This is a presentation I created to explain the Concepts of Print to Kindergarten parents at our school's Literacy Night. Parents said it was very helpful!

1. Kindergarten
Print Concepts
presented by
Jennifer Jones
Lake Myra Elementary
Literacy Night & Parent PAC Meeting
November 3, 2011

2. By the end of the
1 st Quarter….
All Kindergarten
students should be able to
point to…..

3. Front of the book

4. Back of the book

5. The title

6. Print carries message

7. Where to begin reading

8. The direction to read

9. One letter

10. Two letters

11. By the end of the
2nd Quarter….
All Kindergarten
students should be able to
point to…..

12. Where to go at the end of a line

13. n b r
Name three letters on a page

14. One word

15. Two words

16. First letter in a word

17. Last letter in a word

18. A capital letter

19. Any of
these.
A lower case letter

20. A period

21. One to one correspondence

22. By the end of the
3rd Quarter….
All Kindergarten
students should be able to
point to…..

23. First word of a sentence

24. Last word of a sentence

25. Name of the author

26. By the end of the
4th Quarter….
All Kindergarten
students should be able to
point to…..

27. A question mark (?)

28. A sentence

30. References
Dabcovich, L. (1988). Busy beavers. New York, NY: Scholastic.
THANK YOU!
Jennifer Jones
Lake Myra Elementary, K-2 IRT
www.helloliteracy.blogspot.com
jjones2@wcpss.net