Standards
Foundational Skills: Students gain a working knowledge of concepts of print, alphabetic principle, and other basic conventions.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. <ul><li>Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence.</li></ul>
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). <ul><li>Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.</li><li>Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken and written words.</li><li>Orally produce single-syllable words, including consonant blends and digraphs</li><li>Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.</li><li>Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in one-syllable words to make new words.</li></ul>
Generate resourceKnow and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. <ul><li>Identify common consonant diagraphs, final-e, and common vowel teams.</li><li>Decode one- and two-syllable words with common patterns.</li><li>Read grade-level words with inflectional endings.</li><li>Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.</li></ul>
Generate resourceRead with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. <ul><li>Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.</li><li>Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.</li><li>Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.</li></ul>
Generate resourceReading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
Generate resourceDescribe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Generate resourceUse various text features and search tools to locate key facts or information in a text.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
Generate resourceIdentify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
Generate resourcephrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to texts, including words that signal connections and relationships between the words and phrases.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content.
Generate resourceRead and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceReading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature—with emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Generate resourceRetell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Generate resourceDescribe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Generate resourceExplain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading or range of text types.
Generate resourceIdentify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Generate resourceUse illustrations and details in a story to describe characters, setting, or events.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content.
Generate resourceUse words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to texts, including words that signal connections and relationships between the words and phrases.
Generate resourceRead and comprehend literature on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceWriting: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
Generate resourceWrite informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information.
Generate resourceDemonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. <ul><li>Capitalize dates and names of people.</li><li>Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series.</li><li>Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.</li></ul>
Generate resourceCreate an organizational structure that includes reasons and provides some sense of closure.
Generate resourceDemonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. <ul><li>Capitalize dates and names of people.</li><li>Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series.</li><li>Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.</li></ul>
Generate resourceRecount two or more appropriately sequenced events using temporal words to signal event order and provide some sense of closure.
Generate resourceDemonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. <ul><li>Capitalize dates and names of people.</li><li>Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series.</li><li>Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.</li></ul>
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing including in collaboration with peers.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Generate resourceWrite routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Generate resourceSpeaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
Generate resourceParticipate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Generate resourceConfirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
Generate resourceDescribe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
Generate resourceAdd drawings or other visual displays when sharing aloud to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Generate resourceDemonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking, based on Grade 1 level and content.
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