Kindergarten Fall — Print Concepts, Letter Formation, and Oral Language for Writing
English · GR K eng.gK.f.gr.print.directionality

Print directionality: left-to-right, top-to-bottom, return sweep

Recognize and demonstrate that English print is read left-to-right, top-to-bottom, with a return sweep at the end of each line.

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
8
Typical minutes
20
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs

No prereqs — this is an entry skill.

Successors
  • eng.gK.s.gr.word_boundaries
    (not yet loaded)
  • eng.g1.f.gr.sentence_punctuation
    (not yet loaded)
Common misconceptions
  • Reading right-to-left because Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, or Urdu was the home-language model
  • Skipping the return sweep and continuing in a straight line off the right edge of the page
  • Treating page-turn direction as fixed (some children try to read English right-to-left in a Japanese-style flipped book)

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
1 Show me the front cover of this book. point to
2 Track this line of print with your finger as we read together. finger track
3 Marie Clay adapted protocol: 6 print-concept questions. protocol