Rising Grade 1

Oral Communication

Reading

Writing

Describe personal experiences and retell familiar stories, using appropriate vocabulary and basic story structure.

Follow simple directions and respond appropriately to familiar questions.

Retell familiar stories with prompting and support including key events and details. 

Use language to connect new experiences with what they already know

Use language patterns and sound patterns to identify words and to predict the next word.

Track printed words from left to right and top to bottom on a page. 

Identify most of the letters of the alphabet and demonstrate understanding that letters represent sounds and that written words convey meaning.

Recognize that words often consist of beginning, middle, and final sounds. 

Respond appropriately to a variety of materials read aloud to them.

Write using a variety of tools and media.

Write simple messages using a combination of pictures, symbols, letters, phonetic spellings, and familiar words.

Print most/all of the letters of the alphabet in upper and lowercase, their own name, and some short words (cvc).