Standards
Reading:
1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development
Students understand the basic features of reading. They select letter patterns and know how to translate them into spoken language by using phonics, syllabication, and word parts. They apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.
2.0 Reading Comprehension
Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed (e.g., generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, comparing information from several sources). In grade one, students begin to make progress toward this goal.
Structural Features of Informational Materials
2.1 Identify text that uses sequence or other logical order.Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
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.2.6 Relate prior knowledge to textual information.
2.7 Retell the central ideas of simple expository or narrative passages.1.0 Writing Strategies
Students write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea. Their writing shows they consider the audience and purpose.
Organization and Focus
1.1 Select a focus when writing.
1.2 Use descriptive words when writing.Penmanship
1.3 Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately.2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
2.2 Write brief expository descriptions of a real object, person, place, or event, using sensory details.
1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions
1.1 Write and speak in complete, coherent sentences.
1.6 Use knowledge of the basic rules of punctuation and capitalization when writing.
Capitalization
1.7 Capitalize the first word of a sentence, names of people, and the pronoun I.1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies
1.5 Use descriptive words when speaking about people, places, things, and events.
2.0 Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
.1 Recite poems, rhymes, songs, and stories.
2.2 Retell stories using basic story grammar and relating the sequence of story events by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.
2.3 Relate an important life event or personal experience in a simple sequence.
2.4 Provide descriptions with careful attention to sensory detail.