Kindergarten Fall — Print Concepts, Letter Formation, and Oral Language for Writing
English · GR
K
eng.gK.f.gr.word_boundaries
Word boundaries: words are separated by spaces
Identify individual words in a printed sentence; understand that the space between two ink-marks is what defines a word.
Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
20
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors
- Sentence as a complete thought
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eng.g1.f.gr.sentence_punctuation
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Common misconceptions
- Counting morphemes instead of words ('cat-s' as two)
- Counting compound words as two ('butterfly' as 'butter' + 'fly')
- Counting syllables instead of words ('butterfly' as three)