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1. Phonological Awareness
- the broad term used to describe the process of identifying and manipulating the larger parts of spoken language such as words, syllables, onsets, and rime, as well as the smaller parts of spoken language such as phonemes, the individual sounds within a word.

2. Concept of Word
-The ability to match the one to one correspondance of spoken words into written words.

3. Concepts of Print, Vocabulary, and Language Development
-knowledge about directionality, such as how to hold and read the words in the book. -Vocabulary development is learning about everyday concepts and related vocabulary. He uses knowledge from prior experiences to predict how the world works.

4. Alphabet Recognition
-knowledge that each written letter (grapheme) has an individual name and shape. By the end of Kindergarten, the student should be able to name almost every letter even if the letters are given out of order.

5. Letter-Sound Relationships
-the specific knowledge that each letter (grapheme) has a distinct sound.

6. Listening Comprehension
-the ability to comprehend text when it is read aloud to them.

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Small Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC words) <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Example: cat, dog, fit, pet, Etc

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Sight Words <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Example- the, a, at, I, it

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Decodable Readers <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Small books with CVC and sight words for easy reading.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Source: Special Connections by University of Kansas <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personal Teaching Experience