LLC4. Engagement

Maintains some shared attention while being read to and/or looking at pictures.

Makes sounds while looking at text or images.

Engages with books and other print materials (e.g., child brings book to caregiver for reading).

Points to a few pictures in print on their own or in response to a question from a caregiver.

Imitates reading.

Makes a connection between an object in print and an object in real life.

Asks for or picks out favorite texts.

Focuses on a book while listening to the reader.

Points to both pictures and text when engaging with print books (e.g., points to letters in their name).

Shows persistence with longer and more complex narratives and informational text (e.g., maintains attention throughout read aloud).

Offers a personal response to stories read aloud.

Actively participates in reading activities with enjoyment and purpose.

Retells familiar stories using a book as a guide.

Initiates shared and solitary book use.

Requests information and access to new literacy materials.

Notices environmental print (e.g., classroom or building signs, food logos) and finds meaning behind it.

Demonstrate understanding of the basic features of print: 
a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom and page by page. 
b. Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. 
c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print

Choose and read texts that explore personal identity and interests, with prompting and support.

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text, with prompting and support.

Identify the topic of a text, with prompting and support.

Identify characters and setting, in a literary text, with prompting and support.

Describe the connection between two pieces of information, events, people or ideas in informational text, with prompting and support.

Recognize the difference between literary and informational text, through listening or reading.

Recognize the connection between illustrations and text.

Recognize common types of text (e.g., storybooks, informational, poems) through listening or reading.