Grade 1 Reading

Readers check their understanding as they read.

Readers read with a purpose.

Readers use strategies to figure out tricky words.

There are different ways to read books (words and pictures).

Readers talk about books they read.

Differentiate between "just right" and '"just because" (interest) books from the book baskets

Read independently for at least 10 minutes

Use pictures and/or words to construct meaning

Decode regularly spelled one syllable CVC words

Share their book with their reading partners

Readers think about their books before reading.

Readers use Decoding Strategies to read books.

Reading Partners help each other.

Readers reread to become more fluent.

Recognize the first word of a sentence is capitalized.

Recognize a sentence ends with punctuation.

Distinguish long from short sounds in a single syllable word.

Blend sounds including consonant blends to produce single syllable words

Segment single syllable words into their phonemes.

Decode regularly spelled one syllable words.

Read grade level appropriate text with purpose and understanding

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

Use a variety of reading strategies to ensure accuracy and understanding

Participate in meaningful conversations with parters.

Follow procedures and guidelines when working with partners

Learning various reading strategies helps readers better understand text.

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

Readers read non-fiction texts to gain information about a topic

Ask and answer questions about a topic

Identify and explain text features

Authors add details (actions & adjectives) to their writing to bring their characters to life.

Character traits can be inferred by observing by what their character says, does and what the other characters say about them.

External traits are identified through illustrations and what the author writes.

Identify the main events (important things) that happen in a story.

Describe the external and internal character traits.

Retell a story they have read independently in sequence.

Authors write books using different styles and approaches.

Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text

Distinguish between Nonfiction, Fiction and Poetry

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text

Read poetry

Readers build fluency and expression leads to deeper understanding of the text, author's purpose, and character traits.

Authors provide clues to enable readers to make inferences.

Authors include details to allow readers to understand how characters think and feel.

Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text

With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary