Elementary School - Grade 1

Literacy

Concepts about print:

• Identify cover page of a book
• Follow left-to-right progression

Decoding:

• Identify consonants and corresponding sounds
• Identify vowels and corresponding short and long vowels sounds
• Decode words with initial and final consonant blends
• Decode words with initial and final consonant digraphs
• Decode words with vowel digraphs
• Demonstrate understanding of one-to-one letter/sound correspondence
• Identify and use rhyming words
• Recognize word patterns

Comprehension:

• Retell main events from story read aloud
• Identify events from the beginning, middle and the end of the story
• Sequence events
• Recognize fantasy vs. reality
• Identify main characters
• Make predictions about text
• Relate story to personal experience
• Describe setting
• Identify the main idea of the story

Writing:

• Contribute to class writing activities
• Use phonetic spelling to write
• Write words to convey thoughts
• Use known letters or approximations of letters to represent written language
• Demonstrate understanding that print carries a message
• Create story maps for reading and writing
• Edit for punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point)
• Edit for capitalization (names of people and places, beginning of sentence, the word "I")
• Write simple story with beginning, middle and end
• Use a word wall for reference

Grammar

• Recognize antonyms and synonyms
• Generate antonyms and synonyms
• Alphabetize words using initial letter
• Recognize compound words
• Identify apostrophe in contractions

Communication:

• Follow directions
• Take turns during discussions
• Show appropriate sitting behavior during group discussion
• Give opinions and descriptions
• Express feelings