New York State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 1

NY.1. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

1.1. Locate and use classroom and library media center resources to acquire information, with assistance

1.2. Read grade-level informational texts to begin to collect data, facts, and ideas, with assistance

1.3. Distinguish between texts with stories and texts with information

1.4. Use a picture dictionary as a resource for vocabulary development

1.5. Select books to meet informational needs, with assistance

NY.2. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

2.1. Comprehend and respond to imaginative texts and performances; interpret, with assistance

2.2. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to select books, tapes, and poems on the basis of personal choice/interest or teacher-selected criteria, such as a theme/topic

2.3. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to predict what might happen next in a story read aloud or independently

2.4. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to draw conclusions from a story

2.5. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to identify characters, settings, and events in a story

2.6. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to retell a story

2.7. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary

2.8. Dramatize or retell stories, using puppets, toys, and other props

NY.3. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

3.1. Identify, explain, and evaluate ideas, themes, and experiences from texts and performances

3.2. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to identify what they know, want to know, and have learned about a specific story, theme, or topic

3.3. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to predict what could happen next or the outcome of a story or article

3.4. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to change the sequence of events in a story to create a different ending

3.5. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to compare a character in a story or article to a person with the same career or experience

3.6. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to evaluate and select books, poems, or tapes on the basis of personal choice or teacher-selected criteria, such as theme, topic, author, and illustrations

3.7. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to identify the characters in a story and explain what each contributes to the events of the story

3.8. Engage in pre-reading and reading activities to recognize different plots in books by the same author

NY.4. Reading: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

4.1. Share reading experiences (e.g., reading together silently or aloud) to establish, maintain, and enhance personal relationships with peers or adults

4.2. Respect the age, gender, and cultural traditions of the writer

4.3. Recognize the vocabulary of social communication (e.g., the language of salutations and closings)

1.6. Use resources such as a picture dictionary or word wall to find and write words, with assistance

2.9. Use personal experiences to stimulate own writing, with assistance

4.4. Maintain a portfolio of writings and drawings for social interaction, with assistance

1.7. Respond orally to questions and/or directions

1.8. Share information using appropriate visual aids (e.g. puppets, toys, and pictures) to illustrate a word or concept

2.10. Recite poems and nursery rhymes