How to learn Grade 1: English language arts
Minnesota academic standards: English language arts, Grade 1
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1. Grade 1 · Thoughtfully and safely access, analyze, and create written, oral and digital content applicable to task, purpose, audience and discipline.
- Sharing and Publishing Your Writing: Read own writing aloud clearly enough to be heard by peers and the teacher; use digital tools to produce and publish writing
2. Grade 1 · Communicate with others, applying knowledge of vocabulary, language, structure and features of spoken language, considering audience and context.
- Listening and responding: Listen and respond appropriately to adults and peers; follow agreed-upon rules for discussion such as listening to others and taking turns speaking
3. Grade 1 · Exchange ideas in discussion and collaboration, as listener, speaker and participant, A) including the voices and perspectives of Dakota and Anishinaabe people as well other perspectives, id
- Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpoints: Gain, maintain and monitor the interest of listeners when speaking; consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on others' contributions; begin to select appropriate language for different situations
4. Grade 1 · Engage in inquiry-based learning and research processes to create texts and presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Shared Research Projects: Participate in shared research and writing projects; recall information from experiences or gather information from sources to answer a question
5. Grade 1 · Write narratives, poetry and other creative texts with details and effective technique to express ideas.
- Narrative Writing: Write narratives with developed settings, characters and plot, using dialogue and description to develop experiences and show character responses to situations
6. Grade 1 · Write informative or explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through use of informational and literary text, considering audience.
- Basic Informational Writing: Compose informative or explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section
7. Grade 1 · Write arguments to support claims and to persuade in an analysis of topics or texts, using valid reasoning and evidence while considering audience.
- Expressing & Justifying Opinions: Articulate and justify answers, arguments, and opinions; participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, and debates
8. Grade 1 · Develop and strengthen writing by using a writing process including planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing.
- Writing Process Vocabulary: Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction, paragraph, sequence, and detail — and understand that these words describe distinct steps and decisions that all writers make, not just tasks to tick off
9. Grade 1 · Demonstrate knowledge of oral language, orthography, grammar and mechanics to express ideas in writing.
- Grammar words: letter, word, sentence: Use basic grammatical terminology when discussing reading and writing: letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence, punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark
- Forming Capital Letters: Form capital letters correctly; print many upper- and lowercase letters legibly
10. Grade 1 · Access and gather information from a variety of sources, representing diverse perspectives, and assessing relevancy and credibility of information.
- Main Ideas & Note-Taking: Identify main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarise them; retrieve and record information from non-fiction texts using notes, tables or other methods
11. Grade 1 · Examine the impact of vocabulary, including words and phrases, on content, style and meaning of complex literary and informational texts.
- Discussing and Questioning New Words: Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known
- Text Features & Presentation: Identify how language choices, text structure and presentational features (illustrations, diagrams, bold print, layout) contribute to the overall meaning and effect of a text
12. Grade 1 · Analyze influences on content, meaning and style of text including fact and fiction, time period, and author perspective and identity, including Dakota and Anishinaabe perspective, in comple
- Main Topic of Informational Texts: Identify the main topic and retell key details of informational texts; describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information
- Different Types of Texts: Recognise common types of texts (storybooks, poems, non-fiction); name the author and illustrator and define the role of each in telling or presenting a text
13. Grade 1 · Apply knowledge of text structure to understand and evaluate a wide variety of complex literary and informational texts.
- Non-Fiction Text Features: Recognise different non-fiction text structures and features (headings, contents, glossary, index), understanding how texts are organised to present information
14. Grade 1 · Read critically to comprehend, interpret and analyze themes and central ideas in complex literary and informational texts.
- Reading between the lines: Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts; make simple inferences based on what characters say and do
15. Grade 1 · Read and comprehend independently A) both self- selected and teacher-directed texts, B) complex literary and informational texts, and C) from multiple sources representing perspectives and i
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud: Listen to and discuss poems, stories, and non-fiction at a level beyond independent reading; confirm understanding of texts read aloud by asking and answering questions about key details
- Connecting reading to experience: Link what is read or heard to own experiences; draw on background knowledge and vocabulary to support understanding of texts
16. Grade 1 · Demonstrate knowledge of oral language, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and morphology to read accurately and fluently.
- Reading fluently: Read aloud books matched to phonic ability accurately and with growing fluency; reread familiar texts to build confidence, speed, and expression
- Syllables: Count, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words; divide written words into syllables as an aid to reading and spelling