Foundational Skills
Standard
Focus Skill
Description
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1b
Read and share meaning of environmental print
Read and tell the meaning of familiar signs and symbols in or from the environment (e.g., stop sign, exit sign)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1a
Know which direction readers move through text
Hold a book upright and understand that words are read from left to right and top to bottom
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1d
Differentiate the shapes of different letters
Distinguish between the shapes of different letters (e.g., pick the letter that is different in S, S, C; pick the letter that is different in E, f, f)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1d
Name letters and recognize lower / uppercase forms
Name some of the letters of the alphabet and recognize their lower- and uppercase forms
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1
Distinguish letters from words
Distinguish letters from words (e.g., identify which is a word, not a letter, from choices c, t, cat; identify which is a letter, not a word, from choices this, b, fox)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1
Distinguish letters from numbers
Distinguish letters from numbers (e.g., select J from choices J, 8, 7)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1c
Clap and count the words in a given sentence
Clap and count the number of words in a given sentence
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2a
Recognize with aid rhyme / sound repetition
With support, recognize rhyme and sound repetition