Subject Level: Awareness of Print

The awareness of print topics that we cover in this section include the basics of how print works. For example, we read from books that have a front cover, back cover and a spine that holds them together. The pages of a book are turned one at a time so the story makes sense. There are big words and small words and we can use our counting skills to count how many letters are in words. Letters come in different shapes and sizes that we can categorize. You will find tons of resources here to help you with your lessons about awareness of print.

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CCSS RF.K.1 & RL.K.6

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Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Dolch Nouns #3

This worksheet has five Dolch nouns – girl, flower, nest, bed, and house. Kids count the letters in each word, write the numbers in the boxes, and color.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Dolch Nouns #4

Kids get another opportunity to count the number of letters in a handful of words. The words on this worksheet – school, doll, car, rabbit, and baby – are all Dolch nouns. Have kids count then color the objects.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Animals Sorting

Here’s a pocket chart activity for you! Kids read the animal words, count how many letters are in that word and sort by how many. The words have 3 to 7 letters. This 15 page set includes 21 cards with pictures, 21 cards without pictures and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, etc.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Animals Strips

Here’s a nifty set of animal word strips you can pass out to your kids individually or on a ring. Kids read the words (if they can) and then count how many letters are in the word. They use a dry erase marker to write how many in the box.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Colors Sorting

This is a pocket chart activity. Kids read the color words, count how many letters are in that word and sort by how many. These words have 3 to 6 letters. This set includes 6 cards with pictures, 6 cards without pictures and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, “5 letters”, and “6 letters”.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Colors Strips

Here’s some cool strips with color words. You can pass these out to your kids individually or as a set on a ring. Kids read the words, count how many letters are in the color word and write that number with a dry erase marker.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Numbers Sorting

Kids read the number words (1-10) in this pocket chart activity, count how many letters are in that word and sort by how many. These words have 3 to 5 letters. This set includes 10 cards with the corresponding numbers, 10 cards without the corresponding number and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, and “5 letters”.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Numbers Strips

This set of strips has 10 number words on them. You can pass these out to your kids individually or as a set on a ring. Kids read the number words, count how many letters are in the words, and write them on the card with a dry erase marker.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Dolch Nouns Sorting

Here’s a pocket chart activity with Dolch nouns. Have your kids count how many letters are in each word and sort by how many. These words have 3 to 6 letters. This set includes 45 cards with a picture, 45 cards without a picture and cards that have “3 letters”, “4 letters”, “5 letters” and “6 letters”.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Dolch Nouns Strips

This set of print awareness how many letter strips has 45 Dolch nouns on them. You can pass these out to your kids individually or as a set on a ring. Kids read the words, count how many letters are in the words, and write them on the card with a dry erase marker. 16 pages.

Print Awareness – How Many Letters – Dolch Words Sorting

Another pocket chart activity you could use over and over. Kids read the Dolch preprimer words, count how many letters are in each word and sort by how many. These words have 1 to 6 letters. This set includes 11 pages of 41 cards without a picture and cards that have “1 letter”, “2 letters”, an so on to “6 letters”.