English Language Arts Curriculum

1st Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply phonemic awareness skills while reading with meaning. Students will connect reading, writing, speaking, and listening within their grade level content.  Students will devise different forms of writing in a paragraph format.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.1.2

Students will collaborate in peer and adult lead groups by reading with fluency while interpreting a story and analyzing the structure of the story.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.1.2.1

Describe people, places, things, and events with details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

1.SL.4

 

LA.1.2.2

Identify and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

1.RF.3d

1.RF.3g

 

LA.1.2.3

Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

1.RF.4

1.RF.4b

 

LA.1.2.4

Use words and phrases through conversation, reading, being read to, response to text, and using conjunctions to signal simple relationships.

1.L.6

 

LA.1.2.5

Participate in collaborative conversations  with peers and adults in a variety of instructional settings.  

1.SL.1

Academic Vocabulary:

Content Vocabulary: