Virginia
Skills available for Virginia first-grade language arts standards
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Reading
1.5 The student will apply knowledge of how print is organized and read.
- a Read from left to right and from top to bottom.
- b Match spoken words with print.
- c Identify letters, words, sentences, and ending punctuation.
- d Read his/her own writing.
1.6 The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell.
1.7 The student will use semantic clues and syntax to expand vocabulary when reading.
- a Use words, phrases, and sentences.
- b Use titles and pictures.
- c Use information in the story to read words.
- d Use knowledge of sentence structure.
- e Use knowledge of story structure.
- f Reread and self-correct.
1.8 The student will expand vocabulary.
1.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts.
- a Preview the selection.
- b Set a purpose for reading.
- c Relate previous experiences to what is read.
- d Make and confirm predictions.
- e Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about what is read.
- f Identify characters, setting, and important events.
- g Retell stories and events, using beginning, middle, and end.
- h Identify the main idea or theme.
- i Read and reread familiar stories, poems, and passages with fluency, accuracy, and meaningful expression.
» 2.024: My Messy Room
» 2.039: Porridge Never Tasted So Good
» 2.040: Stella Is Ready
» 2.041: A Visit To The Farm
» 2.042: Joy - The Sportsman
» 2.043: Ruff Takes A Bath
» 2.044: Dining Together
» 2.045: The Adventure Trip
» 2.046: Birthday Boy Sam
» 2.047: Amy Goes Shopping
» 2.048: Visit To A Dentist
» 2.051: Balanced Diet
» 2.052: Hummingbird
» 2.053: Junk Food
» Healthy Habits
» Mammals
» Parts Of A Plant
1.10 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts.
- a Preview the selection.
- b Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
- c Set a purpose for reading.
- d Identify text features such as pictures, headings, charts, and captions.
- e Make and confirm predictions
- f Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about what is read.
- g Identify the main idea.
- h Read and reread familiar passages with fluency, accuracy, and meaningful expression.
1.11 The student will use simple reference materials.
- a Use knowledge of alphabetical order by first letter.
- b Use a picture dictionary to find meanings of unfamiliar words.
Writing
1.12 The student will print legibly.
- a Form letters accurately.
- b Space words within sentences.
- c Use the alphabetic code to write unknown words phonetically.
1.13 The student will write to communicate ideas for a variety of purposes.
- a Generate ideas.
- b Focus on one topic.
- c Revise by adding descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, and events.
- d Use complete sentences in final copies.
- e Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies.
- f Use correct spelling for commonly used sight words and phonetically regular words in final copies.
- g Share writing with others.
1.14 The student will use available technology for reading and writing.
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