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Get Set for School®Language & Literacy: Observation Checklist

1. Listens Listens and responds to directions and questions

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2. Engages Engages in conversations using sentences

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3. Uses Uses words to express feelings and needs

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4. Understands Understands important signs in our environment

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5. Recognizes Recognizes parts of a book (front cover, back cover, title, pictures, words)

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6. Imitates Imitates reading books (front to back, turns pages 1 by 1)

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7. Recognizes Recognizes own name and/or names of friends and family in print

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8. Predicts Predicts what will happen next in a story

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9. Retells Retells a familiar story (beginning, middle, end)

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10. Tells Tells steps for a simple activity (take a bath, make a sandwich)

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11. Chooses Chooses books for areas of interest and uses specific vocabulary to talk about them

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12. Uses Uses pictures and play writing to express words and ideas

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eDirections:1. Fill in child’s name.2. Fill in observation date.3. Mark child’s progress.

Progress Marks

— early, emerging

3 growing

3+ meets expectation