Which activity aligns with improving students' ability to understand print directionality?

• A. Tracking print from left to right as the teacher reads aloud.
• B. Completing worksheets on shapes.
• C. Drawing pictures about a story.
• D. Highlighting vocabulary words only.

Answer: (A)

Understanding print directionality means recognizing that English text moves from left to right and top to bottom. An activity that directly supports this is tracking print from left to right while the teacher reads aloud, using a finger or a pointer to follow the text as it progresses. This models the actual reading process for emergent readers and helps train their eyes to move in the correct sequence across the page, laying a foundation for fluent reading. Other activities like completing shapes worksheets, drawing pictures about a story, or highlighting vocabulary words focus more on shapes, creativity, or word recognition and don’t teach the directional flow of print. So, following the text left to right during read-aloud is the best fit for developing print directionality.