Experience an age-appropriate dance or dance concert, and discuss the experience.

Learn some singing dances.

Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.

Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking).

I can sort words into categories. I can define words by categories using common traits. I can connect words I [...]

Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a [...]

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in [...]

I can discover new words and phrases through reading, listening, and conversation. I can use my new words when speaking [...]

I can add drawings or visual displays to clarify my ideas, thoughts, or feelings.

I can recognize a complete sentence. I can use complete sentences when needed.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Print all upper- and lowercase letters.

Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops; We hop).

Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their, anyone, everything).

Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; [...]

Use frequently occurring adjectives.

Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).

Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).

Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during, beyond, toward).

Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Capitalize dates and names of people.

Use end punctuation for sentences.

Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.

I can use spelling patterns to write words. I can write first grade sight words.

I can use sounds and words I know to write unknown words.

I can determine the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words using context clues.

Read words with inflectional endings.

I can read first grade sight words.

I can read grade-level text with understanding. I can read grade-level text accurately. I can monitor and self correct when [...]

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.

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

I can identify my opinion on a topic or book. I can support my opinion with a reason. I can [...]

I can write informational texts that names a topic, includes facts and a closing.

I can write a personal story about myself with a beginning, middle, and end that includes details.

I can write about a topic. I can answer questions about my writing. I can listen to ideas my teachers [...]

I can use digital tools to produce and publish my writing.

I can define research and explain how research is different from other types of writing. I can research a topic [...]

I can answer questions using information recalled or gathered.

I can listen to the comments of others and share my own ideas. I can ask questions when I do [...]

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and [...]

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

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

I can identify information from a text being read aloud. I can identify information that is presented in different formats. [...]

I can ask questions about a presentation.