Language Arts Report Cards

 

During the 1st Grade year, your child will encounter the following skills and concepts in their Language Arts Classroom:

 

Foundational Skills

 

• Recognize distinguishing features of a sentence (First word, capitalization and ending punctuation)

• Distinguish long and short vowels

• Demonstrate understanding of syllables and sounds

• Know and apply phonics and decoding skills

• Read high frequency words

• Read irregularly spelled words (words that don’t follow the rules)

• Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

 

Reading Informational Text

 

• Identify main ideas and details

• Ask and answer questions about key details

• Make connections between 2 pieces of information

• Use text features to aide comprehension

• Ask and answer questions to clarify what words and phrases mean in text

• Use illustrations and details in a text to describe key ideas

• Identify basic similarities and differences between 2 texts on the same topic

• Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to  text

• Read and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently

 

Reading Literature

 

• Retell stories and  key details and understand the message

• Ask and answer questions about key details

• Use key details to describe characters, settings, and major events in a story

• Identify who is telling the story

• Explain differences between books that  tell stories and books that give information

• Identify words or phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses

• Use illustrations and details in a story to describe characters, settings, or events

• Compare and contrast the experiences of characters in stories

• Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases

• Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to  text

• Read and comprehend literature independently and proficiently

 

Writing

 

• Write for different purposes and audiences

• Write clear and focused text to define a perspective

• Capitalize dates and names of people

• Use end punctuation and commas in dates and words in a series

• Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns

• Respond to questions and suggestions to strengthen writing

• Use digital tools to produce and publish writing

• Participate in individual or shared research and writing projects

 

Speaking and Listening

 

• Participate in collaborative conversation

• Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud, information presented orally, or through other media

• Ask questions to understand or clarify what a speaker says

• Describe using details and expressing ideas and feelings clearly

• Use conventions of standard English when speaking