Spanish Language Arts and English as a Second Language

Grade 1

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017

60 standards
  • Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language (1)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.1.A

      Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.1.B

      Follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short, related sequence of actions.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.1.C

      Share information and ideas about the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.1.D

      Work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.1.E

      Develop social communication such as introducing himself/herself and others, relating experiences to a classmate, and expressing needs and feelings.

  • Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing (2)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.2.A

      Demonstrate phonological awareness by:: (i) Producing a series of rhyming words. (ii) Recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same simple syllable or initial sound. (iii) Recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified syllable is added, changed, or removed. (iv) Segmenting spoken words into individual syllables. (v) Blending spoken complex syllables, including sílabas trabadas, to form multisyllabic words. (vi) Segmenting spoken words into syllables, including words with sílabas trabadas. (vii) Manipulating syllables within words.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.2.B

      Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:: (i) Identifying and matching sounds to individual letters. (ii) Decoding words with sílabas trabadas such as/bla/,/bra/, and/gla/; digraphs; and words with multiple sound spelling patterns such as c, k, and q and s, z, soft c, and x. (iii) Decoding words with silent h and words that use the syllables que-, qui-, gue-, gui-, güe-, and güi-. (iv) Decoding words with diphthongs such as/ai/,/au/, and/ei/. (v) Decoding contractions such as al and del. (vi) Decoding three-to four-syllable words. (vii) Using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words. (viii) Decoding words with common prefixes and suffixes.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.2.C

      Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:: (i) Spelling common letter and sound correlations. (ii) Spelling words with common patterns such as CV, VC, CCV, CVC, VCV, CVCV, CCVCV, and CVCCV. (iii) Spelling words with silent h; consonant digraphs such as/ch/,/rr/, and/ll/; and sílabas trabadas such as/bla/,/bra/,/gla/, and/gra/. (iv) Spelling multisyllabic words, including words with que-, qui-, gue-, gui-, güe-, and güi-. (v) Spelling contractions such as al and del. (vi) Spelling words with diphthongs such as/ai/,/au/, and/ie/ as in quie-ro, na-die, and ra-dio and hiatus such as le-er and rí-o. (vii) Spelling words with common prefixes and suffixes.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.2.D

      Demonstrate print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.2.E

      Alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words; and August 2019 Update Page 9 §128.A. Elementary.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.2.F

      Develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.

  • Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary (3)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.3.A

      Use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.3.B

      Use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.3.C

      Identify the meaning of words with affixes, including -s, -es, and -or.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.3.D

      Identify and use words that name actions, directions, positions, sequences, categories, and locations.

  • Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency (4)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.4

      Use appropriate fluency (rate, accuracy, and prosody) when reading grade-level text.

  • Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading (5)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.5

      Self-select text and interact independently with text for increasing periods of time.

  • Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts (6)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.A

      Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.B

      Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.C

      Make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.D

      Create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.E

      Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.F

      Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.G

      Evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.H

      Synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.6.I

      Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

  • Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts (7)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.7.A

      Describe personal connections to a variety of sources.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.7.B

      Write brief comments on literary or informational texts.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.7.C

      Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.7.D

      Retell texts in ways that maintain meaning.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.7.E

      Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing; and Page 10 August 2019 Update.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.7.F

      Respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

  • Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements (8)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.8.A

      Discuss topics and determine theme using text evidence with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.8.B

      Describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.8.C

      Describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud and independently.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.8.D

      Describe the setting.

  • Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres (9)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.9.A

      Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.9.B

      Discuss rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration in a variety of poems.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.9.C

      Discuss elements of drama such as characters and setting.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.9.D

      Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:: (i) The central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance. (ii) Features and simple graphics to locate or gain information. (iii) Organizational patterns such as chronological order and description with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.9.E

      Recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.9.F

      Recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

  • Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts (10)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.10.A

      Discuss the author's purpose for writing text.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.10.B

      Discuss how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.10.C

      Discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.10.D

      Discuss how the author uses words that help the reader visualize.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.10.E

      Listen to and experience first-and third-person texts.

  • Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process (11)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.11.A

      Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing such as by drawing and brainstorming.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.11.B

      Develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by:: (i) Organizing with structure; and August 2019 Update Page 11 §128.A. Elementary. (ii) Developing an idea with specific and relevant details.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.11.C

      Revise drafts by adding details in pictures or words.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.11.D

      Edit drafts using standard Spanish conventions, including:: (i) Complete sentences with subject-verb agreement. (ii) Past and present verb tense, including the difference between ser and estar. (iii) Singular, plural, common, and proper nouns, including gender-specific articles. (iv) Adjectives, including articles. (v) Adverbs that convey time. (vi) Prepositions. (vii) Pronouns, including the use of personal and possessive pronouns, and the difference in the use of formal pronoun usted and informal pronoun tú. (viii) Capitalization for the beginning of sentences. (ix) Punctuation marks at the end of declarative sentences and at the beginning and end of exclamatory and interrogative sentences. (x) Correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.11.E

      Publish and share writing.

  • Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres (12)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.12.A

      Dictate or compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.12.B

      Dictate or compose informational texts, including procedural texts.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.12.C

      Dictate or compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.

  • Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts (13)
    • 1.SLAR_ESL.13.A

      Generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.13.B

      Develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.13.C

      Identify and gather relevant sources and information to answer the questions with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.13.D

      Demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance.

    • 1.SLAR_ESL.13.E

      Use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.