Grade 1
Reading Foundations
- RF.
Students develop word recognition by building on print concepts, phonemic awareness, and phonics to decode.1.RF
- 1.
Recognize components of a sentence (e.g., capitalization, first word, ending punctuation).1.RF.1
- 2.
Blend sounds, including consonant blends, to produce single- and multi-syllable words. (E)1.RF.2
- 3.
Identify and produce beginning, middle (medial), and final sounds in single-syllable words. (E)1.RF.3
- 4.
Segment individual phonemes in one-syllable words. (E)1.RF.4
- 5.
Use letter-sound knowledge of single consonants (hard and soft sounds), short and long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs, vowel teams (e.g., ai) and digraphs, and r-controlled vowels to decode phonetically regular words (e.g., cat, go, black, boat, her), independent of context. (E)1.RF.5
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Decode one-syllable words in the major syllable types (CVC, CVr, V, VV, VCe), independent of context. (E)1.RF.6
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Decode grade-appropriate base words and affixes including common prefixes plurals, verb tense, inflectional suffixes (e.g., plurals, verb tenses), simple compound words (e.g., cupcake), and contractions (e.g., isn't). (E)1.RF.7
- 8.
Orally read decodable texts with appropriate fluency (rate, accuracy, and prosody) while reading.1.RF.8
- 1.
Reading Comprehension
- RC.
Students comprehend grade-level text, including fiction and nonfiction, and can demonstrate their comprehension orally and through writing.1.RC
- 1.
Ask and answer questions about the main idea and key details to clarify and confirm understanding of a text. (E)1.RC.1
- 2.
Retell stories, fables, and fairy tales in sequence, including key details, and demonstrate comprehension of their central message or lesson.1.RC.2
- 3.
Using key details, identify and describe the elements of plot, character, and setting. (E)1.RC.3
- 4.
Make and confirm predictions about what will happen next in a story.1.RC.4
- 5.
Identify the basic characteristics of familiar narrative text genres (e.g., fairy tales, nursery rhymes, storybooks).1.RC.5
- 6.
Retell main ideas and key details of a text. (E)1.RC.6
- 7.
Know and use various text features (e.g., table of contents, glossary, illustrations) to locate and describe key facts or information in a text.1.RC.7
- 8.
Identify how a nonfiction text can be structured to indicate order (e.g., sequential) or to explain a simple cause and effect relationship. (E)1.RC.8
- 9.
Demonstrate comprehension that context clues (e.g., words and sentence clues) and text features (e.g., glossaries, illustrations) may be used to help understand unknown words.1.RC.9
- 10.
Define and sort words into categories (e.g., antonyms, living things, synonyms). (E)1.RC.10
- 1.
Writing
- W.
Students produce writing for a variety of purposes applying their knowledge of language and sentence structure.1.W
- 1.
Write all uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters legibly, and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately.1.W.1
- 2.
Produce (when writing or speaking) logically connected sentences to make a proposal to a particular audience (e.g., a parent, classmate), and give reasons why the proposal should be considered. (E)1.W.2
- 3.
Produce (when writing or speaking) a topic sentence or main idea, provide some facts or details about the topic, and provide a concluding statement. (E)1.W.3
- 4.
Produce (when writing or speaking) narratives using precise words to describe characters and actions and temporal words to signal event order, with ideas organized into a beginning, middle, and ending. (E)1.W.4
- 5.
With support, apply the writing process to:1.W.5
- a.
Plan by generating ideas for writing through oral discussions and drawings;1.W.5.a
- b.
Develop drafts in pictorial or written form by organizing ideas;1.W.5.b
- c.
Revise writing to add details in pictures or words (e.g., sentence structure); edit writing for conventions (e.g., correct spelling of frequently used words, basic capitalization, end punctuation); and1.W.5.c
- d.
Use available technology to produce and publish legible documents.1.W.5.d
- a.
- 6.
With support, conduct research on a topic.1.W.6
- a.
Identify several sources of information and indicate the sources.1.W.6.a
- b.
Organize information, using graphic organizers or other aids.1.W.6.b
- c.
Make informal presentations on information gathered.1.W.6.c
- a.
- 7.
Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, when writing or speaking, focusing on:1.W.7
- a.
Nouns/Pronouns – Using sentences that include common and proper nouns and personal pronouns.1.W.7.a
- b.
Verbs – Using sentences with verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.1.W.7.b
- c.
Usage – Using complete simple declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.1.W.7.c
- a.
- 8.
Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:1.W.8
- a.
Capitalization – Capitalizing the first word of a sentence, dates, names of people, and the pronoun I .1.W.8.a
- b.
Punctuation –1.W.8.b
- I.
Correctly using a period, question mark, and exclamation mark at the end of a sentence.1.W.8.b.I
- II.
Using commas in dates and to separate items in a series.1.W.8.b.II
- I.
- c.
Encoding –1.W.8.c
- I.
Spelling unknown words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.1.W.8.c.I
- II.
Correctly spelling words with common spelling patterns.1.W.8.c.II
- III.
Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E)1.W.8.c.III
- I.
- a.
- 1.
Communication and Collaboration
- CC.
Students actively listen and participate in discussions using details and answering questions.1.CC
- 1.
Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. (E)1.CC.1
- 2.
Listen to others, take turns speaking about the topic, and add one's own ideas in small group discussions or tasks.1.CC.2
- 3.
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says to clarify something that is not understood.1.CC.3
- 4.
Ask and answer questions about key details in what is read, heard, or viewed to demonstrate comprehension. (E)1.CC.4
- 5.
Speaking audibly and using appropriate language, recite poems, rhymes, songs, and stories, with careful attention to sensory detail when describing people, places, things, and events.1.CC.5
- 6.
Add drawings or other visual displays, such as pictures and objects, when sharing information to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.1.CC.6
- 7.
Give and follow oral directions with two or three steps.1.CC.7
- 1.
Frequently asked questions
- What grade levels do these standards cover?
- Grade 1
- When were these standards adopted?
- 2023
- Where can I read the official document?
- Indiana Academic Standards English/Language Arts (Grade 1)
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