NY Next Generation ELA KRF1

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Standard Cluster

Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards

Cluster contents

KRF1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students handle books and follow print from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. They connect spoken words to letter sequences, notice spaces, name letters, and identify book parts.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can track words while an adult reads and show where one word ends and another begins. The student names uppercase and lowercase letters and locates the front cover, back cover, and title page.
Common Misconceptions: Students may track pictures instead of print, move across a page in the wrong direction, or treat a whole sentence as one word. They may confuse a book's cover with its title page.
How to Assess It: Give the student a simple book and one printed sentence. Ask the student to identify book parts, track the sentence, point to spaces, and name selected letters.

Lesson moves

Use a pointer and word cards to rebuild a sentence, leaving a craft-stick space between each word.
Ask, ‘How does a reader know where to start, where to move next, and when to turn the page?’
Play Print Feature Hunt for covers, title pages, spaces, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters.
Examine a classroom sign and track its words in order before using the sign's directions.

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