1st Grade ELA (North Dakota Content Standards)

Foundations of Literacy (F)

• 1.F.3 Identify what makes a sentence: first word, capital letter and end punctuation.
• 1.F.5 Split one-syllable spoken words into four or more sounds.
• 1.F.6 Blend four or more sounds into a spoken word or syllable.
• 1.F.7 Change parts of spoken words.
  • 1.F.7a Delete the first or last sound or word part.
  • 1.F.7b Substitute the first, middle vowel or last sound or word part.
• 1.F.8 Decode words using common and advanced sound–spelling patterns.
  • 1.F.8a Decode consonant digraphs.
  • 1.F.8b Decode two-consonant blends at the start and end of words.
  • 1.F.8c Decode a single consonant after a short vowel.
  • 1.F.8d Decode soft and hard c and g, and s sounding like z.
  • 1.F.8e Decode closed and open syllables.
  • 1.F.8f Decode silent e in one-syllable words.
  • 1.F.8g Decode vowel teams.
  • 1.F.8h Decode r-controlled vowels.
  • 1.F.8i Decode prefixes and suffixes in two-syllable words.
  • 1.F.8j Decode the different sounds of y.
  • 1.F.8k Decode contractions.
  • 1.F.8l Decode irregularly spelled high-frequency words.
• 1.F.9 Spell words using sound–spelling patterns.
  • 1.F.9a Spell digraphs.
  • 1.F.9b Spell two-consonant blends.
  • 1.F.9c Spell words with silent e.
  • 1.F.9d Spell double consonants at the end of words.
  • 1.F.9e Spell irregularly spelled high-frequency words.
• 1.F.10 Work out meanings of multiple-meaning words with taught patterns.
• 1.F.11 Use new academic and grade-level words by linking them to known words and background knowledge.
  • 1.F.11a Use word structure (sounds, word parts, spelling) to learn words.
• 1.F.12 Read accurately and automatically at word and sentence level, and read grade 1 texts with expression.
  • 1.F.12a Read words accurately and automatically.
  • 1.F.12b Read sentences accurately and automatically.
  • 1.F.12c Read grade 1 texts with expression, phrasing and understanding.
• 1.F.13 Write capital and lowercase letters accurately and automatically.
• 1.F.14 Write simple sentences with a subject and predicate, capitals, punctuation and correct spacing.

Communication (C)

• 1.C.1 Describe people, places, things and events with relevant details to an audience.
• 1.C.2 Speak clearly in complete sentences to share thoughts, feelings and ideas.
• 1.C.3 Use words and phrases from conversations and texts, including simple conjunctions.
• 1.C.4 Use grade-level everyday, academic and subject-specific words.
• 1.C.6 Join conversations by listening, taking turns and staying on topic over several exchanges.
• 1.C.7 Follow group rules and two- and three-step spoken directions, and give one- and two-step directions.

Reading (R)

• 1.R.2 Ask and answer questions about texts and pictures to compare, contrast, predict and infer.
• 1.R.3a Identify the topic of an informational text, photo or picture.
• 1.R.3b Identify the characters, setting and plot of a literary text.
• 1.R.5 Work out meanings of unknown and multiple-meaning words from read-alouds.
• 1.R.6 Recognize basic text features such as contents pages, headings, captions, diagrams and bold words.
• 1.R.8 Work with a range of fiction.
  • 1.R.8a Identify characters' feelings or traits in stories, poems and nursery rhymes.
  • 1.R.8b Compare and contrast characters' adventures across stories.

Writing (W)

• 1.W.1 Produce writing developed and organized to suit the task, purpose and audience.
• 1.W.3 Write informative pieces with details about the topic.
• 1.W.4 Write opinion pieces that give a reason for the opinion.
• 1.W.5 Write narratives about one event with a beginning, middle and end.
• 1.W.6 Use the five-step writing process.
  • 1.W.6a Planning: come up with ideas and plan.
  • 1.W.6b Drafting: develop writing from the plan.
  • 1.W.6c Revising: add details or cut unneeded words.
  • 1.W.6d Editing: fix spelling, sentences and grammar.
  • 1.W.6e Presenting or publishing: produce a final draft for the task and audience.
• 1.W.7 Show feeling or personality through word choice.

Language Usage (L)

• 1.L.1 Write simple sentences.
  • 1.L.1a Capitalize the first word, names, months and days of the week.
  • 1.L.1b End sentences with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
• 1.L.2 Recognize and use parts of speech in sentences.
  • 1.L.2a Use nouns for people, places and things.
  • 1.L.2b Use regular plural nouns.
  • 1.L.2c Use present-tense verbs for actions.
  • 1.L.2d Use color, size and number adjectives.
  • 1.L.2e Use the pronouns I, me, you and we.
  • 1.L.2f Use the conjunctions and, or and but.