ELA 1st Grade Literature

Description

• Ask and answer simple questions about a story's key details (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, and how questions)

• Describe major events in a story using key details from the text

• Explain the general differences between books that provide information and books that tell stories

• Identify words or phrases in literary texts that appeal to the senses or suggest feelings

• Describe elements of a story (e.g., characters, setting, events) based on information provided by both its illustrations and words

• Read independently with comprehension in first-grade-appropriate texts for a sustained period of time, and participate in whole- and small-group guided reading

• Understand the general differences among various print and digital materials (e.g., storybooks, fairy tales, informational books, newspapers, websites)