Grade 1 Language Arts

A Year at a Glance Oral Language Content

Participate in Group Discussions: Create stories, poems, plays, skits, and songs Participate in shared reading and choral speaking of short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns Retell stories and events in logical order Use complete sentences Ask and answer questions to gain additional information or clarify what was said Express ideas and feelings Follow rules for conversation, including listening, taking turns, and using appropriate voice level Listen Actively: Listen to and discuss a variety of stories, poems, and informational texts Listen and respond to others Follow and give simple two-step oral directions Recognize Sounds in Words: Identify, isolate, produce, and manipulate various letter sounds Identify the onset and rime in words Create rhyming words Blend sounds to make word parts and words Add or delete beginning, middle, or ending letter sounds to make new words Expand and Use Vocabulary: Develop vocabulary by listening to a variety of texts Use words of time and position (e.g., first, second, next, on, under, beside, and over) Ask for meaning of unknown words and make connections to familiar words Learn and use new words from mathematics, social studies, and science
Italicized items provide connections and/or extensions.

Writing Process
Use Technology to Plan, Draft, Revise, Edit, and Publish Plan: Generate ideas and select topic Participate in planning activities Begin to use a writers notebook Begin to establish and review writing goals Draft: Focus on one topic Apply letter-sound knowledge when writing unfamiliar words Revise: Revise by adding descriptive words Respond to questions and suggestions from peers and teachers Edit: Use correct spelling of common high-frequency and phonetically-regular words Write complete sentences Begin sentences with capitals Use correct ending punctuation and commas in dates Capitalize names of people, days of the week, and months of the year Use print and online resources in the classroom to correctly spell words Publish: Distinguish draft writing from final product Share writing with others

Write: Friendly letters Information Labels Lists Literature responses Messages Personal and school events Poems Simple reports Stories Organize Writing: Include sequenced events with some details, and a conclusion Write informative and simple reports that introduce a topic, state an opinion or some facts, and provide a concluding sentence Handwriting: Use appropriate pencil grip Form manuscript letters and numbers correctly Space words within sentences

2012 Fairfax County Public Schools