# Grade 1: English language arts A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 27 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/ks-ela-grade-1 Part of: [Kansas: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/ks-ela.md) Goal: Kansas academic standards: English language arts, Grade 1 ## 1. Grade 1 · Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking. - [Building sentences](https://ai.page/c/building-sentences/index.md): Understand that words combine to make sentences — a sentence expresses a complete thought; produce and expand complete sentences in speech and writing - [Basic Nouns & Verbs](https://ai.page/c/basic-nouns-and-verbs/index.md): Use frequently occurring nouns (people, places, things) and verbs (action words) appropriately in speech and writing - [Past, Present and Progressive Tense](https://ai.page/c/past-present-and-progressive-tense/index.md): Use verbs to convey past and present tense correctly and consistently, including the progressive form (e.g., she is drumming, he was shouting), understanding how tense indicates time - [Pronouns](https://ai.page/c/pronouns/index.md): Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns correctly (e.g., I/me/my, they/them/their, anyone/everything), replacing nouns to avoid repetition ## 2. Grade 1 · Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about topics and texts with peers and adults in small and large groups to expand language comprehension. - [Discussing Texts as a Group](https://ai.page/c/discussing-texts-as-a-group/index.md): Participate in discussions about what is read, taking turns and listening to others; explain understanding clearly; actively engage in group reading activities - [Group discussions](https://ai.page/c/group-discussions/index.md): Participate actively in collaborative conversations staying on topic; continue a conversation through multiple exchanges; maintain attention in discussions ## 3. Grade 1 · Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing. - [Grammar words: letter, word, sentence](https://ai.page/c/grammar-words-letter-word-sentence/index.md): Use basic grammatical terminology when discussing reading and writing: letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark - [Starting and Ending Sentences](https://ai.page/c/starting-and-ending-sentences/index.md): Begin sentences with a capital letter and end them with the appropriate mark (full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark); recognise and name end punctuation - [Capitals for Names, Days and I](https://ai.page/c/capitals-for-names-days-and-i/index.md): Use capital letters for proper nouns (names of people, places) the days of the week, and the personal pronoun 'I' ## 4. Grade 1 · Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing. - [Forming Capital Letters](https://ai.page/c/forming-capital-letters/index.md): Form capital letters correctly; print many upper- and lowercase letters legibly ## 5. Grade 1 · With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. - [Shades of Meaning](https://ai.page/c/shades-of-meaning/index.md): Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and their use - [Sorting & Categorising Words](https://ai.page/c/sorting-and-categorising-words/index.md): Sort common objects and words into categories to understand how concepts relate; demonstrate understanding of opposites (antonyms) for common verbs and adjectives - [Defining Words](https://ai.page/c/defining-words/index.md): Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., 'a duck is a bird that swims'), making real-life connections between words and their use ## 6. Grade 1 · Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words and multiple-meaning words and phrases to expand language comprehension. - [Word Parts as Clues](https://ai.page/c/word-parts-as-clues/index.md): Use knowledge of common inflections and affixes (-ed, -s, un-, -er) as clues to the meaning of unknown words; understand how the prefix un- changes meaning - [Root Words & Inflections](https://ai.page/c/root-words-and-inflections/index.md): Identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms (e.g., look/looks/looked/looking), using affixes as clues to word meaning and understanding how suffixes create nouns and adjectives - [Discussing and Questioning New Words](https://ai.page/c/discussing-and-questioning-new-words/index.md): Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known ## 7. Grade 1 · Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. - [Reading with Expression and Accuracy](https://ai.page/c/reading-with-expression-and-accuracy/index.md): Read aloud with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression (prosody), re-reading familiar texts to build fluency and confidence, and using context to self-correct ## 8. Grade 1 · Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words. - [Diphthongs and complex vowels](https://ai.page/c/diphthongs-and-complex-vowels/index.md): Read and spell words containing diphthongs and complex vowel patterns (ow, ou, ew, ue, ie, aw, au) and words ending in -y as a vowel sound - [Single Letter Sounds](https://ai.page/c/single-letter-sounds/index.md): Know the primary sound for each consonant and the short and long sounds for the five major vowels; respond speedily to single-letter graphemes - [R-Controlled Vowel Sounds](https://ai.page/c/r-controlled-vowel-sounds/index.md): Read and spell words containing r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, ur, or, ore) and vowel-r patterns where 'r' modifies the vowel sound - [Blending Sounds to Read Words](https://ai.page/c/blending-sounds-to-read-words/index.md): Apply phonic knowledge to blend sounds in unfamiliar words containing taught grapheme-phoneme correspondences; respond speedily to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes - [Reading Inflectional Endings](https://ai.page/c/reading-inflectional-endings/index.md): Read words containing taught GPCs with common inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) and the prefix un-; read multi-syllable words with taught patterns - [Syllables (age 6+)](https://ai.page/c/syllables-age-6/index.md): Decode words of two or more syllables by breaking them into syllable chunks, applying knowledge that every syllable must contain a vowel sound, and blending the parts together - [Phonics Vocabulary](https://ai.page/c/phonics-vocabulary/index.md): Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel, consonant, syllable, root word, suffix, prefix, and homophone — and understand that these words describe the building blocks that phonics instruction is built on ## 9. Grade 1 · Demonstrate understanding of phonemes (sounds), syllables, and spoken words. - [Syllables](https://ai.page/c/syllables/index.md): Count, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words; divide written words into syllables as an aid to reading and spelling - [Onsets & Rimes](https://ai.page/c/onsets-and-rimes/index.md): Blend and segment onsets and rimes in single-syllable words; isolate and pronounce individual phonemes (initial, medial, final) in CVC words; add or substitute phonemes to make new words ## 10. Grade 1 · Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. - [Understanding print](https://ai.page/c/understanding-print/index.md): Demonstrate understanding that print carries meaning, follows left-to-right top-to-bottom directionality, and is organised page by page in books ## Health: 0 of 100 Of its 27 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version. Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI): - Building sentences has no explanation yet - Basic Nouns & Verbs has no explanation yet - Past, Present and Progressive Tense has no explanation yet - Pronouns has no explanation yet - Discussing Texts as a Group has no explanation yet - Group discussions has no explanation yet - Grammar words: letter, word, sentence has no explanation yet - Starting and Ending Sentences has no explanation yet - Capitals for Names, Days and I has no explanation yet - Forming Capital Letters has no explanation yet - Shades of Meaning has no explanation yet - Sorting & Categorising Words has no explanation yet - Defining Words has no explanation yet - Word Parts as Clues has no explanation yet - Root Words & Inflections has no explanation yet - Discussing and Questioning New Words has no explanation yet - Reading with Expression and Accuracy has no explanation yet - Diphthongs and complex vowels has no explanation yet - Single Letter Sounds has no explanation yet - R-Controlled Vowel Sounds has no explanation yet - Blending Sounds to Read Words comes before Onsets & Rimes, which it needs - Blending Sounds to Read Words has no explanation yet - Reading Inflectional Endings has no explanation yet - Syllables (age 6+) comes before Syllables, which it needs - Syllables (age 6+) has no explanation yet - Phonics Vocabulary has no explanation yet - Syllables has no explanation yet - Onsets & Rimes has no explanation yet - Understanding print has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of Kansas academic standards: English language arts (https://community.ksde.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=lRPEqFzIgQA%3d&tabid=5280); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.