Government Standards



Common Core

Language Arts - Grade 1

Assessment Exam - Common Core Language Arts - Grade 1
Reading: Literature eTAP Lesson
Key Ideas and Details
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1
 
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2
Retelling/Recall Facts
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Craft and Structure
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4
Poetry
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5
Types of Literature
Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6
Sequencing
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7
 
Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9
Compare and Contrast
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.10
 
Reading: Informational Text eTAP Lesson
Key Ideas and Details
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1
Questioning
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.3
Cause-effect Relationships
Craft and Structure
Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.4
 
Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.5
Structural Features of Text
Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6
Book Parts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7
 
Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8
Predictions
Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.9
 
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10
 
Reading: Foundational Skills eTAP Lesson
Print Concepts
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.1.a
Letters, Words, & Sentences
Phonological Awareness
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2.a
Phonemes
Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2.b
Consonant Blends
Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2.c
Vowel Sounds
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2.d
Beginning, Middle & Ending Sounds
Phonics and Word Recognition
Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.a
Vowel Digraphs
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.b
Sight Words
Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.c
Long Vowels
Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.d
Syllables
Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.e
Compound Words
Read words with inflectional endings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.f
 
Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.g
Dictionary
Fluency
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4.a
 
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4.b
 
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4.c
 
Writing eTAP Lesson
Text Types and Purposes
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 some sense of closure.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.1
Letters
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.2
Informative and Explanatory Texts
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.3
Brief Narratives
Production and Distribution of Writing
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.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.5
Organization and Focus
With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.6
Word-Processing
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of "how-to" books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.7
Research Reports and Research Plans
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8
Gathering Research Report Information
Speaking and Listening eTAP Lesson
Comprehension and Collaboration
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1.a
 
Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1.b
 
Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1.c
 
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.2
Oral Directions
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.3
 
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.4
Descriptive Words
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.5
Oral Presentations
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.6
 
Language eTAP Lesson
Conventions of Standard English
Print all upper- and lowercase letters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.a
Uppercase & Lowercase Letters
Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.b
 
Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops; We hop).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.c
Nouns
Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their, anyone, everything).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.d
Pronouns
Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.e
Verbs
Use frequently occurring adjectives.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.f
 
Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.g
Grammar Conventions
Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.h
 
Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during, beyond, toward).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.i
Prepositions
Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1.j
Sentence Structure
Capitalize dates and names of people.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2.a
Capitalization
Use end punctuation for sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2.b
Period/Exclamation Point/Question Mark
Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2.c
Commas
Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2.d
Word Families
Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2.e
Summary & Spelling
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.4.a
Context Clues
Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.4.b
Roots and Affixes
Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.4.c
Root/Base Words
Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.5.a
 
Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.5.b
 
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.5.c
 
Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.5.d
 
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.6