Moffat County School District RE-1

Literacy

First Grade

Students will:

Comprehension

1. follow oral directions.

2. follow simple written directions.

3. retell text with some detail.

4. identify beginning, middle, and end of text.

5. identify characters, settings, problems, and solutions.

6. acquire new vocabulary words in the context of stories, themes, and content areas.

7. use pictures to increase understanding.

8. use context clues.

9. reread and self-correct.

10. use letter sound relationships when reading.

11. use cueing systems: meaning, structure, visual.

12. recognize letters and sound-symbol relationships.

13. recognize long and short vowel sounds and patterns.

14. identify consonant blends and digraphs.

15. read sight words from a high-frequency list (100).

Written and Oral

1. read familiar text fluently by:

· reading in phrases;

· using punctuation to gain meaning when reading;

· reading with expression.

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2. apply the writing process by:

· generating topics through pre-writing activities;

• aligning purpose with an intended audience;

· writing a rough draft with the necessary components for a specific genre;

· editing a revised draft using resources (for example, dictionary, word lists, spell check, and glossary);

· proofread the revised draft;

· present the final copy according to purpose (for example, read aloud, display, publish, mail, send, and perform).

3. apply the traits of ideas, organization, and conventions by:

· using details in writing;

· staying on topic;

· writing in sequence.

4. experience the terminology and use of:

· word choice;

· sentence fluency;

· voice.

Conventions

1. Spelling:

· use phonetic spelling;

· use standard spelling on first 100 high frequency words;

· apply common spelling patterns and rules.

2. Grammar:

· recognize nouns and verbs;

· recognize plural forms of nouns.

3. Punctuation:

· correctly use periods and question marks in sentences.

4. Capitalization:

· correctly use capitals for sentences, names, and the word "I".

5. Handwriting:

· write legibly.

Strategies for Thinking

1. make predictions.

2. use past experiences to understand text.

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3. make a simple story map.

4. question while reading.

5. visualize while reading.

Research

1. learn the purpose of a dictionary.

2. apply alphabetizing skills to simple reference materials.

3. alphabetize to the first letter.

Literature

1. be exposed to quality literature in a variety of genre.

2. distinguish between fact and fantasy.

3. be introduced to a variety of authors and illustrators.

4. compare text from different cultures.

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