Grade 1

GRAMMAR, USAGE AND MECHANICS

Know that a sentence begins with a capital letter
Know that all sentences end with a punctuation mark
Know that a period, question mark, and an exclamation mark are the punctuation marks that end a sentence
Identify a telling sentence, asking sentence, and an exclaiming sentence
Identify, reads and writes possessive nouns ending with 's
Decode and build words ending with –er, and -est
Supply the correct punctuation for a sentence
Identify a naming word (noun) and an action word (verb) in a sentence
Be able to write a complete sentence which includes a naming part and an action part
Know that an asking sentence requires an answer
Write questions and listens to answers
Identify when I and me are used in sentences and uses them correctly in sentences
Identify proper and common nouns, verbs and pronouns
Distinguish between the use of is and are
Use the words was and were correctly in sentences
Know that proper nouns begin with a capital letter
Identify and creates different kinds of sentences
Substitute pronouns for nouns in sentences

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READING

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

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LISTENING, SPEAKING AND VIEWING

Listen for the main idea in an oral presentation
Compare and contrast story elements
Understand the difference between a fact and an opinion

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COMPREHENSION SKILLS AND STRATEGIES

Be able to put events in sequential order
Note story details
Understand cause and effect
Compare and contrast story elements using a Venn Diagram

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VOCABULARY

Identify animal names, school words, shapes words, words for feelings, color words, words that show position, family words, sensory words, noise words, pattern words, nature words, and fruit and vegetable words
Ask and answer questions that begin with who, what, where or why

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WRITING

HANDWRITING

CREATIVE WRITING

SPELLING

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