1st Grade Reading “I Promise” Standards

• Identify and produce rhyming words (K.FR-PA.2a, IACS Foundational Standard)

• Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (1.FR.PA.2)

• Use knowledge of grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words (1.FR-PH.3a-g) 

• Recognize and read grade level appropriate irregularly spelled words (first 300 Fry Sight Words) (1.FR-PH.3h) 

• Read grade level text with accuracy, appropriate rate and expression to support comprehension in successive readings (60 wpm) (1.RC.RF.4).

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing and/or speaking (1.GC.1.a-h)

• Retell the beginning, middle and end of familiar stories with key details heard or read demonstrating understanding of their central messages or morals. (1.RC-L.5a)

• Describe major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information (1.RC-L.5c)

1st Grade Math “I Promise” Standards

• Count forward and backwards within 120 by ones. Skip count by twos to 20, by fives to 100, and by tens to 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral (1.NBT.A.1).

• Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones (place value)  (1.NBT.B.2)

• Demonstrate fluency for addition and subtraction within ten, use strategies (ten buddies, doubles facts, fact families, etc.) to add and subtract within 20 (1.OA.C.6)

• Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks (1.MD.B.3)

• Identify quarters, dimes, and nickels and relate their values to pennies. Find equivalent values (e.g., a nickel is equivalent to five pennies) (1.MD.D.5)

1st Grade Writing “I Promise” Standards

• Write first (1.GC-M.2c) and last name (IACS Foundational Standard)

• Write a complete sentence forming letters correctly, using finger spacing, capitalization, and punctuation (1.W.2, 1.M.2a, 1.M.2c)

• Understand a paragraph includes a topic sentence, details, and sense of closure (IACS Foundational Standard)

• Write a guided informative, opinion, and personal narrative paragraph (1.W.1)

1st Grade Science “I Promise” Standards

• Explain how plants and animals use their external parts to survive, grow and meet their needs. (1-LS-1.1)

• Explain how parents use their behavior and traits to help their offspring survive (1-LS-1.2)

• Observe the sun, moon, and stars to understand Earth’s place in space and to explain the different seasons (1-ESS-1.1 and 1-ESS-1.2)

• Explain how vibrations create sound and can be used to communicate (1-PS-1.1 and 1-PS-1.4)

• Explain how objects can produce their own light and how light travels (1.PS-1.2 and 1-PS-1.3)

1st Grade Social Studies “I Promise” Standards

• Recognize that people belong to many different groups, such as families, neighborhoods, schools, and communities. (1.SS.1.1.1)

• Compare how life is different today than it was long ago and in other cultures (1.SS.1.1.2, 1.SS.5.1.1

• Identify needs and wants and explain how needs can be met by saving money, trading, or sharing. (1.SS.3.1.1, 1.SS.3.1.2, 1.SS.3.4.1 )

• Explain why rules are necessary at home and at school (1.SS.4.1.1)

• Explain what maps and globes represent, how they are used, and identify legends and keys on maps. (1.SS.2.1.1, 1.SS.2.1.3)