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.1.8

Students will apply phonemic awareness and phonics skills to sound out and blend words orally. 

Pacing  

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Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.1.8.1

Demonstrate organization and basic features of print including first word, capitalization, and ending punctuation. 

1.RF.1

 

LA.1.8.2

Distinguish long from short vowels in spoken single syllable words. 

1.RF.2a

 

LA.1.8.3

Produce single syllable words orally by blending sounds (phonemes) including consonant blends. 

1.RF.2b

 

LA.1.8.4

Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. 

1.RF.2c

 

LA.1.8.5

Segment spoken single syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

1.RF.2d

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