ELA.K.2.1

Use Strategies and CuesUse prior knowledge:-connect oral language with print and pictures-understand that stories, information and personal experiences can be recorded in pictures and print and can be listened to, read or viewed-expect print and pictures to have meaning and to be related to each other in print and other media texts-understand that print and books are organized in predictable waysUse comprehension strategies:-begin to use language prediction skills when stories are read aloud-ask questions and make comments during listening and reading activities-recall events and characters in familiar stories read aloud by others-read own first name, environmental print and symbols, words that have personal significance and some words in textsUse textual cues:-attend to print cues when stories are read aloud-begin to identify some individual words in texts that have been read aloudUse phonics and structural analysis:-begin to make connections among sounds, letters, words, pictures and meaning-identify and generate rhyming words in oral language-hear and identify sounds in words-associate sounds with consonants that appear at the beginning of personally significant wordsUse references:-recite the letters of the alphabet in order-copy scribed words and print texts to assist with writing