To create a custom lesson, click on the check boxes of the files you’d like to add to your
lesson and then click on the Build-A-Lesson button at the top.
Click on the resource title to View, Edit, or Assign it.
MN.1.1.Reading Benchmarks: Literature K-5
Reading Benchmarks: Literature K-5
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity1.1.10.10. With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1 as well as select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks.
Craft and Structure1.1.4.4. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
1.1.5.5. Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
1.1.6.6. Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas1.1.7.7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Settings
1.1.9.9. Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Key Ideas and Details1.1.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
1.1.2.2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Story Retell
1.1.3.3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Settings
MN.1.10.Language Benchmarks K-5
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use1.10.4.4. 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.1.10.4.4.a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
1.10.4.4.b. Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
1.10.4.4.c. Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
1.10.5.5. With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings to develop word consciousness.1.10.5.5.a. Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
1.10.5.5.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).
1.10.5.5.c. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
Conventions of Standard English1.10.1.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.1.10.1.1.b. Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Nouns Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Proper Nouns
1.10.1.1.c. Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops; We hop).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Nouns
1.10.1.1.d. Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their, anyone, everything).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pronouns
1.10.1.1.e. Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).
1.10.1.1.f. Use frequently occurring adjectives.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
1.10.1.1.i. Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during, beyond, toward).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
1.10.2.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.1.10.2.2.b. Use end punctuation for sentences.
1.10.2.2.d. Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
1.10.2.2.e. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
MN.1.2.Reading Benchmarks: Informational Text K-5
Reading Benchmarks: Informational Text K-5
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity1.2.10.10. With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1, as well as select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks.
Craft and Structure1.2.4.4. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
1.2.5.5. Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
1.2.6.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas1.2.7.7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
1.2.8.8. Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
1.2.9.9. Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
Key Ideas and Details1.2.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
1.2.2.2. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
MN.1.3.Reading Benchmarks: Foundational Skills K-5
Reading Benchmarks: Foundational Skills K-5
Fluency1.3.0.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.1.3.0.4.a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
1.3.0.4.c. Use context and other cues (e.g., phonics, word recognition skills, prior knowledge) to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Phonological Awareness1.3.0.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).0.3.0.2.a. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
0.3.0.2.b. Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
0.3.0.2.c. Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
0.3.0.2.d. Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
Phonics and Word Recognition1.3.0.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.1.3.0.3.a. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs, and initial and final consonant blends
1.3.0.3.c. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
1.3.0.3.d. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables
1.3.0.3.e. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables
1.3.0.3.f. Read words with inflectional endings.
1.3.0.3.g. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words, including high- frequency words.
Print Concepts1.3.0.1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.0.3.0.1.a. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
MN.1.6.Writing Benchmarks K-5
Production and Distribution of Writing1.6.5.5. With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from adults and peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
MN.1.8.Speaking, Viewing, Listening and Media Literacy Benchmarks K-5
Speaking, Viewing, Listening and Media Literacy Benchmarks K-5
Comprehension and Collaboration1.8.2.2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media (e.g., stories, poems, rhymes, songs).