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Grade 1 · English language arts

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English language arts · 2017 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Blend and separate spoken words into individual soundsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Read digraphs, final-e words and common vowel teamsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 03Read longer words, inflectional endings and taught exceptionsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 04Read complete sentences accurately and reread for meaningExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 05Use story details to retell events and explain a lessonExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 06Identify the storyteller and notice words that create feelingsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 07Compare characters’ experiences and different kinds of booksExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Informational reading

  1. 08Find an informational text’s topic, details and reasonsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 09Use text features and compare information from two sourcesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 10Write an opinion with a reason and revise it for a readerExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 11Research a small question and write an informative pieceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 12Write an ordered narrative and present it with a useful drawingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 13Build a conversation through listening, responses and questionsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 14Choose words that make clear complete sentencesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 15Form letters and edit capitals, commas and spellingsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 16Use context, word parts and categories to choose precise wordsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

English language arts · 2026 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Hear long and short vowels, blend and segment words of up to five sounds, and add, delete and change sounds quicklyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Decode open syllables, FLOSS words, consonant blends and y as a consonant or vowel, and read high-frequency words automaticallyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 03Read compound words, longer words, prefixes and endings, and use word parts and context to figure out meaningExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 04Use capitals, end marks, spaces and left-to-right tracking, and read connected text accurately, automatically and with expressionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

More reading and writing

  1. 05Print all lowercase and uppercase letters with correct strokes, formation, placement, direction, line placement and pencil gripExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 06Spell topic words by sound and pattern while building a shared research book about how a frog growsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 07Print a complete sentence on your own with correct capitals for names, days and months, spacing, end marks, commas and spellingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 08Describe characters, setting and events, and tell how they and the pictures build a storyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 09Find who is telling the story at different points, explain how the narrator or speaker changes the story, and write your own narrative in order with a picture that clarifies itExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 10Explain how a story and an information text differ in purpose, structure and key features, and find the evidence an author givesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 11Use what you already know and have done to describe and compare details across stories and across information texts, and answer questions about a read-aloudExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 12Follow discussion rules in a word talk, sort words into groups, connect words to real life and choose between words that are close in meaningExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 13Use nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and articles to build and expand four kinds of sentencesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers