Use in boxes below for date, observer’s initials, and notes. LLD 5 Interest in Literacy Name Attends or Plays with Attends briefly Looks at books at books page Initiates Extends literacy Initiates literacy responds to books; and to a familiar on own briefly, by page, or looking at and activities by activities that people or things Responds to adult reading or Chooses to Participates, from talking about retelling a story, relate to in basic ways other literacy books, singing join reading, beginning to end, in books, drawing classroom activities songs, or singing, or listening to stories, listening to pictures about a experiences as saying rhymes rhyming singing songs, or and talking story, or acting well as to own activities led by playing rhyming about stories, out a story experiences or an adult games, when singing songs, interests supported by an or playing adult rhyming games
Use in boxes below for date, observer’s initials, and notes. LLD 5 Interest in Literacy Name Attends or responds to people or things in basic ways Plays with books; and Responds to other literacy activities Attends briefly to a familiar adult reading books, singing songs, or saying rhymes Looks at books on own briefly, or Chooses to join reading, singing, or rhyming activities led by an adult at books page by page, or Participates, from beginning to end, in listening to stories, singing songs, or playing rhyming games, when supported by an adult Initiates looking at and talking about books, listening to and talking about stories, singing songs, or playing rhyming games Extends literacy activities by retelling a story, drawing pictures about a story, or acting out a story Initiates literacy activities that relate to classroom experiences as well as to own experiences or interests