1.B2.1

demonstrate understanding of readingreadiness concepts (e.g., recognize the directionality of English print; identify the letters of the Roman alphabet in printed texts; demonstrate understanding of basic sound-letter correspondences; interpret pictures and use picture clues to aid comprehension), and apply a few appropriate reading strategies to: familiarize themselves with texts before they read them (e.g., activate and build on prior knowledge using pictures, other visual supports, and teacher cues; preview key vocabulary and contribute to word walls; predict meaning using pictorial clues and create questions as a class), understand texts while they are reading them (e.g., apply sight recognition of highfrequency words; look at images and photographs to clarify meaning; track words during a teacher read-aloud), confirm understanding of texts after they have read them (e.g., retell events in a story sequentially; record key information and facts using simple graphic organizers)