Virginia SOL K.FFR.1.A

ELAKindergartenFoundations for Reading

The Standard

Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on a printed page, including the return sweep from line to line

Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Print Concepts: The student will apply knowledge of how print is organized and read

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students track printed words in the same order that they are read. They begin at the first word, move across each line, then shift to the start of the next line.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to the first word and tracks each line in the correct direction. At the end of a line, the student moves to the first word on the next line without prompting.
Common Misconceptions: Students may start on the right, move their finger across pictures, or skip to a different line. Some reach the line's end and track backward instead of moving to the beginning of the next line.
How to Assess It: Give each student a three-line familiar rhyme. Ask the student to point where reading begins, then track the words as you read aloud.

Lesson moves

Place word cards in three rows, then have students slide a toy car under each word as you read.
Show two possible finger paths on a page and ask, "Which path matches how we read, and why?"
Play Follow the Pointer by having partners take turns tracking a short poem while the other partner reads.
Use a classroom sign or lunch menu to practice finding where reading starts and where the next line begins.

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