Grade 1 English (Virginia SOL)

Foundations for Reading (FFR)

• 1.FFR.1 Print concepts – see Kindergarten.
• 1.FFR.2 Orally identify and produce individual phonemes to support reading and spelling.
• Isolate sounds in four- and five-phoneme words.
• Blend four- and five-phoneme words, including digraphs and consonant blends.
• Segment four- and five-phoneme words, including digraphs and consonant blends.
• 1.FFR.3 Apply phonetic principles to read and spell words.
• Decode and encode short-vowel words with blends, digraphs, and closed syllables.
• Decode and encode long vowels, open syllables, and vowel-consonant-e words.
• Decode words with common vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.
• Decode multisyllabic words by breaking them into syllables.
• Read grade-level high-frequency words automatically and accurately.
• Write grade-level high-frequency words automatically and accurately.

Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina (DSR)

• 1.DSR Build knowledge and comprehension from challenging, content-rich texts and read-alouds.
• Read a range of grade-level texts accurately and with expression, self-correcting as needed.
• Text complexity – introduced in Grade 2.
• With support, cite several pieces of evidence from read-alouds to support claims.
• Regularly listen to sets of related texts on a topic to build knowledge and vocabulary.
• Reading strategies – introduced in Grade 3.

Reading and Vocabulary (RV)

• Build vocabulary and word knowledge systematically from grade 1 content and texts.
• 1.RV.1 Develop vocabulary and word analysis using context, word relationships, and reference tools.
• Discuss word meanings in context from a range of texts.
• Identify antonyms and synonyms of familiar words.
• Ask about unknown words and connect them to familiar ones.
• Use vocabulary from across content areas.
• Work out unknown word meanings using root words and inflectional endings.
• Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives.
• Identify the purpose of simple reference materials.
• Broaden vocabulary by listening to high-quality, complex text.
• Use newly learned words and phrases in discussion and speaking.

Reading Literary Text (RL)

• Use textual evidence to show comprehension and build knowledge from a range of literary texts.
• 1.RL.1 Key ideas and details in familiar stories: structure, story elements, questions, and predictions.
• Retell familiar stories in order, including structure, central message, and key details.
• Identify characters, setting, and important events in a familiar story.
• Ask and answer literal and inferential questions about what is read.
• Make predictions about characters and events using the text.
• 1.RL.2 Craft and style – introduced in Grade 3.
• 1.RL.3 Integrate concepts across stories: reading purpose and characters' experiences.
• Set a purpose for reading using a guiding question and prior knowledge.
• Connect characters, settings, and major events using key details.
• Compare and contrast characters' adventures or experiences using key details.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• Use textual evidence to show comprehension and build knowledge from informational texts.
• 1.RI.1 Key ideas and details: questions, main idea, supporting details, and fact versus opinion.
• Ask and answer literal and inferential questions, including about the main topic.
• Identify the main idea and supporting details of a text.
• Explain the difference between facts and opinions in a text.
• 1.RI.2 Craft and style of informational texts.
• Identify and use text features such as headings, captions, diagrams, and bold words.
• Distinguish information given by pictures from information given by words.
• 1.RI.3 Integrate concepts across two informational texts.
• Identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.
• Describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Foundations for Writing (FFW)

• Print legibly in manuscript.
• 1.FFW.1 Handwriting: pencil grasp, letter formation, and spacing.
• Use a functional pencil grasp to form letters.
• Form all capital and lowercase letters and numerals accurately and automatically.
• Space words accurately and automatically in phrases and sentences.
• 1.FFW.2 Spell one-syllable, two-syllable, unfamiliar, and high-frequency words.
• Spell one-syllable closed, open, and vowel-consonant-e words using sound-symbol correspondence.
• Spell two-syllable words by breaking them into syllables.
• Spell unfamiliar words by applying taught spelling patterns.
• Spell grade-level high-frequency words automatically and accurately.

Writing (W)

• Write in a variety of forms for different audiences and purposes linked to grade 1 content.
• 1.W.1 Modes and purposes: narrative, informative, opinion, and responses to texts.
• Combine drawing, dictating, and writing to recount sequenced events with details.
• Combine drawing, dictating, and writing to inform, naming a topic and giving facts.
• Combine drawing, dictating, and writing to state an opinion with a reason.
• Combine drawing, dictating, and writing to share thinking about texts with details.
• 1.W.2 Organization and composition: prewriting and simple sentences.
• With guidance, use prewriting to identify audience and purpose and compose simple sentences.
• 1.W.3 Usage and mechanics (see Language Usage for grade-level expectations).
• With adult guidance, edit writing for conventions such as spelling and punctuation.

Language Usage (LU)

• Use Standard English conventions and tell formal from informal contexts.
• 1.LU.1 Grammar: sentences, plurals, pronouns, adjectives, verb tense, articles, and questions.
• Produce and expand simple sentences with a noun, a verb, and an adjective.
• Form regular plural nouns orally by adding an s or es sound.
• Use personal and possessive pronouns in place of nouns.
• Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe objects.
• Form and use simple past, present, and future tenses of regular verbs.
• Use the right verb tense and subject-verb agreement.
• Use articles correctly.
• Use question words to ask questions in complete sentences.
• 1.LU.2 Mechanics: capitalisation, punctuation, and conventional spelling.
• Capitalise the first word of a sentence, proper nouns, and the pronoun I.
• Tell statements from questions and use the right end punctuation.
• Use conventional spelling for taught patterns and common irregular words.

Communication and Multimodal Literacies (C)

• Develop oral communication and collaboration skills to build a community of learners.
• 1.C.1 Communication, listening, and collaboration in discussions.
• Join collaborative discussions by listening actively, building on others' ideas, and asking questions.
• 1.C.2 Speaking and presenting ideas: descriptions and oral activities.
• Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details and vocabulary.
• Speak audibly with appropriate pace, expression, and volume.
• Take part in oral language activities such as choral speaking and reciting poems or songs.
• Retell, create, and dictate sequenced stories using drama, props, or pictures.
• 1.C.3 Integrating multimodal literacies – introduced in Grade 2.
• 1.C.4 Examining media messages – introduced in Grade 4.

Research (R)

• Conduct research and listen to related texts to build knowledge or solve problems.
• 1.R.1 Gather, evaluate, and share information from pictures, texts, people, and other sources.
• With support, write research questions on a given topic.
• Locate and collect information on the topic from pictures, texts, people, or other sources.
• Use templates such as charts and graphs to organize collected information.
• Record facts by drawing, writing, or dictating.
• In groups, share recorded research informally.