Reading+Grade+1+Essential+Learnings

Reading Grade 1 Essential Learnings = Phonemic awareness = 1. Use onset and rime to create new words that include blends and digraphs.

2. Hear and identify initial, medial, and final sounds of a given word.

3. Hear the similarities of sounds in words and rhythmical patterns in a sequence.

= Phonics = 1. Recognize and apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships, including consonants, consonant blends, digraphs, common short and long vowel patterns to decode words.

2. Demonstrate a reading vocabulary of 200 words, including sight words and one and two syllable words.

= Fluency = 1. Read grade level materials orally, attending to phrasing, intonation, and punctuation.

= Vocabulary = 1. Understand and generate vocabulary specific to content.

= Comprehension = 1. Draw inferences.

2. Use a variety of strategies to monitor and maintain comprehension.

3. Retell narrative text using characters, setting, and sequence of events.

4. Retell expository text using main idea and some supporting details.

5. Identify fiction and nonfiction text.