a sentence from left to right. The student names uppercase and lowercase letters and matches spoken words to printed words.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat pictures as the words or point to letters when asked to find a word. They may track right to left, skip lines, or confuse letter names with letter sounds.
How to Assess It: Give each student a simple book and ask, “Show the front cover, find one word, track this sentence, and name these four letters.” Include uppercase and lowercase letters.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a book, sticky notes, and letter cards to label the front cover, back cover, title page, one letter, and one word.
Display a picture with one sentence and ask, “What does the print tell us, and how does the picture help?”
Play Print Detective by calling out directions such as find a word, circle a letter, point to the first line, or match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Take a classroom sign walk and have students point out words, letters, and pictures that help explain each sign’s meaning.

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