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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Emerging Literacy Checklist

This checklist is adapted from page 159 of English Language Arts: A Curriculum for the Elementary Level,

Saskatchewan Education, 1992. Teachers may periodically use this checklist throughout the school year to monitor a

student’s emerging literacy.

NAME:___________________________

DATE:____________________________

YES

NO

COMMENTS

Interest in Print

Is interested in books .................................................................................

Approximates reading behaviours..............................................................

Contributes to environmental print display ............................................

Selects and examines printed materials independently .........................

Enjoys being read to ..................................................................................

Participates in shared reading activities .................................................

Attempts to communicate in print ............................................................

Approximates printing with scribbles, strokes ........................................

Book Knowledge

Holds books right side up ..........................................................................

Turns pages right to left ............................................................................

Identifies where story begins, ends ..........................................................

Recognizes terms:

- title .......................................................................................................

- author ...................................................................................................

- illustrator .............................................................................................

- cover .....................................................................................................

Examines and interprets illustrations .....................................................

Retells shared stories .................................................................................

Reading and Writing Strategies

Views self as reader ...................................................................................

Attempts to read independently ...............................................................

Expects the text to make sense .................................................................

Derives meaning and makes predictions about text by:

- using picture clues ..............................................................................

- drawing on experience or knowledge of topic ...................................

- using story structure clues .................................................................

- taking risks as a reader ....................................................................

Has a store of key or sight vocabulary ....................................................

ü Can match some text with oral language ...............................................

Can follow a line of print ..........................................................................

Views self as writer ...................................................................................

Attempts to convey meaning using printed symbols ..............................

Independently initiates writing ................................................................

Takes risks in writing:

- creates symbols which represent letters ...........................................

- creates groupings of letters to represent words

ü and sentences ...................................................................................

- invents spellings .................................................................................

Willingly shares or explains own writing to others ...............................

Follows directionality of print--left-to-right, top-to-bottom ..................



INDICATORS:

NOT YET

0

YES

1

1. Can write name

ü

2. Knows phone number

ü

3. Can write address

ü

4. Recognizes different colors

ü

5. Can count to 25

ü

6. Knows alphabet

ü

7. Speaks in complete sentences

ü

8. Knows directions to school

ü

KINDERGARTEN SKILLS CHECKLIST

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