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Reading Foundational Skills—Grade 1

Reading Foundational Skills—Grade 1
Fluency
RF.1.4. Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.
RF.1.4.a. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
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RF.1.4.c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Phonological Awareness
RF.1.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.2.a. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
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RF.1.2.b. Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
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RF.1.2.c. Construct and deconstruct spoken single syllable words into initial, medial vowel and final sounds (phonemes).
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Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.1.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.1.3.a. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
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RF.1.3.c. Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
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RF.1.3.d. Demonstrate knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
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RF.1.3.e. With adult support, decode two-syllable words by breaking the words into syllables.
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RF.1.3.f. Read words with inflectional endings.
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RF.1.3.g. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
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Print Concepts
RF.1.1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print to aid in comprehension.
RF.1.1.a. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence including first word, capitalization, spacing and end-ing punctuation.
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Reading Standards for Literature—Grade 1

Reading Standards for Literature—Grade 1
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7 Students will integrate and evaluate content presented in print/non-print forms of text found in diverse media and formats.
RL.1.7. Use a story’s illustrations and details to describe its characters, setting and events.
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9 Students will analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
RL.1.9. Compare/contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10 Students will read, comprehend and analyze complex literary texts independently and proficiently.
RL.1.10. With prompting and support, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to make sense of grade-level appropriate, complex literary
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Craft and Structure
4 Students will interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.1.4. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses in order to construct meaning.
 
5 Students will analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole.
RL.1.5. Recognize major differences between the structures of poems, stories and dramas, including but not limited to linear, nonlinear and circular structures.
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6 Students will analyze how point of view, perspective and purpose shape the content and style of a text.
RL.1.6. With prompting and support, identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
 
Key Ideas and Details
1 Students will read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.1.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer explicit questions about key ideas and details, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
 
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2 Students will determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; cite specific textual evidence, including summary, paraphrase and direct quotations, to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.1.2. With prompting and support, recognize key details from a summary to demonstrate understanding of the author’s message, lesson learned and/or moral.
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Reading Standards for Informational Text—Grade 1

Reading Standards for Informational Text—Grade 1
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10 Students will read, comprehend and analyze complex informational texts independently and proficiently.
RI.1.10. With prompting and support, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to make sense of grade-level appropriate, complex informat
 
Craft and Structure
4 Students will interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RI.1.4. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a grade-level text.
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6 Students will analyze how point of view, perspective and purpose shape the content and style of a text.
RI.1.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7 Students will integrate and evaluate content presented in print/non-print forms of text found in diverse media and formats.
RI.1.7. Use the visuals and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
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9 Students will analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
RI.1.9. Identify information from two or more texts on similar themes or topics.
 
Key Ideas and Details
1 Students will read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RI.1.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer explicit questions about key concepts and details, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
 
2 Students will determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development; cite specific textual evidence, including summary, paraphrase and direct quotations to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RI.1.2. With prompting and support, recognize key details from a summary to demonstrate understanding of the central idea of a text.
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Composition—Grade 1

Composition—Grade 1
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
6 Students will gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source and integrate the information for the purposes of analysis, reflection and research while avoiding plagiarism.
C.1.6. With guidance and support, collect information from real-world experiences or provided sources to answer or generate questions.
 
Text Types and Purposes
1 Students will compose arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
C.1.1. Compose opinion pieces, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to state the topic and an opinion.
C.1.1.f. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
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2 Students will compose informative and explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization and analysis of content.
C.1.2. Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and provide information about the topic.
C.1.2.g. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
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3 Students will compose narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events, using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
C.1.3. Compose narratives, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.
C.1.3.b. Recount a single event or multiple events, memories or ideas.
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C.1.3.f. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
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Language—Grade 1

Language—Grade 1
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
4 Students will use a variety of strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases, consulting reference material when appropriate. Students will acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases
L.1.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
L.1.4.a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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L.1.4.b. Identify common affixes and how they change the meaning of a word.
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L.1.4.c. With guidance and support, identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms.
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5 Students will demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
L.1.5. With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
L.1.5.a. Sort words into categories to classify relationships and to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
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L.1.5.b. Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
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L.1.5.c. Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their synonyms and antonyms.
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Conventions of Standard English
1 Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking.
L.1.1. When writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of:
L.1.1.a. common, proper and possessive nouns in a sentence.
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L.1.1.b. singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
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L.1.1.d. verbs to convey a sense of past, present and future in a sentence.
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L.1.1.e. frequently occurring adjectives in a sentence.
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L.1.1.g. frequently occurring prepositions in a sentence.
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2 Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing.
L.1.2. When writing:
L.1.2.b. Demonstrate appropriate use of end punctuation.
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L.1.2.d. Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
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L.1.2.e. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
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