Language Arts Readiness
for the Year

Recognizes name
Writes first name
Can say full name
Says ABC's
Writes letters introduced
(Ll,Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii, Ss, Ff, Rr, Kk,)
Identifies letters introduced
Knows sounds of letter introduced
Knows position words
( left, right, top, bottom, middle, above, beneath
under, over, in, out, beside, between, before, behind, in front,
of, under, over, after, near, far, first, next, last)
Concepts pf print: Show me the title of the book.
Knows what an author & illustrator's job is.
Frames "a word" with fingers
Frames "a sentence" with fingers.
Can name end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark)
Identifies how many words in a sentence. The cat is black.
Can dictate a sentence to go with self drawn picture.
Can identify initial (beginning) sounds of words: top pig nest
B lends sounds:/b/ /at/ =bat
Can rhyme: cat/hat dog/hog sad/mad
Can tell you the 2 words that make up a compound word.
doghouse=  dog  house
Can tell you how many syllables are in a word.