First Grade Literacy Content Standards

First grade students are expected to:

• Reading
  • Understand concepts about print
    • demonstrate one to one correspondence of word to text
    • know parts of a book (identify title, author, contents page, etc.)
    • identify letters, words, and sentences
  • Phonemic awareness
    • distinguish long and short vowel sounds in orally stated single-syllable words (e.g. mad/made)
    • create and state a series of rhyming words (including consonant blends)
    • add, delete, or change sounds in order to change words (e.g. cow to how, cat to rat)
    • blend sounds to read words (e.g. /c/a/t/ = cat)
    • hear and segment initial, medial, and final sounds in single syllable words
  • Decoding and word recognition
    • read familiar texts aloud with ease and accuracy (fluency)
    • know all letter names, shapes, and sounds including consonant blends, long and short vowel patterns and blend those sounds into recognizable words
    • recognize high frequency words (e.g. the, said, and, etc.)
    • use knowledge of vowel digraphs and r-controlled letter sounds to read
    • sound out words, break words into smaller parts (e.g. -s, -ed, -ing, look, looked, etc.)
    • read compound words and contractions
    • predict unknown text, monitor own reading, and self-correct using meaning, structure, and visual cues while reading
    • read common word “families”
  • Comprehension 
    • recall details (responding to who, what, when, where, and how questions)
    • relate prior knowledge to textual information
    • retell the central ideas of a simple story
    • follow one-step written instructions
    • use story context and pictures to predict and confirm
    • use story structure to interpret text (beginning, middle, ending, characters, setting, problem, solution)
  • Vocabulary/concept development
    • classify grade appropriate categories of words (e.g. concrete collections: food, animals, etc.)
• Writing
  • Write first and last name using upper and lower case letters
  • Write for a variety of purposes
    • write lists, signs, notes, stories, poems, journals, letters, etc.
    • convey a message using multiple sentences in a simple narrative or factual report, such as writing about personal experience
  • Demonstrate knowledge of:
    • simple sentence construction
    • capitalization of proper nouns, the pronoun "I", and the first word in a sentence, correctly using singular and plural nouns
    • periods, question marks, and exclamation marks in story writing
    • contractions and singular possessive pronouns (e.g. my/mine, his/hers, etc.)
  • Write with phonetic (temporary) spelling for unknown words using beginning, middle, end letter sounds, and basic spelling patterns; -at, -ing, -ike
  • Use a core of correctly spelled high frequency words
  • Write legibly using correct spacing between words and appropriate letter formation
  • Use descriptive words when writing
  • Begin to reread writing for clarity, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
• Listening and speaking
  • Listen to a variety of literature for enjoyment and information
  • Listen attentively, respectfully, and critically to others
  • Listen and follow simple two-step directions
  • Tell or retell stories in sequence, and relate to personal experience
  • Communicate ideas effectively, for example:
    • using suitable voice level
    • sustaining topic
    • providing appropriate responses
    • asking appropriate questions
    • using descriptive words
    • incorporating sensory detail
  • Participate in whole class and small group activities, for example:
    • discussion
    • role playing
    • recite poems, rhymes, songs and stories
    • readers’ theater
    • sharing

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