Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'A'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'M'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'T'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'P'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'B'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'D'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'E'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'a'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'm'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 't'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'p'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'b'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'd'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Teacher says: 'What letter is this?' (Teacher presents flashcard with 'e'). Student response: Orally identifies the letter.
Letter Matching Task
Teacher materials: Printout of the following letters for matching. Teacher says: 'Draw a line from the big letter to its matching little letter.' or 'Point to the little 'a' next to the big 'A'.' Student action: Draws lines or points to match uppercase to lowercase letters.
Teacher notes: Observe if the student correctly matches uppercase to lowercase letters (A-a, B-b, C-c).
Teacher materials: Picture of a/an apple. Teacher says: 'What sound does 'apple' start with?' Student response: Orally provides the initial sound.
Teacher materials: Picture of a/an ball. Teacher says: 'What sound does 'ball' start with?' Student response: Orally provides the initial sound.
Teacher materials: Picture of a/an cup. Teacher says: 'What sound does 'cup' start with?' Student response: Orally provides the initial sound.
Teacher materials: Picture of a/an dog. Teacher says: 'What sound does 'dog' start with?' Student response: Orally provides the initial sound.
Teacher materials: Picture of a/an fish. Teacher says: 'What sound does 'fish' start with?' Student response: Orally provides the initial sound.
Teacher says: 'Which word rhymes with 'cat': 'hat' or 'dog'?' Student response: Orally identifies the rhyming word.
Teacher says: 'Which word rhymes with 'sun': 'fun' or 'tree'?' Student response: Orally identifies the rhyming word.
Teacher says: 'Which word rhymes with 'bed': 'red' or 'car'?' Student response: Orally identifies the rhyming word.
Teacher says: 'Say the sounds in 'sun'.' Student response: Orally segments the word into individual phonemes (e.g., /s/ /u/ /n/).
Teacher says: 'Say the sounds in 'cat'.' Student response: Orally segments the word into individual phonemes (e.g., /s/ /u/ /n/).
Teacher says: 'Say the sounds in 'pig'.' Student response: Orally segments the word into individual phonemes (e.g., /s/ /u/ /n/).
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'the'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'and'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'is'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'a'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'I'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'to'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Flashcard with the word 'in'. Teacher says: 'What word is this?' Student response: Orally recognizes and reads the word.
Teacher materials: Paper and pencil. Teacher says: 'Write your name here.' Student action: Writes their first name.
Story: Max the Dog
Teacher materials: No materials needed, just read the story aloud. Teacher says: 'Listen carefully to this story. I will ask you some questions about it.' (Teacher reads the story aloud clearly and slowly, pausing briefly at the end of each sentence.)
Story: Max is a happy dog. He loves to play fetch in the park. Max has a red ball. He barks when he wants to play.
After reading the story, teacher asks the following questions:
Who is the story about?
What does Max love to do?
What color is Max's ball?
Print Awareness Task
Teacher materials: A simple picture book (e.g., 'The Little Bear's Picnic' by Jane Doe, with a picture of a bear holding a basket on the front cover). Teacher instructions: Present the book to the student, open to a typical page with both pictures and text. Teacher says: 'Look at this book with me.'
Teacher says: 'Can you show me the front cover of the book? Now, can you show me the back cover? And where is the title of the book?' Student action: Points to each requested part.
Teacher says: 'Can you point to a word on this page? Now, can you point to just one letter?' Student action: Points to a word and a letter.
Teacher says: 'When we read, which way do we go on the page?' (gesture left to right, top to bottom if needed). Student action: Demonstrates or articulates left-to-right and/or top-to-bottom reading direction.