Language Expectations for Grade 1:
READING
• Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
• Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning
• Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently
• Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading
WRITING
• Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience
• Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
• Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively
• Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process
ORAL COMMUNICATION
• Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes
• Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes
• Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations
MEDIA LITERACY
• Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts
• Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning
• Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques
• Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts