Each day, Mrs. Nelson sings songs with her kindergarten students during calendar time. Using a chart with the song printed on it, she taps her pointer on each word as she sings it orally with her students. She is demonstrating
A) Concept of print
B) decoding
C) think aloud
D) alphabetic principle
Ans: A) Concept of print
The teacher is demonstrating concept of print by using her pointer to show one-to-one correspondence for the words in the song.
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