1st Grade English Language Arts

Oklahoma Academic Standards · 2021

  • Standard 1: Listening and Speaking

    • Listening
      • 1.1.L.12

        Students will actively listen using agreed-upon discussion rules.

      • 1.1.L.22

        Students will follow simple two- and three-step oral directions.

    • Speaking
      • 1.1.S.15

        Students will work respectfully with peers.

      • 1.1.S.22

        Students will engage in collaborative discussions about various topics and texts, including their own writing, with peers in small and large groups.

      • 1.1.S.34

        Students will ask and answer relevant questions to seek help or get information to confirm understanding.

      • 1.1.S.44

        Students will orally describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details expressing their ideas.

  • Standard 2: Reading and Writing Foundations

    • Phonological Awareness
      • 1.2.PA.13

        Students will count, segment, blend, and delete syllables in spoken words.

      • 1.2.PA.2

        Students will blend and segment onset and rime in spoken words (e.g., /ch/+ at = chat).

      • 1.2.PA.32

        Students will isolate and pronounce medial sounds in spoken words.

      • 1.2.PA.46

        Students will blend phonemes to form spoken words with 4-6 phonemes, including consonant blends (e.g., /s/ /t/ /r/ /i/ /ng/ = string).

      • 1.2.PA.56

        Students will segment phonemes in spoken words with 4-6 phonemes into individual phonemes (e.g., string = /s/ /t/ /r/ /i/ /ng/).

      • 1.2.PA.6

        Students will add, delete, and substitute phonemes in one-syllable spoken words with 3-5 phonemes (e.g., add /c/ to the beginning of at to say cat; delete the /p/ from pin, to say in; substitute the /o/ in stop with /e/ to say step).

    • Print Concepts
      • 1.2.PC.15

        Students will recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., capitalization of the first word, ending punctuation: period, exclamation point, question mark).

      • 1.2.PC.2

        Students will correctly form letters and use appropriate spacing for letters, words, and sentences using left-to-right and top-to-bottom progression.

    • Phonics and Word Study
      • 1.2.PWS.17

        Students will blend and decode two-phoneme and three-phoneme words.

      • 1.2.PWS.25

        Students will decode long and short vowels, including initial, medial, and final sounds in common CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words (e.g., cat, bed, pen).

      • 1.2.PWS.3

        Students will decode some common sight words in isolation and in context.

    • Fluency
      • 1.2.F.13

        Students will read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

      • 1.2.F.21

        Students will read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.

      • 1.2.F.35

        Students will use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

    • Reading and Writing Process
      • 1.2.R.13

        Students will identify the topic or main idea with a supporting detail of a text.

      • 1.2.R.24

        Students will discriminate between fiction and nonfiction text.

      • 1.2.R.34

        Students will sequence the plot (i.e., beginning, middle, and end) of a story.

      • 1.2.R.46

        Students will retell facts and details from an informational text.

      • 1.2.W.12

        Students will express themselves through drawing and writing.

      • 1.2.W.23

        Students will sequence the action or details of stories/texts.

      • 1.2.W.35

        Students will use appropriate spacing between letters and words in writing.

      • 1.2.W.4

        Students will add to their writing and drawing.

      • 1.2.W.51

        Students will share their stories/texts with authentic audiences.

  • Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing

    • Reading
      • 1.3.R.14

        Students will identify the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a story, provide information) with prompting.

      • 1.3.R.2

        Students will describe who is telling a story with prompting.

      • 1.3.R.33

        Students will find textual evidence when provided with examples of literary elements: setting (i.e., time and place), main characters and their traits.

      • 1.3.R.43

        Students will ask and answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, why, and when) about texts.

      • 1.3.R.56

        Students will begin to use details from a text to draw conclusions and make predictions.

      • 1.3.R.61

        Students will begin to locate facts that are clearly stated in a text.

    • Writing
      • 1.3.W.13

        Students will write narratives incorporating characters, plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end), and a basic setting (i.e., time, place) with prompting.

      • 1.3.W.2

        Students will begin to write facts about a topic in response to a text read aloud to demonstrate understanding with prompting.

      • 1.3.W.3

        Students will write an opinion about a topic and provide a reason to support the opinion with prompting.

  • Standard 4: Vocabulary

    • Reading
      • 1.4.R.1

        Students will begin to determine relationships among words, including synonyms and antonyms.

      • 1.4.R.26

        Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of words with prompting.

      • 1.4.R.31

        Students will use word parts (e.g., affixes, Anglo-Saxon roots, stems) to define unfamiliar words with prompting.

      • 1.4.R.42

        Students will begin to use grade-level resource materials (e.g., simple dictionary, glossary) to clarify the meaning of words.

      • 1.4.R.5

        Students will acquire new grade-level vocabulary, relate new words to prior knowledge, and apply vocabulary in new situations.

    • Writing
      • 1.4.W.14

        Students will use grade-level vocabulary to communicate ideas through speaking and writing.

      • 1.4.W.21

        Students will use language in speaking and writing according to purpose with prompting.

  • Standard 5: Language

    • Reading
      • 1.5.R.15

        Students will recognize simple sentences.

      • 1.5.R.2

        Students will recognize parts of speech in sentences: nouns as concrete objects (i.e., people, places, and things), regular plural nouns, present-tense verbs as actions, color, size, and number adjectives, prepositions, the pronouns I, me, you, and we, the conjunctions and, or, and but, the adverbs too and very.

    • Writing
      • 1.5.W.11

        Students will compose simple sentences that conclude with an end mark.

      • 1.5.W.26

        Students will use nouns, verbs, and adjectives to add clarity and variety to their writing.

      • 1.5.W.35

        Students will capitalize the first letter of a sentence, proper names, and months and days of the week.

      • 1.5.W.43

        Students will use periods, question marks, and exclamation points.

  • Standard 6: Research

    • Reading
      • 1.6.R.1

        Students will identify who can answer questions about their topic or what resources they will need to find the information.

      • 1.6.R.22

        Students will identify and use graphic and text features to understand texts: photos, illustrations, titles, labels, headings, charts, graphs.

      • 1.6.R.36

        Students will identify the location and purpose of the table of contents and glossary.

    • Writing
      • 1.6.W.13

        Students will generate questions about topics of interest for research.

      • 1.6.W.2

        Students will organize information found during group or individual research, using graphic organizers or other aids with prompting.

      • 1.6.W.3

        Students will share relevant information for various purposes.

  • Standard 7: Multimodal Literacies

    • Reading
      • 1.7.R

        Students will explain how ideas and topics are depicted in multimodal content.

    • Writing
      • 1.7.W1

        Students will use a combination of writing, sound, visual content, and/or movement to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

  • Standard 8: Independent Reading and Writing

    • Reading
      • 1.8.R

        Students will select texts for academic and personal purposes and read independently for extended periods of time.

    • Writing
      • 1.8.W3

        Students will write independently using a combination of emergent and conventional writing with prompting.