English Language Arts, Grade 1, 2007
1.) Demonstrate phonemic awareness, including isolating, deleting, and adding phonemes; using onsets and rimes; and identifying initial, medial, and final sounds in one-syllable words.
• Blending phonemes to produce sounds
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2.) Utilize predictable letter-sound relationships to decode printed words, including words with consonant blends that require blending 3-4 phonemes into a whole word.
• Blending sounds to form words
• Identifying sound-spelling relationships of consonants and vowels
• Segmenting printed words into phonemes
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3.) Demonstrate vocabulary skills, including sorting words into categories and deriving word meaning from context within sentences and paragraphs.
Examples: categories--synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
• Using new words from reading when writing and speaking
• Recognizing words in the environment
• Asking questions for clarification
• Spelling correctly sight words and single-syllable, phonetically regular words
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4.) Read with comprehension a variety of first-grade narrative and informational texts, including recalling information and retelling a story with beginning, middle, and end.
• Recognizing cues provided by print
• Making predictions from text clues
• Stating main ideas about a topic in informational text
• Connecting events in a story to specific life experiences
• Monitoring comprehension during reading
• Drawing simple conclusions
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5.) Read with fluency simple passages containing simple sentences.
• Reading 40-60 words per minute
• Recognizing first-grade high frequency words by sight
Examples: Dolch word lists, basal reader word lists
• Attending to end punctuation in phrasing
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6.) Recognize a variety of narrative text forms, including fairy tales, adventure stories, and poetry.
• Identifying characters, settings, problems, and solutions in a variety of texts
• Comparing story elements through text-to-text connections
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7.) Use the basic features of informational text to distinguish fact from fiction.
Examples: captions, headings, table of contents
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8.) Use complete sentences to address a topic or tell a story.
• Using graphic organizers to outline content
• Rereading to make revisions
• Editing for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
• Publishing final draft
• Using descriptive, narrative, and expository modes of writing
• Writing simple poems addressing a topic
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9.) Use periods at the end of sentences and capitalization at the beginning of sentences and with the pronoun I.
• Using question marks at the end of asking sentences
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10.) Use a word that names a person, place, thing, or animal as the subject of a sentence.
• Using verbs to show action
• Using adjectives to describe
• Identifying singular and plural nouns
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11.) Exhibit proper letter formation, spacing, and letter-line placement in words and sentences.
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12.) Collect information from print and nonprint resources to investigate a teacher- or
student-selected topic.
Examples: nonfiction books, videos, resource persons, interviews, Web-based sources, dictionaries
• Generating oral and written questions to gather information
• Using parts of a book to locate information
• Using alphabetical order to the first letter to access information
• Interpreting information from simple charts, maps, graphs, and directions
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13.) Listen for meaning in conversations and discussions, including looking at the speaker without interrupting.
• Following two- and three-part oral directions
• Making connections to literature read aloud
Examples: text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world
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14.) Use appropriate intonation when speaking and interacting with others.
• Using grammar and word choice appropriate for a specific audience
• Reciting poems, rhymes, songs, and stories
• Demonstrating the ability to take turns in a conversation
• Expanding vocabulary reflective of a growing range of interests and knowledge
• Using pictures, objects, music, and computer resources to present information
• Using the writing process to prepare oral presentations
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