Grade 1 ELA North Carolina standards Standards

Language

Speaking and Listening

Writing

Fluency

Phonics and Word Recognition

Phonological Awareness

Handwriting

Print Concepts

Reading Foundational Skills

Reading Informational Text

K-12 not applicable to literature.

Reading Literature

CCR Anchor Standard L.6 – Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in developing vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

CCR Anchor Standard L.5 – Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.

CCR Anchor Standard L.4 – Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

CCR Anchor Standard L.3 – Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully reading or listening.

CCR Anchor Standard L.2 – Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band conventions continuum.

CCR Anchor Standard L.1 – Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band grammar continuum.

LANGUAGE

CCR Anchor Standard SL.6 – Determine whether information presented in diverse media (book, newspaper, video, television, internet) is credible and identify discrepancies.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.5 – Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.4 – Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.3 – Determine whether information presented in diverse media (book, newspaper, video, television, internet) is credible and identify discrepancies.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.2 – Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.1 – Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

SPEAKING AND LISTENING

Integrated into Standards W.1, W.2, and W.3

CCR Anchor Standard W.10 (in 2010 Standards) – 2010: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Omitted because it is an expectation of RL and RI Standards

CCR Anchor Standard W.9 (in 2010 Standards) – 2010: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Proposed: Omitted because it is an expectation of RL and RI Standards

CCR Anchor Standard W.6 (from Proposed Standards – was W.8 in 2010 Standards) – Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

CCR Anchor Standard W.5 (from Proposed Standards – was W.7 in 2010 Standards) – Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

CR Anchor Standard W.4: Use digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

CCR Anchor Standard W.3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

CCR Anchor Standard W.2 – Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

CCR Anchor Standard W.1 – Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

WRITING

HANDWRITING

PRINT CONCEPTS

Reading Foundational Skills

CR Anchor Standard RI.10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.9 – Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.8 – Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.7 – Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.6: Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.5 – Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.3 – Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.2 – Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCR Anchor Standard RI.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT

CCR Anchor Standard RL.10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.

CCRAnchorStandardRL.9 – Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Not applicable to literature

CCR Anchor Standard RL.8 – Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

CCR Anchor Standard RL.7 – Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

CCR Anchor Standard RL.6 Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

CCR Anchor Standard RL.5 – Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

RL.4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

CCR Anchor Standard RL.3 –Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

CCR Anchor Standard RL.2 –Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCR Anchor Standard RL.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

READING: LITERATURE

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band grammar continuum.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 grammar continuum.

Demonstrate emerging understanding of letter and word use within the K-1 grammar continuum when writing or communicating.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.

Demonstrate emerging understanding of conventions of standard English during shared writing within K-1 conventions continuum when writing.

Begins in grade 2

Begins in grade 2

Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts and word relationships.

Demonstrate knowledge of word meanings used in every day routines.

With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings.

With guidance and support, demonstrate emerging understanding of word relationships.

Sort words into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Sort common objects into familiar categories.

Define words by category and by one or more key attributes.

Identify attributes of familiar words.

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner and adjectives differing in intensity by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.

Demonstrate an understanding of present tense verbs.

Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading, and being read to, including common conjunctions.

With guidance and support, use words acquired through conversations, being read to, and during shared reading activities.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the appropriate grade band conventions continuum.

Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, word relationships, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.

Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in developing vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

Demonstrate emerging understanding of the organization of print.

Recognize and use capitalization and ending punctuation.

Demonstrate understanding that print is read left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

Demonstrate understanding of orientation of print.

With guidance and support during shared reading, demonstrate understanding of the one-to-one correspondence between written and spoken words.

Print all upper- and lower-case letters legibly.

Selects or produces letters when asked to write."

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

Recognize rhyming words.

Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

With guidance and support, identify the picture or word that corresponds to orally presented segmented phonemes (e.g., C-A-T).

Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

Identify a single syllable spoken word with the same onset (beginning sound) as a familiar word.

Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

With guidance and support, substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Demonstrate emerging letter and word identification skills.

Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.

Identify upper case letters of the alphabet.

Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

With guidance and support, recognize familiar words that are used in every day routines.

Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.

Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.

Read words with inflectional endings.

Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

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

Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Identify details in familiar text.

With prompting and support, read and understand informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 for sustained periods of time.

Actively engage in group reading of information text for a clearly stated purpose.

With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Identify individuals, events, or details in a familiar informational text.

Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

With guidance and support, ask a reader to clarify the meaning of words in a text.

Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.

With guidance and support, identify various text features such as print, pictures, and titles.

Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

Distinguish between words and illustrations in a familiar information text."

Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.

Identify illustrations or objects/tactual information that go with a familiar text.

With guidance and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.

With guidance and support, identify points the author makes in a familiar informational text.

Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.

With guidance and support, compare two familiar texts on the same topic.

Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.

Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Identify details in familiar stories.

With prompting and support, read and understand literature of appropriate complexity for grade 1 for sustained periods of time.

Actively engage in group reading activities for a clearly stated purpose.

Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

With guidance and support, recount key details in familiar stories.

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Identify characters and settings in a familiar story.

Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

With guidance and support, identify sensory or feeling words in a familiar story.

Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.

With guidance and support, identify a text as telling a story.

Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

With guidance and support, identify the speaker in a familiar story.

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Identify illustrations or objects/tactual information that go with a familiar story.

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

With guidance and support, identify experiences of characters in familiar stories as same or different.

Read and understand complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently, connecting prior knowledge and experiences to text.

Determine central ideas (RI) or themes (RL) of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Communicate with others.

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.

Engage in multiple-turn exchanges with supportive adults.

Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

Build on comments or topics initiated by an adult.

Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

Use one or two words to ask questions related to personally relevant topics.

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

During shared reading, identify key details in the text.

Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

With guidance and support communicate confusion, lack of understanding or a need for help.

Produce complete sentences to describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

Combine two or more words when communicating.

Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Add or select drawings or other visual or tactual displays to communicate about familiar people, places, things, and events.

Integrated into SL.4

Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide closure.

With guidance and support, select a topic and use drawing, dictation, or writing to state an option about it.

With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide closure.

Select a familiar topic and use drawing, dictating, or writing to share information about it.

With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal transition words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

Select a familiar event and use drawing, dictating, or writing to share information about it.

With guidance and support from adults, organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.

With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce individual or group writing.

Participate in shared research and writing projects.

With guidance and support, participate in shared research and writing projects.

With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

With guidance and support from adults, identify information related to personal experiences and answer simple questions about those experiences.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Use digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.