Concepts about print (CAP) refers to what emergent readers need to understand about how printed language works and how it represents language. Successful beginning readers develop concepts about print at an early age, building on emergent literacy that starts before formal schooling.

Concepts about print are fundamental understandings that support reading acquisition.

These concepts include awareness that print carries a message. Some of the basic concepts about print include:

• Directionality (that readers and writers move from left to right and top to bottom)
• Understanding of "first and last" as it relates to words, sentences, and whole texts
• Spacing (used to separate words)
• Recognition of words and letters (children understand the concept of letter vs. word shen they recognize a difference between letters and words and realize that words are composed of letters)
• Connection between spoken and written language
• Understanding the function of punctuation
• Sequencing and locating skills

Profesional Development Tools:

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Stages of Writing Development

Phonological Awareness Self Check

Literacy Environment Checklist

Correlation Between ELLCO and ECERS-R

Checklists

Interaction Guidelines

Sounds Activities

Phonics for Spanish Speakers

"Desired Results Wall Charts"

Spanish Phoneme

"Creative Curriculum Writing Continuum"

Helping Your Children Become Readers

Fine-Motor Development

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