1st Grade ELA (Maine Learning Results)

Language 1: Grammar and usage

• L1.1.1 Use common, proper and possessive nouns.
• L1.1.2 Match singular and plural nouns with the right verb forms in simple sentences.
• L1.1.3 Use personal, possessive and indefinite pronouns.
• L1.1.4 Use verb forms to show past, present and future time.
• L1.1.5 Use common adjectives.
• L1.1.6 Use common joining words such as and, but, or, so and because.
• L1.1.7 Use determiners, including articles and demonstratives.
• L1.1.8 Use common prepositions such as during, beyond and toward.
• L1.1.9 When prompted, build and extend simple and compound statements, questions, commands and exclamations.

Language 2: Capitalization, punctuation and spelling

• L2.1.1 Capitalize dates and people's names.
• L2.1.2 Use end punctuation in sentences.
• L2.1.3 Use commas in dates and between single words in a list.
• L2.1.4 Spell common-pattern words and frequent irregular words conventionally.
• L2.1.5 Spell new words by sound, using phonemic awareness and spelling rules.

Language 3: Using knowledge of language

• L3.1.1 Apply language knowledge and conventions when writing, speaking, reading and listening.

Language 4: Working out word meanings

• L4.1.1 Work out the meaning of new and multiple-meaning words from grade 1 reading and topics, using a choice of strategies.
• L4.1.2 Use the rest of the sentence as a clue to what a word or phrase means.
• L4.1.3 Use common affixes as clues to a word's meaning.
• L4.1.4 Identify common root words and their inflected forms, such as look, looks and looking.

Language 5: Figurative language and word relationships

• L5.1.1 With adult help, show understanding of how words relate and of slight differences in meaning.
• L5.1.2 Sort words into groups such as colors or clothing to grasp the ideas behind them.
• L5.1.3 Define words by naming their category and one or more key features.
• L5.1.4 Connect words to real life, such as naming cozy places at home.
• L5.1.5 Tell apart verbs of manner (peek, stare) and adjectives of intensity (large, gigantic) by defining, choosing or acting them out.

Language 6: Academic and subject vocabulary

• L6.1.1 Use words and phrases picked up from talk and reading, including common conjunctions like because.

Speaking and Listening 1: Collaborative discussion

• SL1.1.1 Join group conversations with peers and adults about grade 1 topics and texts.
• SL1.1.2 Follow agreed discussion rules such as listening carefully and speaking one at a time.
• SL1.1.3 Build on what others say by replying over several turns.
• SL1.1.4 Ask questions to clear up confusion about the topic or text.

Speaking and Listening 2: Understanding and judging what is presented

• SL2.1.1 Ask and answer questions about the key details of a read-aloud, talk or media.
• SL2.1.2 Question a speaker and answer questions to learn more or clear up confusion.

Speaking and Listening 3: Presenting information and evidence

• SL3.1.1 Describe people, places, objects and events with relevant details, sharing ideas and feelings clearly.
• SL3.1.2 Add drawings or other visuals to descriptions to make ideas and feelings clearer.

Speaking and Listening 4: Adapting speech

• SL4.1.1 Speak in complete sentences when the task and situation call for it (see grade 1 Language 1 and 3).

Reading 1: Print concepts

• R1.1.1 Recognize what marks a sentence, such as a capital first word and end punctuation.

Reading 2: Phonological awareness

• R2.1.a Tell long from short vowel sounds in spoken one-syllable words.
• R2.1.b Blend sounds, including consonant blends, to say one-syllable words.
• R2.1.c Isolate and say the first, middle vowel and last sounds in spoken one-syllable words.
• R2.1.d Break spoken one-syllable words into each of their sounds.

Reading 3: Phonics and word recognition

• R3.1.a Know the sounds of common consonant digraphs.
• R3.1.b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
• R3.1.c Know silent-e and common vowel teams that spell long vowel sounds.
• R3.1.d Count syllables in a printed word, knowing each syllable has a vowel sound.
• R3.1.e Decode two-syllable words by splitting them into syllables using basic patterns.
• R3.1.f Read words that have inflectional endings.
• R3.1.g Recognize and read grade-level words with irregular spellings.

Reading 4: Close reading and textual evidence

• R4.1.1 Ask and answer who, what, when, where and how questions about a text.

Reading 5: Summary, themes and central ideas

• R5.1.1 Retell stories with who, what, when, where and how details and show they grasp the theme.
• R5.1.2 Retell key details of a text and name its main topic.

Reading 6: How characters, events and ideas develop

• R6.1.1 Describe a story's characters, setting and main events using who, what, when, where and how details.
• R6.1.2 Describe how two people, events, ideas or facts in a text connect.

Reading 7: Word meanings in texts

• R7.1.1 Find words and phrases that express feelings or appeal to the senses.
• R7.1.2 Ask and answer questions to work out what words and phrases mean.

Reading 8: Text structure and features

• R8.1.1 Explain key differences between story texts and information texts.
• R8.1.2 Find and use text features such as headings, bold print and glossaries to locate key facts.

Reading 9: Perspective and purpose

• R9.1.1 Identify who is narrating at different points in a story.
• R9.1.2 Tell apart information given by pictures and information given by the words.

Reading 10: Arguments and claims

• R10.1.1 Name the reasons that support a point made by an author or a character.

Reading 11: Integrating texts, forms and media

• R11.1.1 Use pictures and words to describe characters, setting or events.
• R11.1.2 Compare and contrast characters' experiences across texts.
• R11.1.3 Use pictures and details to describe a text's central idea.
• R11.1.4 Compare and contrast two texts on one topic.

Reading 12: Fluency

• R12.1.1 Read a range of grade-level texts with purpose and understanding.
• R12.1.2 Reread grade-level texts accurately, at a suitable pace and with expression.
• R12.1.3 Use context to check or correct word reading and meaning, rereading when needed.

Writing 1: Inquiry and research

• W1.1.1 Explore questions through shared research and writing projects.
• W1.1.2 With adult help, answer questions using given sources or their own experiences.

Writing 2: Process, production and technology

• W2.1.1 With adult help, stay on a topic, respond to peer feedback and add details to improve writing.
• W2.1.2 With adult help, use digital tools to make and share writing, including with peers.

Writing 3: Composing for audience and purpose

• W3.1.1 Print every capital and lowercase letter.
• W3.1.2 Draw and write to share a topic with some details.