Progress Monitoring Tool for
Concepts of Print:
Concepts of Print Checklist
Name:
Administer this assessment using a simple leveled book. Ask the questions as you read the
child the book.vAsk child each question as written. For each item, if a response is
correct, make a mark on the line in the appropriate column. An incorrect response
should be noted on the line. If a prompt is used, note that.
Dates:
1. What is the right way to hold this book?
2. Can you show me the front cover of the
book?
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3. Can you point to the title?
4. Can you show me the part that tells the
story?
5. Where does the story begin?
6. Where does the story end?
7. Point to the place on the page where
someone would begin to read?
8. Can you move your finger to show me the
words that someone would read next?
9. Can you move your finger to show me
where to go after I finish reading this line?
10. When I get to the end of this page, where
will I find the next line?
Based on Marie Clay’s Concepts of Print
11. Can you point to a letter on this page?
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12. Can you show me a word?
13. Can you point to the first letter in the
word?
14. Can you point to the last letter in the
word?
15. Look for a capital letter and point to it.
16. Can you point to a small letter?
17. What do you call this mark?
(Teacher: Point
to a period.)
18. What do you call this mark?
(Teacher: Point
to a question mark.)
19. What do you call this mark?
(Teacher: Point
to a comma.)
20. What do you call these marks?
(Teacher:
Point to quotation marks.)
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