First Grade Reading Objectives

First Grade Reading Objectives

All year

*Use capitalization and punctuation to distinguish sentences in print materials (225)

*Identify compound words (295)

*Distinguish the words within a spoken compound word (240)

*Identify contractions of words as aids to reading (300)

*Use pre-reading strategies, such as drawing on prior knowledge, discussing, generating questions, and making prereading predictions (eg using the book cover, do in guided reading as well as read-aloud time) (320)

*Preview the illustrations and the opening pages of a text (eg, title page, table of contents) to gain pre-reading information about the text (eg using a picture-walk in guided and self-selected reading) (325)

*Classify a passage as real or imaginary and recognize reasons for the classification (365)

*Retell a story (including the characters and the setting, and including a clear beginning, middle, and end) (330)

*Determine comparison/contrast relationships (350)

*Predict a probable outcome in written text (360)

*Draw logical conclusions based on information in a passage (355)

*Identify elements of a story (eg setting, characters) (370)

*Identify and/or describe the roles of authors and illustrators (380)

*Identify the plot (problem and solution) of a story (375)

*Differentiate between nonfiction and fiction (including poetry and fairy tales) (385)

*Name and use parts of a book (eg, title page, table of contents) (400)

*Identify the title and author of a book (205)

*Recognize alphabetical order or words, using the first letter (390)

Fall Objectives

*Recognize all upper and lowercase letters (214)

*Distinguish letters, words, and sentences in print materials (215)

*Recognize that oral words are matched to written words (210)

*Articulate words by segmenting them into initial, medial, and final sounds (260)

*Recognize and use a single initial and final consonant in a word to read words (260)

*Clap/identify and express orally two or more words that rhyme the number of syllables in a word given orally (235)

*Identify and express orally two or more words that rhyme, including words with consonant blends (255)

*Orally add, delete or change sounds in order to change words (eg as in chunking and when endings are added) (230)

*Recognize and use similarities among word structures (word families or chunks) as an aid to reading (280)

Winter Objectives

*Recognize the sounds made by consonant blends and digraphs and use these sounds to read words (265)

*Use short and long vowel sounds to read words (270)

*Articulate words by auditorily blending two to four individual letter sounds (245)

*Read high frequency words with fluency (see the word-wall and spelling list) (285)

*Monitor his or her own reading comprehension, self-correcting and rereading as needed (310)

Spring Objectives

*Decode single–syllable words by blending beginning, middle, and ending sounds (275)

*Use context clues, including textual illustrations, to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words 290)

*Participate in self-selected reading time during the school day (315)

*Recall and recognize relevant details in a passage by responding the questions that ask who, what, where, and when (335)

*Recall the sequential order of events in a story and/or recognize the beginning, middle and end (340)

*Determine cause-and-effect relationships in a story by responding to the questions that ask what, why and what if (345)

*Respond to and engage with text during shared reading, guided reading, literature circles (when applicable) and teacher read-alouds (366)