Kindergarten · Reading · week 7

How Print Works

Point to words left to right and top to bottom while reading along, and show that a space separates one word from the next.

Books follow rules. Your eyes move from left to right across a line. When you reach the end of a line, you jump back to the left side and down one line.

A gap of space means a new word is starting. One written word matches one spoken word. Point to each word as someone reads it out loud to you.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Read a favorite book together and let your child hold the book and turn the pages.
  • Run your finger under the words as you read out loud, slow enough for your child to follow along.
  • Point out the space between two words on the page so "a word" becomes something they can see, not just hear.
  • Ask your child to point to the top of the page, the bottom, the first word, and the last word before you even start reading.
Talk about it:
  • Where does a reader start reading on a page?
  • What tells you that a new word is starting?
  • What do you do when your finger reaches the end of a line?

Mastery looks like: They point to words left to right and top to bottom while following along, and can show where one word ends and the next begins.

Common stumbles: Pointing to pictures instead of words; skipping the return sweep and jumping to a random spot on the next line.

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