North Dakota State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 1

ND.1.1. Research: Students engage in the research process.

1.1.1. Planning Research: Choose a research topic.

1.1.2. Planning Research: Formulate questions related to a topic of study.

1.1.3. Organizing Information: Locate and gather information from a variety of print and technological resources.

1.1.4. Presenting Information: Share items and/or information related to a topic.

1.1.5. Evaluation: Use self-assessment tools to evaluate presentation; e.g., checklist, pictorial (smiley/sad face).

ND.1.2. Reading: Students engage in the reading process.

1.2.1. Literary/Informational Genres: Read a variety of genres; i.e., fiction, folk tales, poetry, and nonfiction-informational.

1.2.2. Literary/Informational Genres: Explain elements of a story; i.e., characters, events, setting, and ending.

1.2.3. Phonological/Phonemic Awareness: Identify and manipulate sounds in words.

1.2.4. Phonological/Phonemic Awareness: Isolate and say the first, medial, or last sound in a word.

1.2.5. Phonological/Phonemic Awareness: Break or separate a word into parts - onset and rime.

1.2.6. Phonological/Phonemic Awareness: Identify and create rhymes.

1.2.7. Phonics/Word Recognition: Apply knowledge of letter/sound relationship when reading.

1.2.8. Phonics/Word Recognition: Use knowledge of phonics to decode words.

1.2.9. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Make and confirm predictions about what will happen in a story.

1.2.10. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Recall/Retell details/events in sequence.

1.2.11. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Make text-to-self and text-to-text connections.

1.2.12. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Use strategies to monitor comprehension; e.g., reread, check the picture, think about the story to determine what makes sense.

1.2.13. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Locate the main idea and identify supporting details of a text.

1.2.14. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Read a variety of vocabulary embedded in authentic text.

1.2.15. Comprehension/Reading Strategies for Meaning: Demonstrate fluency, reading in meaningful phrases: clear, and at an appropriate rate, with expression and accuracy.

1.2.16. Purposes for Reading: Use reading to be informed and/or entertained.

ND.1.3. Writing: Students engage in the writing process.

1.3.1. Prewriting: Recognize a variety of purposes for writing; i.e., inform, entertain.

1.3.2. Prewriting: Discuss and organize ideas drawn from prior knowledge using lists and webs.

1.3.3. Prewriting: Write about familiar topics and ideas.

1.3.4. Drafting: Write frequently for a variety of purposes; e.g., lists, journals, personal narratives.

1.3.5. Drafting: Compose at least three sentences about a single idea.

1.3.6. Drafting: Produce an organized piece with a beginning, middle, and end.

1.3.7. Drafting: Include supporting details in written work.

1.3.8. Drafting: Select descriptive language to add interesting details to a story.

1.3.9. Drafting: Write known words fluently.

1.3.10. Drafting: Write left to right across more than one line.

1.3.11. Drafting: Consistently use spacing to separate words.

1.3.12. Revising: Reread written work to check for meaning, ideas, word choice, and organization.

1.3.13. Editing: Reread written work to check for spelling of known words and punctuation; e.g., periods, question marks, exclamation points.

1.3.14. Editing: Choose grade-level appropriate tools for writing; i.e., dictionary.

1.3.15. Publication/Presentation: Share published piece with peers, teachers, and family members.

ND.1.4. Speaking and Listening: Students engage in the speaking and listening process.

1.4.1. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Use developmentally appropriate speaking vocabulary.

1.4.2. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Actively listen to the speaker.

1.4.3. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Follow two and three step directions.

1.4.4. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Stay on topic while speaking.

1.4.5. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Take turns speaking in conversation.

1.4.6. Conversation, Group Discussion, and Oral Presentation: Formulate and respond appropriately to questions

ND.1.5. Media: Students understand media.

1.5.1. Media Genres: Identify existing and developing media; i.e., radio, film and electronic sources.

ND.1.6. Language: Students understand and use principles of language.

1.6.1. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use sentences to convey a message.

1.6.2. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use developmentally-appropriate parts of speech; i.e., proper and common nouns, singular and plural nouns, pronouns, and verbs.

1.6.3. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use developmentally-appropriate capitalization; i.e., proper nouns, beginning of sentences, titles.

1.6.4. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use developmentally-appropriate conventions of punctuation; i.e., period, comma, question mark, exclamation marks.

1.6.5. Language Conventions/Mechanics: Use developmentally-appropriate principles of spelling; i.e., inventive spelling, commonly used words in writing.