These are the Colorado State and the Colorado Basic Literacy Act (CBLA) Reading and Writing Standards for First Grade.  This is what your child should know by the END of first grade.  There are five major areas: comprehension, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency and vocabulary.  The other major areas are for writing.

 

Comprehension-In order to understand what you read you should:

-obtain background knowledge (think about what you know)

-Decide which information is important

-Ask questions

-Retell or summarize important information

-Create a picture in your mind of what is happening in the story and use pictures to check for meaning

-Draw inferences (predict)

-Use many strategies to make sure you understand what you are reading

-Read, listen and understand many different kinds of stories-expository (nonfiction) and narrative

-Retell narratives using character, setting and plot (events in the story)

-Retell expository using main idea and supporting details

-Write a written or oral response to what you read

-Connect information to what you know, or a book you’ve read

-Make sure what you are reading makes sense, if not go back and reread again.

You will be able to tell the characters, setting, plot (events) in a story.

 

You will be able to find words that describe or compare items in stories you read. Example:  The leaves were whistling through the wind.

 

You will be able to compare stories from different cultures around the world.

 

You will be able to read and discuss folk tales, legends, myths, fiction, rhymes and poems, nonfiction, and subject area (science, social studies) reading.

 

 

 

Phonemic Awareness: Think about individual sounds in words.

 

You should use onset and rime to create new words that have blends (sl, gr) and digraphs (wh, ch, sh, th)

 

You should be able to hear and identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds of a word.

 

You should be able to recognize the letters in the alphabet and know the sound each letter makes.

 

You should be able to hear and tell how sounds of words are alike and rhythm patterns in sequence. (cat, bat, fat- all have –at beginning sound changed)

 

You will be able to find a beat (rhythm) and similar sounds (rhyming-cat, sat, fat) in poetry.

 

 

Phonics: The relationship between the letters and the sounds and how to sound words out.

 

You should be able to use letter-sounds, consonant blends, digraphs, common short and long vowel patterns, to help figure out words you don’t know.

When reading new words, when you want to find out what they mean you will:

- sound out words and look for  

   patterns

-use the words around it in the  

  sentence to figure it out.

-use what you know about the

  topic to help you understand what

  you read. 

 

 

Fluency-The ability to read words with accuracy and speed and understanding.

 

You should be able to read out loud using phrasing, proper tone, and punctuation.

 

Vocabulary-the words we need to know in order to communicate.

 

You should be able to read 300-500 words, including sight words and 1 and 2 syllable words.

 

You should be able to understand and use vocabulary that applies to what we are studying.

 

Writing Standards

When writing a story you will be able to:

1.  Brainstorm ideas or draw a map or web of what you will write about.

2.  Decide why you are writing-to entertain, inform, persuade or communicate.

3.  Write a first draft.

4.  Revise your draft to make sure there are enough details and the story is in order.

5.  Edit your rough draft using a thesaurus or dictionary to help with spelling or synonyms.

6.  Proofread revised draft

7.  Present the final copy.

 

You will be able to use spelling rules to write a complete sentence correctly.

 

Make sure the beginning of the sentence has a capital and the end has a period or question mark. 

 

When you write make sure others are able to read your handwriting.

 

Make sure you spell words that are used all the time correctly.

 

Capitalize names of special people, places, and things.

 

When writing information for a report you will be able to:

-write the information in the correct order

  -record information in a list,

  graph, chart or table

-report events in order

-write a statement that ends

  your report nicely

-use resources like the internet,

encyclopedia, books or

magazines to put information

into your own words.

-list resources used by title

 

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