WORD ANALYSIS, FLUENCY, AND SYSTEMATIC VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT 
 

 
Concepts About Print.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Match oral words to printed words.

 
1.2 Identify the title and author of a reading selection.

 
1.3 Identify letters, words, and sentences.

 
Phonemic Awareness.

 
Skills:

 
1.4 Distinguish initial, medial, and final sounds in single-syllable 
words.

 
1.5 Distinguish long- and short-vowel sounds in orally stated
single-syllable words.

 
1.6 Create and state a series of rhyming words, including 
consonant blends.

 
1.7 Add, delete or change target sounds in order to 
change words.

 
1.8 Blend two to four phonemes into a recognizable word.

 
1.9 Segment single syllable words into their components.

 
Decoding and Word Recognition.

 
Skills:

 
1.10 Generate the sounds from all the letters and letter 
patterns, including consonant blends and long- and short-vowel 
patterns, and combine those sounds into recognizable words.

 
1.11 Read common, irregular sight words.

 
1.12 Use knowledge of vowel digraphs and r-controlled
letter-sound associations to read words.

 
1.13 Read compound words and contractions.

 
1.14 Read inflectional forms and root words.

 
1.15 Read common word families.

 
1.16 Read aloud with fluency in a manner that sounds like
natural speech.

 
Vocabulary and Concept Development.

 
Skills:

 
1.17 Classify grade-appropriate categories of words.

READING COMPREHENSION
 

 
Structural Features of Informational Materials.

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Identify text which uses sequence and/or logical order.

 
Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text.

 
Skills:

 
2.2 Respond to who, what, when, where, and how questions.

 
2.3 Follow one-step written instructions.

 
2.4 Use context to resolve ambiguities about word and sentence
meanings.

 
2.5 Confirm predictions about what will happen next in text by
identifying key words.

 
2.6 Relate prior knowledge to textual information.

 
2.7 Retell the central ideas of simple expository or narrative
passages.

LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS 
 

 
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text.

 
Skills:

 
3.1 Identify and describe the story elements of plot, setting, and 
characters, including the story's beginning, middle, and ending.

 
3.2 Describe the role and contribution of authors and illustrators 
to print materials.

 
3.3 Recollect, talk, and write about books read during the 
school year.

WRITING STRATEGIES 
 

 
Organization and Focus.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Select a focus when writing.

 
1.2 Use descriptive words when writing .

 
Penmanship.

 
Skills:

 
1.3 Print legibly and space letters , words, and sentences 
appropriately.

WRITING APPLICATIONS (GENRES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS) 
 

 
Using the Grade 1 Writing Strategies.

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Write brief narratives describing an experience.

 
2.2 Write brief expository descriptions of a real object, person, 
place, or event using sensory details.

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
 

 
Sentence Structure.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Write and speak in complete, coherent sentences.

 
Grammar .

 
Skills:

 
1.2 Identify and correctly use singular and plural nouns.

 
1.3 Identify and correctly use contractions and singular possessive
pronouns in writing and speaking.

 
Punctuation.

 
Skills:

 
1.4 Distinguish between declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences.

 
1.5 Use period, exclamation point, or question mark at the end
of sentences.

 
1.6 Use knowledge of basic punctuation and capitalization
when reading.

 
Capitalization.

 
Skills:

 
1.7 Correctly capitalize the first word of a sentence, names of 
people, and the pronoun "I".

 
Spelling.

 
Skills:

 
1.8 Spell three- and four-letter short-vowel words and phonetically 
spell other sight words correctly.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES
 

 
Comprehension.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Listen attentively.

 
1.2 Ask questions for clarification and understanding.

 
1.3 Give, restate, and follow simple two-step directions.

 
Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication.

 
Skills:

 
1.4 Stay on topic when speaking.

 
1.5 Use descriptive words when speaking about people, places, 
things, and events.

SPEAKING APPLICATIONS (GENRES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS)
 

 
Using the Grade 1 Speaking Strategies.

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Recite poems, rhymes, songs, and stories.

 
2.2 Retell stories using basic story grammar, sequencing story 
events by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.

 
2.3 Relate an important life event or personal experience
using simple sequencing.

 
2.4 Provide descriptions with careful attention to sensory detail.