Lindop School
First Grade Accomplishments - Student Literacy Expectations

1. Phonics and Word Knowledge
   • Blends or segments phonemes in one-syllable words.
   • Demonstrates phonemic awareness by counting syllables, hearing rhyme, alliteration, onset and rime of sounds in words.
   • Uses letter-sound correspondence to sound out unknown words.
   • Recognizes 100-300 age-appropriate sight words.
   • Uses a variety of decoding strategies (phonics, word patterns, context clues) to recognize new words in age-appropriate text.
   
   
2. Reading Comprehension and Fluency
   • Reads aloud with fluency, accuracy, rhythm, and volume that sounds like everyday speech.
   • Uses background knowledge to predict and justify what will happen next in stories.
   • Retells a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
   • Distinguishes between poetry and prose.
   • Describes and compares characters, settings, and events in stories and pictures.
   • Re-enacts and retells stories, songs, poems, and plays.
   • Selects books at an appropriate reading level.
   • Reads independently in a sustained way for a period of time.
   
   
3. Writing and Spelling
   • Uses age-appropriate pre-writing strategies to generate and organize ideas.
   • Writes simple (subject/verb/complement) sentences.
   • Creates own written texts for others to read (i.e. lists, notes, cards, picture labels).
   • Uses basic punctuation (end marks) and capitalization.
   • Produces a variety of types of compositions (e.g. stories, descriptions, charts, journal entries).
   • Applies new vocabulary to written composition.
   • Uses basic components of writing process (prewriting, drafting, publishing) to develop narratives.
   • Uses phonetic spelling to attempt unknown words.
   • Spells correctly three and four letter short vowel words.
   • Spells high frequency, phonetically regular long vowel words correctly and some irregular sight words.
   
   
4. Listening and Speaking
   • Listens and comprehends appropriate content material.
   • Expresses ideas clearly, thinks creatively, and organizes information in ways appropriate to first grade.
   • Speaks in a clear audible voice.
   • Participates in class discussion by contributing ideas and asking questions.
   • Listens and responds politely and appropriately to other speakers.

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