1st Grade ELA (New Jersey NJSLS)

Language (L)

• L.RF.1.1 Show understanding of how print works, including the features of a sentence (first word, capital, end mark).
• L.RF.1.2 Show understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds; count syllables by their vowel sounds.
  • 1. Hear the difference between long and short vowels in one-syllable words.
  • 2. Blend sounds, including blends, to say one-syllable words.
  • 3. Pick out and say the first sound, middle vowel and last sound of one-syllable words.
  • 4. Split one-syllable spoken words into every one of their sounds.
• L.RF.1.3 Know and use grade 1 phonics and word analysis to read words.
  • 1. Know the sounds of common consonant digraphs (two letters, one sound).
  • 2. Read regular one-syllable words.
  • 3. Know final -e and common vowel teams that spell long vowel sounds.
  • 4. Tell long from short vowels in regular one-syllable words.
  • 5. Read two-syllable words by splitting them into syllables, each with a vowel.
  • 6. Read common high-frequency and irregular words on sight (e.g. walk, old).
  • 7. Tell which parts of high-frequency words are regular and which are not.
• L.RF.1.4 Read accurately and fluently enough to understand the text.
  • 1. Read grade 1 texts with a purpose and with understanding.
  • 2. Read aloud accurately, at a suitable pace and with expression.
  • 3. Use context to check or self-correct word reading, rereading if needed.
• L.WF.1.1 Use writing conventions, building on kindergarten skills.
  • 1. Write all capital and lowercase letters from memory.
  • 2. Write a common letter or letter group for each sound.
  • 3. Split any one-syllable spoken word into its sounds aloud.
  • 4. Know each syllable is built around a vowel sound.
• L.WF.1.2 Spell common regular one-syllable words, building on kindergarten skills.
  • 1. Spell words with short vowels and single consonants.
  • 2. Spell qu, x, -ck, digraphs and doubled final letters.
  • 3. Spell consonant blends at the start and end of words.
• L.WF.1.3 Use conventions of building sentences, building on kindergarten skills.
  • 1. Write sentences that grow more complex.
  • 2. Fill in who, is doing and what in a simple sentence frame.
  • 3. Capitalize first words, days, months and names.
  • 4. Match periods, question marks and exclamation points to the kind of sentence.
  • 5. Use commas in dates and between single words in a list.
  • 6. Tell complete sentences from fragments and add what is missing.
  • 7. Write answers as statements and turn statements into questions, in the usual word order.
  • 8. Expand a simple subject or predicate by telling who, what, where, when, how or why.
  • 9. Use joining words such as and, but, so and because correctly.
• L.KL.1.1 With help, build knowledge of language and its conventions in writing, speaking, reading and listening.
• L.VL.1.2 Ask and answer questions to work out unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases. (being checked)
  • 1. Choose flexibly from several strategies to work out meanings.
  • 2. Spot feeling words and sense words in stories and poems.
• L.VI.1.3 With adult guidance, understand figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning.
  • 1. Spot feeling words and sense words in stories and poems.
  • 2. Sort words into groups (colors, clothing) to understand categories.
  • 3. Define words by category and a key feature (a duck is a bird that swims).
  • 4. Link words to real life (e.g. places at home that are cozy).
  • 5. Tell apart verbs of manner and adjectives of intensity by defining, choosing or acting them out.

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.CR.1.1 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about key details in a story or poem.
• RL.CI.1.2 Work out a story's central message and retell its events in order.
• RL.IT.1.3 Describe a story's characters, setting and big events using important details.
• RL.TS.1.4 With prompting, explain main differences between storybooks and information books, noticing story features.
• RL.PP.1.5 Say who is telling the story at different points.
• RL.MF.1.6 With prompting, use pictures and details to describe characters, setting or events.
• RL.CT.1.8 Find likenesses and differences between two stories on the same topic.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.CR.1.1 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about key details in an informational text.
• RI.CI.1.2 Work out the main topic of an informational text and retell its key details in order.
• RI.IT.1.3 Describe how pieces of information connect, e.g. sequence, steps, cause and effect, comparison.
• RI.TS.1.4 With prompting, explain how story and information books differ and use text features to find key facts.
• RI.PP.1.5 Tell apart information from the pictures and information from the words.
• RI.MF.1.6 With prompting, use features such as diagrams, tables and animations to describe key ideas.
• RI.AA.1.7 With prompting, find the reasons an author gives for points and explain how the information is used.
• RI.CT.1.8 Find likenesses and differences between two informational texts on the same topic.

Writing (W)

• W.AW.1.1 With prompts and support, write opinion pieces about a topic or text.
  • 1. State an opinion.
  • 2. Back it with facts, information and examples about the topic.
  • 3. Write a conclusion.
• W.IW.1.2 With prompts and support, write informative texts that share information about a topic.
  • 1. Introduce the topic.
  • 2. Build it with facts, information and examples.
  • 3. Write a conclusion.
• W.NW.1.3 With prompts and support, write narratives of several full sentences about real or imagined events.
  • 1. Use words and pictures to set the scene, introduce characters and order events.
  • 2. Add dialogue, description and details.
  • 3. Use time words to show the order of events.
  • 4. Say how someone reacted to the events.
• W.WP.1.4 With prompts and guidance, plan, revise and edit to strengthen writing.
  • 1. With support, decide on audience and purpose before writing.
  • 2. With support, find and fix spelling, capitalization and punctuation errors that have been taught.
• W.WR.1.5 With prompting, come up with questions in shared research and identify possible sources.
• W.SE.1.6 With adult guidance, collect and choose information from several sources to answer a question or write.
• W.RW.1.7 Take part in talk, drawing and writing in short, regular writing tasks.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.PE.1.1 Join group conversations with different partners about grade 1 topics and texts.
  • 1. Follow agreed rules such as listening carefully and speaking one at a time.
  • 2. Build on others' talk by replying to their comments over several exchanges.
  • 3. Ask questions to clear up confusion about the topic or text.
• SL.II.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details of a read-aloud text or information in other media.
• SL.ES.1.3 Ask and answer questions about a speaker's words to learn more or clear up confusion.
• SL.PI.1.4 Describe people, places, things and events with useful details, sharing ideas and feelings clearly.
• SL.UM.1.5 Add drawings or visuals to descriptions when they help show ideas and feelings.
• SL.AS.1.6 Speak in complete sentences when the task and situation call for it.