1st Grade Resources

 Spelling Core Words

 

These are the words that your child should recognize and be able to spell by 
the end of first grade.


 all
 am
 are
 big
 
but
 come
 day
 did
 down
 for
 
from
 get
going
 got
 have
 here
 
his
 in
 into
 jump
 little
 look
 
love
 make
 not
 of
 on
 one
 
our
 play
 put
 red
 ride
 run
 
so
 ten
 that
 they
 this
 three
 
too
 two
 up
 want
 was
 went
 
will
 with
 yes
 
you


Characterisitics of
The Developing Writer
(Typically First Graders)

*
Begins to develop topics;  writes multiple sentences about the same 
topic
*
Expresses complete thoughts; writing contains the beginning of an 
organizational plan
*
Generates stories with a beginning and an 
end
*
Shows 
limited awareness of audience and/or task

*
Uses simple word choice and 
sentence patterns;  writes multiple sentences often using 
patterns
*
Usually uses upper and lower case letters appropriately;  however, 
errors 
in surface features may interfere with 
communication
*
Experiments with the use of periods, exclamation marks, and question 
marks
*
Takes 
risks when writing
*
 Writes lists, captions, signs, notes, and letters
*
Uses prewriting 
strategies such as drawing, brainstorming, and Thinking Maps with 
support
*
Spells 
some high frequency words correctly; uses inventive spelling that can 
generally be read by others
*
Adds on to writing in response to questions;  begins to 
use detail (descriptive words)

*
Writes for a variety of 
purposes
*
Publishes with teacher 
support


North Carolina Standard Course of Study


En
glish 
Language Arts
Mat
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So
cial 
Studies
Health
 

 




Text Book Resources
Reading - McGraw-Hill

Math - Silver Burdett Ginn