Grade 1

Social and Instructional Language

Language for Language Arts

Language for Mathematics

Language for Science 

Language for Social Studies 

Narrate

Inform

Explain

Argue

Narrate

Inform

Inform

Inform

Explain

Inform

Argue

Interpret language arts narratives by

Construct language arts narratives that

Interpret informational texts in language arts by

Construct informational texts in language arts that

Interpret mathematical informational texts by

Construct mathematical informational texts that

Interpret scientific informational texts by

Construct scientific informational texts that

Interpret scientific explanations by

Construct scientific explanations that 

Interpret informational texts in social studies by

Construct informational texts in social studies that

Interpret social studies arguments by

Construct social studies arguments that

Share ideas about one’s own and others’ lived experiences and previous learning

Connect stories with images and representations to add meaning

Ask questions about what others have shared

Recount and restate ideas

Discuss how stories might end or next steps

Define and classify objects or concepts

Describe characteristics, patterns, or behavior

Describe parts and wholes

Sort, clarify, and summarize ideas

Summarize information from interaction with others and from learning experiences

Share initial thinking with others

Follow and describe cycles in diagrams, steps in procedures, or causes and effects

Compare and contrast objects or concepts 

Offer ideas and suggestions

Act on feedback to revise understandings of how or why something works

Ask questions about others’ opinions

Support own opinions with reasons

Clarify and elaborate ideas based on feedback

Defend change in one’s own thinking 

Revise one’s own opinions based on new information

Identifying a central message from key details

Identifying how character attributes and actions contribute to an event 

Identifying words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses

Orient audience to story

Develop story events

Engage and adjust for audience 

Identifying main topic and/or entity and key details

Asking and answering questions about descriptions of attributes and characteristics

Identifying word choices in relation to topic or content area

Introduce and define topic and/or entity for audience

Describe attributes and characteristics with facts, definitions, and relevant details 

Identifying concept or entity

Describing attributes and characteristics

Define or classify concept or entity

Describe a concept or entity

Compare/contrast concepts or entities

Determining what text is about

Defining or classifying concept or entity  

Introduce others to topic or entity 

Define, describe, and classify concept, topic, or entity

Summarize observations or factual information

Defining investigable questions or simple design problems based on observations and data about a phenomenon

Analyzing several events and observations to help explain how or why a phenomenon occurs

Identifying information from observations (that supports particular points in explanations)

Describe observations and/or data about a phenomenon

Relate how a series of events causes something to happen 

Compare multiple solutions to a problem

Determining topic associated with compelling or supporting questions 

Defining and classifying attributes, characteristics, and qualities in relevant information

Introduce topic associated with compelling or supporting questions

Provide details about disciplinary ideas

Identifying topic

Analyzing evidence gathered from source

Evaluating source based on distinctions between fact and opinion 

Introduce topic

Select relevant information to support claim with evidence

Show relationship between claim and evidence, and reasoning