Virginia SOL K.FFR.1.C

ELAKindergartenFoundations for Reading

The Standard

Demonstrate knowledge that spoken words are represented in print and separated by spaces

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 connect each word they say with one group of letters on the page. They track words from left to right and use blank spaces to tell words apart.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to one printed word for each word spoken. The student uses spaces to find where one word ends and the next begins.
Common Misconceptions: Students may point to each letter instead of each word as they speak. They may also treat a whole line as one word or think punctuation marks are words.
How to Assess It: Show the sentence “I see a cat.” Ask the student to point to each word while reading, then count the words and spaces.

Lesson moves

Give students word cards for “We like red apples” and have them arrange the sentence with finger spaces between cards.
Display “The dog can run” and ask, “How many words do you hear and see, and what separates them?”
Play Word or Letter: show a card, and students hold up one finger for a letter or two fingers for a word.
Examine a classroom sign or lunch menu, then have students point to each word and identify the spaces between words.

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