# 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/ky-ela-grade-1

Part of: [Kentucky: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/ky-ela.md)

Goal: Kentucky academic standards: English language arts, Grade 1

## 1. Language · 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
- [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
- [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

## 2. Language · Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

- [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

## 3. Language · When writing:

- [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
- [Saying Sentences Before Writing Them](https://ai.page/c/saying-sentences-before-writing-them/index.md): Say out loud what is going to be written; compose sentences orally before writing them down as preparation for independent 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. Language · When writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of:

- [Four Types of Sentences](https://ai.page/c/four-types-of-sentences/index.md): Understand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function
- [Prepositions](https://ai.page/c/prepositions/index.md): Understand and use the most frequently occurring prepositions of location and direction (e.g. to, from, in, out, on, off, for, by, with)
- [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

## 5. Composition · Compose narratives, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective techniq

- [Narrative Writing](https://ai.page/c/narrative-writing/index.md): Write narratives with developed settings, characters and plot, using dialogue and description to develop experiences and show character responses to situations

## 6. Composition · Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and provide information about the topic.

- [Writing to inform](https://ai.page/c/writing-to-inform/index.md): Compose informative or explanatory texts using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic and supply some information about it
- [Basic Informational Writing](https://ai.page/c/basic-informational-writing/index.md): Compose informative or explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section

## 7. Composition · Compose opinion pieces, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to state the topic and an opinion.

- [Writing opinions](https://ai.page/c/writing-opinions/index.md): Compose opinion pieces using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic or book and state a preference or opinion about it
- [Structured Opinion Writing](https://ai.page/c/structured-opinion-writing/index.md): Compose opinion pieces that introduce a topic, state a clear point of view, provide organised reasons linked with connecting words, and include a concluding statement or section

## 8. Reading Foundational Skills · Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.

- [Reading fluently](https://ai.page/c/reading-fluently/index.md): Read aloud books matched to phonic ability accurately and with growing fluency; reread familiar texts to build confidence, speed, and expression
- [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

## 9. Reading Foundational Skills · Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

- [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

## 10. Reading Foundational Skills · Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).

- [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

## 11. Reading Foundational Skills · Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print to aid in comprehension.

- [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

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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):

- Shades of Meaning has no explanation yet
- Discussing and Questioning New Words has no explanation yet
- Sorting & Categorising Words has no explanation yet
- Defining Words has no explanation yet
- Root Words & Inflections has no explanation yet
- Building sentences has no explanation yet
- Saying Sentences Before Writing Them 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
- Four Types of Sentences has no explanation yet
- Prepositions 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
- Narrative Writing has no explanation yet
- Writing to inform has no explanation yet
- Basic Informational Writing has no explanation yet
- Writing opinions has no explanation yet
- Structured Opinion Writing has no explanation yet
- Reading fluently comes before Blending Sounds to Read Words, which it needs
- Reading fluently has no explanation yet
- Reading with Expression and Accuracy has no explanation yet
- 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
- Syllables has no explanation yet
- Understanding print has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of Kentucky academic standards: English language arts (https://kystandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/KAS-for-Reading-and-Writing-FINAL.pdf); 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.
