Curriculum

Children will be able to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.For example, when reading a story, they might figure out that "bat" can mean both a flying animal and a piece of sports equipment by considering the context of the sentence.

Children will be able to spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.** For example, if a child hears the word "bicycle," they might spell it as "biksel" based on their understanding of the sounds in the word.

Children will be able to use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.** For example, they might spell words like "cat," "dog," and "happy" correctly, as well as irregular words like "said" and "was."

Children will be able to use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.** For example, they will write sentences like "We have a party on July 4, 2023," and "I like apples, bananas, and oranges."

Children will be able to use end punctuation for sentences.** For example, completing a sentence like "I have a dog" with a period, or using a question mark for "Do you have a pet?" and an exclamation point for "That is amazing!"

Children will be able to capitalize dates and names of people.** For example, they might write, "My birthday is on April 5," and "I met Emily at the park."

Children will be able to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.** For example, they will write sentences that correctly use capital letters at the beginning and proper punctuation at the end, such as "I love to read!"

Children will be able to produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences** in response to prompts. For example, they might respond to a prompt by saying, "I like ice cream" (declarative), "Do you like ice cream?" (interrogative), "Please pass the ice cream" (imperative), or "Wow, that ice cream looks delicious!" (exclamatory).

Children will be able to use frequently occurring prepositions** (e.g., during, beyond, toward) in their speaking and writing. For example, they might say, "The cat is under the table" or "We will play beyond the park."

Children will be able to use determiners** (e.g., articles like "a" and "the," and demonstratives like "this" and "that") in their sentences. For example, they might say, "I see the dog" or "This is my favorite book."