Language Arts
Unit 3 Language Arts Below are a list of standards that first graders are working on during the third nine weeks of school:LA.1.ELA1LSV: Listening/Speaking/ViewingLA.1.ELA1LSV1: The student uses oral and visual strategies to communicate.LA.1.ELA1LSV1.a: Follows three-part oral directions.LA.1.ELA1LSV1.b: Recalls information presented orally.LA.1.ELA1LSV1.c: Responds appropriately to orally presented questions.LA.1.ELA1LSV1.e: Communicates effectively when relating experiences and retelling stories read, heard, or viewed.LA.1.ELA1LSV1.f: Uses complete sentences when speaking.LA.1.ELA1R: ReadingLA.1.ELA1R1: Concepts of Print: The student demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print.LA.1.ELA1R1.a: Understands that there are correct spellings for words.LA.1.ELA1R1.c: Demonstrates an understanding that punctuation and capitalization are used in all written sentences.LA.1.ELA1R2: Phonological Awareness: The student demonstrates the ability to identify and orally manipulate words and individual sounds within those spoken words.LA.1.ELA1R2.a: Isolates beginning, middle, and ending sounds in single-syllable words.LA.1.ELA1R2.b: Identifies onsets and rimes in spoken one-syllable words.LA.1.ELA1R2.c: Adds, deletes, or substitutes target sounds to change words (e.g., change top to stop; change smile to mile; change cat to cap).LA.1.ELA1R3: Phonics: The student demonstrates the relationship between letters and letter combinations of written words and the sounds of spoken words.LA.1.ELA1R3.g: Uses spelling patterns to recognize words.LA.1.ELA1R3.h: Applies learned phonics skills when reading and writing words, sentences, and stories.LA.1.ELA1R4: Fluency: The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and expression.LA.1.ELA1R4.a: Applies letter-sound knowledge to decode quickly and accurately.LA.1.ELA1R4.b: Automatically recognizes additional high frequency and familiar words within texts.LA.1.ELA1R4.c: Reads grade-level text with appropriate expression.LA.1.ELA1R4.d: Reads first-grade text at a target rate of 60 words correct per minute.LA.1.ELA1R4.e: Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier misreading within grade-level text.LA.1.ELA1R5: Vocabulary: The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively.LA.1.ELA1R5.c: Identifies words that are opposites (antonyms) or have similar meanings (synonyms).LA.1.ELA1R6: Comprehension: The student uses a variety of strategies to understand and gain meaning from grade-level text.LA.1.ELA1R6.a: Reads and listens to a variety of texts for information and pleasure.LA.1.ELA1R6.b: Makes predictions using prior knowledge.LA.1.ELA1R6.f: Makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences.LA.1.ELA1R6.g: Identifies the main idea and supporting details of informational text read or heard.LA.1.ELA1R6.l: Recognizes plot, setting, and character within texts, and compares and contrasts these elements among texts.LA.1.ELA1R6.m: Recognizes and uses graphic features and graphic organizers to understand text.LA.1.ELA1W: WritingLA.1.ELA1W1: The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process.LA.1.ELA1W1.a: Writes texts of a length appropriate to address a topic and tell a story.LA.1.ELA1W1.c: Rereads writing to self and others, revises to add details, and edits to make corrections.LA.1.ELA1W1.d: Prints with appropriate spacing between words and sentences.LA.1.ELA1W1.j: Begins to use common rules of spelling.LA.1.ELA1W1.l: Uses appropriate end punctuation (period and question mark) and correct capitalization of initial words and common proper nouns (e.g., personal names, months).LA.1.ELA1W2I: Informational Genre: The student produces informational writing that:LA.1.ELA1W2I.a: Begins to capture a reader’s interest.LA.1.ELA1W2I.b: Stays on one topic and begins to maintain a focus.LA.1.ELA1W2I.c: Adds details to expand a topic.LA.1.ELA1W2I.d: Begins to use organizational structures (steps, chronological order) and strategies (description).LA.1.ELA1W2I.e: Begins to use graphic features (charts, pictures, headings).LA.1.ELA1W2I.f: Begins to use a variety of resources (picture dictionaries, Internet, books) and strategies to gather information to write about a topic.LA.1.ELA1W2I.g: Begins to develop a sense of closure.LA.1.ELA1W2I.h: May include oral or written prewriting (graphic organizers).LA.1.ELA1W2I.i: May include a draft that is revised and edited.LA.1.ELA1W2I.j: May be published.