• Phonemic Awareness- knowing that most letters make sounds
• Phonics: associating a sound with a letter, or letters
• Vocabulary: words in the story
• Fluency: reading without pausing after every word
• Writing: invented spelling is appropriate at this age - lines or other marks that represent a sound in a word, i.e., l l l for CAT.
• Comprehension: understanding what was read
• Teaching Letters of the Alphabet:

environmental print, alphabet books, magnetic letters, letter stamps, alphabet stamps, alphabet chart, letter containers, letter frames, letter books and posters, letter sorts, white boards