1st Grade English Language Arts and Reading (Texas TEKS)

110.3(b)(1) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language

• 110.3(b)(1) Build oral language through listening, speaking, and group discussion.
• 110.3(b)(1)(A) Listen actively, ask relevant questions, and answer with multi-word responses.
• 110.3(b)(1)(B) Follow, restate, and give short, related sequences of oral instructions.
• 110.3(b)(1)(C) Share ideas on the topic clearly, at a good pace, using language conventions.
• 110.3(b)(1)(D) Collaborate by following discussion rules: listening, speaking when recognized, and contributing.
• 110.3(b)(1)(E) Use social communication, such as introducing self and others and expressing feelings.

110.3(b)(2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing

• 110.3(b)(2) Build word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A) Demonstrate phonological awareness through sound-based tasks with spoken words and phonemes.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(i) Produce a series of rhyming words.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(ii) Recognize spoken alliteration and shared initial sounds.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(iii) Distinguish long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(iv) Notice how a spoken word changes when a phoneme is added, changed, or removed.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(v) Blend phonemes into one-syllable words, including consonant blends.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(vi) Manipulate phonemes within base words.
• 110.3(b)(2)(A)(vii) Segment three- to five-phoneme one-syllable words into individual phonemes.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B) Apply phonetic knowledge to decode words using letter-sound relationships.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B)(i) Decode words in isolation and context using common letter-sound correspondences.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B)(ii) Decode words with initial and final blends, digraphs, and trigraphs.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B)(iii) Decode closed, open, VCe, vowel team, and r-controlled syllables.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B)(iv) Decode compound words and contractions using known base words.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B)(v) Decode words with -ed, -s, and -es endings.
• 110.3(b)(2)(B)(vi) Identify and read at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list.
• 110.3(b)(2)(C) Apply spelling knowledge to spell words with taught patterns.
• 110.3(b)(2)(C)(i) Spell words with closed, open, VCe, vowel team, and r-controlled syllables.
• 110.3(b)(2)(C)(ii) Spell words with consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs.
• 110.3(b)(2)(C)(iii) Spell words using sound-spelling patterns.
• 110.3(b)(2)(C)(iv) Spell high-frequency words from a research-based list.
• 110.3(b)(2)(D) Show print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide.
• 110.3(b)(2)(E) Alphabetize words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words.
• 110.3(b)(2)(F) Print words, sentences, and answers legibly with appropriate spaces between words.

110.3(b)(3) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary

• 110.3(b)(3) Use newly acquired vocabulary expressively, learning word meanings from resources and context.
• 110.3(b)(3)(A) Use a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words.
• 110.3(b)(3)(B) Use illustrations and texts the student can read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings.
• 110.3(b)(3)(C) Identify and use the meaning of words with the affixes -s, -ed, and -ing.
• 110.3(b)(3)(D) Identify and use words that name actions, directions, positions, sequences, categories, and locations.

110.3(b)(4) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency

• 110.3(b)(4) Read grade-level text with appropriate rate, accuracy, and expressive prosody.

110.3(b)(5) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading

• 110.3(b)(5) Choose texts independently and read them for increasing periods of time.

110.3(b)(6) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.3(b)(6) Use metacognitive skills to develop and deepen understanding of increasingly complex texts.
• 110.3(b)(6)(A) Set a purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(B) Generate questions before, during, and after reading, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(C) Make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, genre, and structure, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(D) Create mental images to deepen understanding, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(E) Connect texts to personal experiences, other texts, and society, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(F) Make inferences and support understanding with evidence, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(G) Identify the most important details, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(H) Synthesize information into new understanding, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(6)(I) Monitor comprehension and adjust, such as by re-reading or asking questions, when confused.

110.3(b)(7) Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.3(b)(7) Respond to increasingly challenging texts that are read, heard, or viewed.
• 110.3(b)(7)(A) Describe personal connections to a variety of sources.
• 110.3(b)(7)(B) Write brief comments on literary or informational texts.
• 110.3(b)(7)(C) Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
• 110.3(b)(7)(D) Retell texts in ways that keep their meaning.
• 110.3(b)(7)(E) Engage with sources meaningfully, such as by illustrating or writing.
• 110.3(b)(7)(F) Use newly acquired vocabulary in responses when appropriate.

110.3(b)(8) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements

• 110.3(b)(8) Recognize and analyze literary elements in increasingly complex literary texts.
• 110.3(b)(8)(A) Discuss topics and determine theme using text evidence, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(8)(B) Describe the main characters and the reasons for their actions.
• 110.3(b)(8)(C) Describe plot elements, including main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud or independently.
• 110.3(b)(8)(D) Describe the setting.

110.3(b)(9) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres

• 110.3(b)(9) Recognize and analyze genre-specific features and purposes across increasingly complex texts.
• 110.3(b)(9)(A) Show knowledge of features of well-known children's literature, such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.
• 110.3(b)(9)(B) Discuss rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration in a variety of poems.
• 110.3(b)(9)(C) Discuss drama elements such as characters and setting.
• 110.3(b)(9)(D) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text.
• 110.3(b)(9)(D)(i) Central idea and supporting evidence, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(9)(D)(ii) Features and simple graphics used to locate or gain information.
• 110.3(b)(9)(D)(iii) Organizational patterns such as chronological order and description, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(9)(E) Recognize persuasive text features and state what the author wants readers to think or do, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(9)(F) Recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

110.3(b)(10) Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.3(b)(10) Analyze authors' choices and how they shape meaning, then apply craft in one's own work.
• 110.3(b)(10)(A) Discuss the author's purpose for writing.
• 110.3(b)(10)(B) Discuss how text structure supports the author's purpose.
• 110.3(b)(10)(C) Discuss, with adult help, how print and graphic features achieve specific purposes.
• 110.3(b)(10)(D) Discuss how authors use words that help readers visualize.
• 110.3(b)(10)(E) Listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.

110.3(b)(11) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process

• 110.3(b)(11) Use the recursive writing process to compose legible texts with appropriate conventions.
• 110.3(b)(11)(A) Plan a first draft by generating ideas through drawing and brainstorming.
• 110.3(b)(11)(B) Develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by organizing and developing ideas.
• 110.3(b)(11)(B)(i) Organize writing with structure.
• 110.3(b)(11)(B)(ii) Develop an idea with specific, relevant details.
• 110.3(b)(11)(C) Revise drafts by adding details in pictures or words.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D) Edit drafts using standard English conventions.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(i) Complete sentences with subject-verb agreement.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(ii) Past and present verb tenses.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(iii) Singular, plural, common, and proper nouns.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(iv) Adjectives, including articles.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(v) Adverbs that convey time.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(vi) Prepositions.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(vii) Subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(viii) Capitalizing sentence beginnings and the pronoun I.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(ix) End punctuation for declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences.
• 110.3(b)(11)(D)(x) Correct spelling of grade-appropriate patterns and high-frequency words, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(11)(E) Publish and share writing.

110.3(b)(12) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres

• 110.3(b)(12) Use genre characteristics and craft to compose meaningful texts.
• 110.3(b)(12)(A) Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry.
• 110.3(b)(12)(B) Compose or dictate informational texts, including procedural texts.
• 110.3(b)(12)(C) Compose or dictate correspondence, such as thank-you notes or letters.

110.3(b)(13) Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

• 110.3(b)(13) Engage in short-term and sustained recursive inquiry for varied purposes.
• 110.3(b)(13)(A) Generate questions for formal and informal inquiry, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(13)(B) Develop and follow a research plan, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(13)(C) Identify and gather relevant sources and information to answer questions, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(13)(D) Demonstrate understanding of gathered information, with adult help.
• 110.3(b)(13)(E) Present results in written, oral, or multimodal form.