1.C4.1

demonstrate understanding of writingreadiness concepts (e.g., directionality of English print; the importance of spacing between letters and words; the location of text in relation to the lines on a page and margins; the print characters of the Roman alphabet; basic sound letter correspondence), and use a few prewriting strategies to generate vocabulary and develop and organize ideas for writing (e.g., activate prior knowledge about a topic through brainstorming and read-alouds; use visuals and manipulatives, and view non-narrative films to generate ideas; gather information from field trips or shared classroom experiences)