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Domain: Language and Literacy

Indicator: Begins to develop knowledge about letters

Child’s name / Identifies some letters when using alphabet play dough cutters / Recognizes their name / Comments
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Domain: Language and Literacy

Child’s Name / Able to discriminate sounds in listening game / Chants familiar rhyme during circle time / Participates in alliterative songs and/or games. / Claps out syllables in his/her name / Substitutes different beginning sounds in “Willoughby Wallaby Woo”
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Indicator: Demonstrates phonological awareness

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Domain: Language and Literacy

Indicator: Recounts some key ideas and details from text

Child’s Name / Acts out a familiar story with their classmates
(finger plays, flannel stories, nursery rhyme) / Looks at pictures in a book and makes up a story / Comments
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Domain: Language and Literacy

Child’s Name / Uses labels in the classroom to return material / Engages in pretend reading activities / Moves from left to right and top to bottom when pretending to read or write / Comments
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Indicator: Shows beginning concept of print

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Domain: Language and Literacy

Indicators: Speaks clearly enough to be understood without contextual clues

Uses expanded vocabulary and language for a variety of purposes

Child’s Name / Talks to other students in housekeeping and block centers / Explains his/her show and tell object to the class / Retells how he/she used his/her senses to cut open the pumpkin / Comments
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Domain: Language and Literacy

Child’s Name / Implements morning routines:
Hangs up book bag and places lunch order / Follows directions to “Tooty Tot” / Understands bathroom procedures: flushes toilet, washes hands, throws paper towel in trash / Comments
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Indicator: Follows two or three directions