Concepts About Print - Foundation
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Concepts About Print - Foundation provides a full week of explicit early literacy teaching. Students learn where reading begins, track print from left to right, use a return sweep, and distinguish letters, words, spaces and punctuation. They identify the front and back cover, title, spine, author, illustrator and blurb, and practise navigating simple digital texts with taps, swipes, scrolling, arrows, buttons and menus.
The unit also connects print awareness with sentence and sound work. Students segment sentences into individual words, orally blend simple sound strings and segment single-syllable words into phonemes. An editable 18-slide presentation supports whole-class instruction, while the editable 22-slide quiz provides 10 interleaved question-and-answer checks.
Colour displays, cut-out pointers, Build-a-Book mats, sorting cards and four lower-case bingo boards support modelling, play and small-group teaching. Twelve black-and-white worksheet pages provide sequenced support and extension. Each meaningful worksheet has a matching answer page with a red ANSWERS label and red responses placed in the student writing spaces. The two-page assessment and five-level rubric support consistent evidence collection.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Concepts About Print editable presentation, 18 slides.
Concepts About Print editable quiz, 22 slides.
Unit plan PDF, 46 pages.
Classroom Display: Print and Screen Clues, 2 colour pages.
Student Reference: Concepts About Print, 1 colour page.
Activity: Reading Pointer Pals, 2 colour pages.
Activity: Build-a-Book Detective, 3 colour pages.
Game: Letter, Word or Punctuation Sort, 3 colour pages.
Game: Lower-Case Letter Bingo, 5 colour pages.
Worksheet 1: Print Pathways, 2 student pages and 2 answer pages.
Worksheet 2: Letter, Word or Punctuation?, 2 student pages and 2 answer pages.
Worksheet 3: Spaces Make Words, 2 student pages and 2 answer pages.
Worksheet 4: Sound It, Tap It, Map It, 2 student pages and 2 answer pages.
Worksheet 5: Book Parts Detective, 2 student pages and 2 answer pages.
Worksheet 6: Author or Illustrator?, 1 student page and 1 answer page.
Worksheet 7: Screen Text Navigator, 1 student page and 1 answer page.
Assessment: Print and Screen Detective Check, 2 student pages and 2 answer pages.
Rubric: Concepts About Print Rubric, 1 landscape page.
Combined protected preview PDF.
LEARNING FOCUS
Follow print from left to right and top to bottom.
Use return sweep when moving to a new line.
Recognise letters, words, spaces and punctuation.
Identify how books and simple digital texts are organised.
Use book features and basic digital navigation tools.
Segment sentences into individual words.
Orally blend and segment simple single-syllable words.
CLASSROOM USE
Use the presentation across approximately five whole-class lessons. Reinforce each concept with the display and student reference card, then rotate the pointer, Build-a-Book, sorting and bingo resources through small groups. Select the worksheet pages for independent practice, intervention or extension. Finish with the editable quiz, two-page assessment and rubric.
YEAR / SUBJECT / TOPIC
Year level: Foundation
Subject: English
Topic: Concepts about print, book and screen organisation, word boundaries, oral blending and segmenting
CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT
Australian Curriculum v9: AC9EFLA04, AC9EFLY10
Australian Curriculum v8.4: ACELA1433, ACELA1819
Victorian Curriculum 2.0: VC2EFLA04, VC2EFLY04
NSW: ENE-PRINT-01, ENE-VOCAB-01, ENE-PHOAW-01
Western Australia: WAPELAT3, WAPELAP2
Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1, RF.K.1.a-c, RF.K.2, RF.K.2.b-e, RF.K.3.d
England: UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-R-C, UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-R-WR
New Zealand: NZ-Y0-ENG-R-WR-COP-1 to COP-3; NZ-Y0/Y1 writing and phonics mappings supplied in the listing metadata
Texas: TEKS-ELAR-GK-8F, 2C, 2D, 9B, 9C, 2A
Ontario: CAN-GK-LANG-OE9, OE11, OE12; CAN-G1-LANG-C1.2, C1.3, B2.1, B2.3, B2.4
FORMATS / PAGE COUNT / ANSWER STATUS
Formats: PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX
Unit plan: 46 pages
Presentation: 18 slides
Quiz: 22 slides
Answer key: Yes - 14 red-answer pages covering all meaningful worksheet and assessment responses
Suggested duration: Approximately one week / five lessons
TEACHER BENEFITS
Provides a sequenced week rather than disconnected single activities.
Combines explicit modelling, hands-on learning, independent practice and assessment.
Includes colour teaching resources and printer-friendly black-and-white student pages.
Keeps explanations, quiz questions and answers editable in PowerPoint.
Supplies matching answer pages and a consistent five-level rubric.
DIGITAL PRODUCT AND LICENCE NOTE
This is a digital product; no physical item is supplied. Purchase permits use by the individual purchasing educator in their own classroom in accordance with Sukindi's licence terms. Redistribution, resale, public posting and sharing outside the licensed classroom are not permitted.
