The students will:

• record spoken language
• write from left to right and top to bottom
• connect words with meaning
• sequence events
• write a variety of forms
• utilize emergent reading and writing skills to make signs and record structures
• create their own bookshelves-develop fine motor skills
• write for a variety of purposes

Through observation and direct communication, assess whether the student:

• chooses and uses materials appropriate to the task
• perseveres with the task/activity
• chooses to hear a story at the listening centre
• participates in teacher read aloud/shared reading
• handles books appropriately
• uses effective language to express/describe
• recognizes print in the environment
• imitates reading/writing behaviour
• experiments with sounds, words and patterns of language

Manipulative Stage
The child:

• write scribbled symbols that have meaning to the child
• begins to write random letters
• experiments with letters and prints

• connects words with meaning
• begins to put words together for formal meaningful sentences

• identifies a sequence of events
• begins to use descriptive language effectively
• is aware of syntax
• develops the ability to write for a variety of purposes

Teaching/Assessment Strategies

Materials/Resources

• involve the students in determining the uses of various tools and resources
• have students create signs and labels for constructions at other centres
  encourage students to record ideas/responses to individual discoveries, problems, etc.