First Grade Reading Expectations
Phonemic/Phonological Awareness
-Identify initial, medial, and final sounds (1.A.1a)
- Short vowels (a,i,o)
- Diagraph /ck/ -
- Short voles (e and u) –
- S and r blends (br, cr, r, fr, gr, pr, tr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw)
- Diagraph /th/
- R controlled (or)
- Diagraph (ch, qu wh, tch)
- Long vowels (ow, oa)
- R controlled (er, ir, ur)
- Initial blends with l (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl)
- Inflections (s, ed, ing, er, est, no spelling changes)
- Long vowels (long e as represented by a, a-e, i, i-e)
- Long vowels (as represented by o, o-e)
- Contractions (‘s, n’t, ‘ll)
- S sound represented by c
- /ou/ow, ou variant vowels
- long vowels (igh ai, ay)
- inflections (ed, ing, with spelling changes)
- long vowels (oo, u-e)
- Contractions (‘ve, ‘d, ‘re)
-Blend 3 and 4 phonemes into a whole word (1.A.1a)
-Segment 3 and 4 phonemes (1.A.1a)
-Segment sentences into spoken words (1.A.1a)
-Produce words that begin with the same sound (1.A.la)
-Match words with ending sounds (1.A.1a)
-Identify and produce rhymes (1.A.1a)
-Use decoding skills and picture clues to read unfamiliar material (1.A.1a,
1.B.1c)
Vocabulary
-Use a variety of resources to determine and clarify meaning of words
(1.A.1a, 1.A.1b)
- Alphabetizing
-Read high frequency words (1.A.1b)
Comprehension
-Use decoding skills and picture clues to read unfamiliar material (1.A.1a,
1.A.1b)
-Summarize, state main ideas, and make generalizations from material read (1.B.1c, 1.C.1d)
- Sequencing
- Plot/Main Idea
- -Use concept of print, language, structure, and meaning to read unfamiliar material (1.A.1a, 1.A
-Demonstrate comprehension of grade level material when being read to and while reading independently (1.B.1c, 1.B.1d, 1.C.1d)
- Details
- Setting / Character
- Classify / Categorize
-Choose a variety of material during self-selected reading in order to see reading as a source of information and pleasure (1.B.1d, 2.B.1a)
Fluency
-Read age appropriate material aloud with fluency and accuracy (1.B.1d)