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PA.CC.1.1.5.Foundational Skills: Students gain a working knowledge of concepts of print, alphabetic principle, and other basic conventions.

Foundational Skills: Students gain a working knowledge of concepts of print, alphabetic principle, and other basic conventions.
Phonics and Word Recognition
CC.1.1.5.D. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CC.1.1.5.D.1. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
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Fluency
CC.1.1.5.E. Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CC.1.1.5.E.3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 

PA.CC.1.2.5.Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.

Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
Key Ideas and Details: Main Idea
CC.1.2.5.A. Determine two or more main ideas in a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarize
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarize
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarizing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CC.1.2.5.J. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Area Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Thinking Skills
 
CC.1.2.5.K. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Thinking Skills
 
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Evaluating Arguments
CC.1.2.5.H. Determine how an author supports particular points in a text through reasons and evidence.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sentence Purpose Identification
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
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Craft and Structure: Text Structure
CC.1.2.5.E. Use text structure, in and among texts, to interpret information (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution).
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Key Ideas and Details: Text Analysis
CC.1.2.5.B. Cite textual evidence by quoting accurately from the text to explain what the text says explicitly and make inferences.
 
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Analysis Across Texts
CC.1.2.5.I. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic to demonstrate understanding of that topic.
 
Craft and Structure: Vocabulary
CC.1.2.5.F. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, including interpretation of figurative language.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Elements
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Craft and Structure: Point of View
CC.1.2.5.D. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
 

PA.CC.1.3.5.Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature—with emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature—with emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Key Ideas and Details: Theme
CC.1.3.5.A. Determine a theme of a text from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Genre Characteristics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Elements
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarize
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarize
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarizing
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Text Analysis
CC.1.3.5.H. Compare and contrast texts in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics as well as additional literary elements.
 
Craft and Structure: Vocabulary
CC.1.3.5.F. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, including interpretation of figurative language.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Elements
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Craft and Structure: Point of View
CC.1.3.5.D. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
 
Range of Reading
CC.1.3.5.K. Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.
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Key Ideas and Details: Text Analysis
CC.1.3.5.B. Cite textual evidence by quoting accurately from the text to explain what the text says explicitly and make inferences.
 
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Strategies
CC.1.3.5.I. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Thinking Skills
 
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Sources of Information
CC.1.3.5.G. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
 
Craft and Structure: Text Structure
CC.1.3.5.E. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
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Key Ideas and Details: Literary Elements
CC.1.3.5.C. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
 
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CC.1.3.5.J. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
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PA.CC.1.4.5.Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
Informative/Explanatory: Focus
CC.1.4.5.B. Identify and introduce the topic clearly.
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Conducting Research
CC.1.4.5.V. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
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Opinion/Argumentative: Content
CC.1.4.5.I. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details; draw from credible sources.
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Response to Literature
CC.1.4.5.S. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and informational texts.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Central Idea/Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literal/Inferential/Evaluative Questions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sentence Purpose Identification
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
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Opinion/Argumentative
CC.1.4.5.G. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts.
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Narrative: Organization
CC.1.4.5.P. Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sequencing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Signal/Transitional Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting/Concluding Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Informative/Explanatory: Style
CC.1.4.5.E. Write with an awareness of style.
CC.1.4.5.E.1. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Narrative: Focus
CC.1.4.5.N. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
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Informative/Explanatory: Content
CC.1.4.5.C. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic; include illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Range of Writing
CC.1.4.5.X. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purpose for Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purpose for Writing
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Opinion/Argumentative: Conventions of Language
CC.1.4.5.L. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
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Production and Distribution of Writing: Writing Process
CC.1.4.5.T. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purpose for Writing
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Opinion/Argumentative: Focus
CC.1.4.5.H. Introduce the topic and state an opinion on the topic.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing/Listening/Speaking Rules
 
Narrative: Conventions of Language
CC.1.4.5.R. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
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Informative/Explanatory: Conventions of Language
CC.1.4.5.F. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
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Narrative: Content
CC.1.4.5.O. Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
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Informative/Explanatory: Organization
CC.1.4.5.D. Group related information logically linking ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting/Concluding Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Narrative
CC.1.4.5.M. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
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PA.CC.1.5.5.Speaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.

Speaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
Comprehension and Collaboration: Critical Listening
CC.1.5.5.B. Summarize the main points of written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.