1st Grade ELA (Wisconsin Standards)

Reading (R)

• R.1.1 Ask and answer questions about a text's main ideas and details.
• R.1.2 With support, name the main topic or central idea and retell important details.
• R.1.3 Describe a story's characters, settings and main events, or key information in a text.
• R.1.4 Find words and phrases that show feelings, appeal to the senses or belong to a subject.
• R.1.5 Identify a range of genres and explain how literary and informational texts differ.
• R.1.6 Describe how pictures and details support a text's point of view or purpose.
• R.1.7 Use pictures and details to discuss story elements or topics.
• R.1.8 Identify information an author or illustrator gives to support ideas.
• R.1.9 Compare two texts and see how texts mirror the reader's culture and other cultures.

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• RF.1.1 Show how print works, including what marks a sentence.
• RF.1.2 Show understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds, blending and segmenting sounds.
• RF.1.3 Know and use grade 1 phonics and word analysis to decode words.
• RF.1.4 Read early texts with purpose and understanding and enough accuracy and fluency to comprehend.

Writing (W)

• W.1.1 Write reflective, formal and creative pieces, together or separately, for purposes from everyday to high stakes (grade 1).
• W.1.2 Write in several modes – opinion or argument, informative and narrative – at grade 1 level.
• W.1.3 Write with control of organization, transitions, development, word choice and sentences suited to grade 1.
• W.1.4 With adult support, compose writing whose development and organization suit the task and are culturally sustaining.
• W.1.5 With adult support, stay on topic, respond to peers and add details to strengthen writing.
• W.1.6 With adult support, publish writing with digital tools with peers and learn to print letters.
• W.1.7 Join group research-and-writing projects, e.g. writing instructions from how-to books.
• W.1.8 With adult support, recall information from experience or use provided sources to answer a question.
• W.1.9 With support, recall and use facts from texts to support reflection and inquiry.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.1.1 Talk with a range of classmates and adults about grade 1 topics and texts in small and large groups.
• SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about important details in a read-aloud or other media.
• SL.1.3 Question a speaker to learn more or clear up confusion.
• SL.1.4 Talk about people, places, objects and events with fitting details and clear ideas.
• SL.1.5 Make or use visual displays to clarify ideas, thoughts and feelings.

Language (L)

• L.1.1 Understand how language works in different cultures and contexts and use this to understand and make effective choices (grade 1).
• L.1.2 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using context, word parts, references and word-solving strategies (grade 1).
• L.1.3 Show understanding of figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning (grade 1).
• L.1.4 Build vocabulary alone and with others, including cultural, academic and subject words, and use words suited to the situation (grade 1).
• L.1.5 Use standardized English grammar and usage when suitable, knowing when and where it fits (grade 1).
• L.1.6 Use standardized capitalization, punctuation and spelling in writing when suitable, knowing when it fits (grade 1).