First Grade Language Arts Standards

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Reading Literature

• • Key details in a text

• •Retell stories, including key details

• •Describe characters, settings, and major events

• •Identify unknown words and phrases

• •Explain differences between books that tell stories and books that give information

• •Identify who is telling the story

• •Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events

• •Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters

• •Read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity

Reading Informational Text

• •Identify the main topic and retell key details

• •Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information

• •Clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text

• •Know and use various text features to locate key facts

• •Distinguish between information provided by pictures or by words

• •Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas

• •Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text

• •Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic

• •Read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1

Foundational Skills

• •Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print

• •Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.

• •Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

• •Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Writing

• •Compose opinion pieces

• •Compose informative /explanatory texts

• •Narrate two or more events

• •Respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing

• •Use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing

• •Participate in shared research and writing projects

• •Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question

Speaking and Listening

• •Participate in group conversations

• •Recount key details in a text read aloud

• •Ask questions to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood

• •Describe people, places, things, and events in detail

• •Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions

• •Produce complete sentences

Language Standards

• •Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage

• •Demonstrate command English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

• •Clarify unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases

• •Demonstrate understanding of figurative language

• •Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading

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