Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

Concepts of
print skill
Book
orientation

Teachers action

scores

The teacher will put

the book upside down
in front of the child and
say:

holding the book

show me the
front of this book

knowing the
difference
between title and
author

show me the
title, show me
the authors
name

1 point for place the

book correctly to front
page

1 point for responding

correctly for both
questions
point for one correct
answer

My Week storys instruction for teacher

My Week story is appropriate story for children in kindergarten and
primary level. The aim of the story is to help beginning readers to
develop their reading.
There are certain features you will be assess the child on each page.

Cover Page:

Pages 1 and 2:
Concepts of
print skill
Directionality
reading from left
to right

Teachers action

scores

The Teacher will

say:
-

show me
where I should
start reading

1 point for point the first

word of the first sentence,
or point the beginning of
the first sentence

1 point if the child move

The teacher will say: his/her finger from left to
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One-to-one
correspondence

-which way do I
go?
-

point to each
word as I read

right
1 point for follow and
match text as teacher read

Pages 3 and 4:
Concepts of
print skill
Return sweep to
left

Teachers action

scores

The teacher will point on

the last word of the first
sentence
She will ask the child:
- After I read this
word, where do I
go?

1 point for Sweeping

back to the left on the
next line or move
down the page

Pages 5 and 6:
Concepts of
print skill

Teachers action

scores

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12B4EPR01

Concepts of
word and letter

The teacher open the

page then ask the child:
circle a word
circle two words

The teacher will point on

a word then ask:
show me the first
letter in this word
show me the last
letter in this word

1 point for circling

correctly by finger or
pencil for both
*it might be any words
on the page
point for one
correct respond
0 point for just circle
a group of letters

1 point for pointing

correctly by finger or
pencil for both
point for one
correct respond

0 point for just circle

a group of letters

Pages 7 and 8:
Concepts of
print skill
Capital and
lower case
letters

Teachers action

scores

The teacher open the

page then ask the child:
-

show me a capital
letter
show me a lower
case letter

1 point for both

correct pointing by
using pencil or finger
point for
responding correctly
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to one question

Pages 9 and 10:

Concepts of
print skill
letter order

Teachers action

scores

The teacher
See this page, I will
read it. Help me and
tell me what is wrong
on it

1 point for notice any

reordering letters in a
word and explain

Then she will read the

page 11 slowly as it
correctly printed

Pages 11 and 12:

Concepts of
print skill
Text carries the
message not the
picture

Teachers action

scores

The teacher will say:

- Show me the
picture
- Show me the
words

1 point for pointing

correctly to picture
and words or describe
them.
point for respond
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to one question
correctly

Pages 13 and 14:

Concepts of
print skill
Inversion of
picture
(top-bottom
picture)

Teachers action
The teacher will NOT
MENTION that picture is
UPSIDE DOWN
She will ask the child:
- show me the top
of the picture

Show me the
bottom of picture

scores

1 point for comment

verbally Or point the
bottom of the page Or
turning the book then
point correctly
0 point for not
responding Or point
wrongly
1 point for comment
verbally Or point the
bottom of the page Or
turning the book then
point correctly
0 point for not
responding Or point
wrongly

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Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

Concepts of
print skill
Punctuation
- meaning of
question mark

meaning of
period

Teachers action

The teacher will point on

the question mark and
ask the child:
- What is this for?
Do you know what
is called?

The teacher will point on

the period and ask the
child:
- What is this for?
Do you know what
is called?

scores

1 point for both

explaining the
function and naming
the form.
point for responding
correctly to one
question
1 point for both
explaining the
function and naming
the form.
point for responding
correctly to one
question