Reading at School

Reading at School (Make sure to check the subpage for information about the types of reading instruction used at school!!)

During the day at school we practice reading in many ways. These ways include Guided Reading, Shared Reading, and Interactive Read Alouds. Also look below to see the Common Core State Standard associated with our daily reading instruction.

Common Core Standards: 1st Grade

Reading Literature

Key Ideas and Details

RL.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RL.1.2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate

understanding of their central message or lesson.

RL.1.3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a

story, using key details.

Craft and Structure

RL.1.4. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that

suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

RL.1.5. Explain major differences between books that tell

stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide

reading of a range of text types.

RL.1.6. Identify who is telling the story at various points in a

text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RL.1.7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its

characters, setting, or events.

RL.1.8. (Not applicable to literature)

RL.1.9. Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences

of characters in stories.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

RL.1.10. With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of

appropriate complexity for grade 1.

Reading Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

RI.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text RI.1.2. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

RI.1.3. Describe the connection between two individuals, events,

ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Craft and Structure

RI.1.4. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify

the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

RI.1.5. 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.

RI.1.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or

other illustrations and information provided by the words in a

text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RI.1.7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its

key ideas.

RI.1.8. Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in

a text.

RI.1.9. Identify basic similarities in and differences between

two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions,

or procedures).

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

RI.1.10. With prompting and support, read informational texts

appropriately complex for grade 1.

Reading Foundational Skills

Print Concepts

RF.1.1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and

basic features of print.

Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g.,

first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).

Phonological Awareness

RF.1.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables,

and sounds (phonemes).

Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken singlesyllable

words.

Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds

(phonemes), including consonant blends.

Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds

(phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete

sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

Phonics and Word Recognition

RF.1.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis

skills in decoding words.

Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common

consonant digraphs (two letters that represent one sound).

Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

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.

Fluency

RF.1.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support

comprehension.

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.

Speaking & Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration

SL.1.1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse

partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in

small and larger groups.

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).

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.

SL.1.2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text

read aloud or information presented orally or through other

media.

SL.1.3. Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in

order to gather additional information or clarify something

that is not understood.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

SL.1.4. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant

details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

SL.1.5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions

when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

SL.1.6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task

and situation.