Process

• Demonstrate an understanding of the conventions of print
• Apply word analysis skills (phonics, word patterns) to recognize new words
• Apply word study skills (structural analysis) to recognize and understand new words
• Read age-appropriate material aloud with fluency and accuracy
• Demonstrate an understanding of vocabulary
• Apply reading strategies and skills to improve fluency and understanding

  Reading Related Web Sites

  • Open Court -Resources to support the Open Court Reading Program for students and teachers
  • Children's Literature Web Guide
  • http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html use spelling lists already created or create your own. Flash Player needed.

Literature

• Identify and understand literary elements (event sequence, plot, setting)
• Recognize the differences among types of literature (fantasy, fiction, informational texts, play, poetry)

  Grade 1 Literature Related Web Sites

  • Fairy Tale Cyber Dictionary Project - Classes create pictures and sentences for a fairy tale then share them through the Internet.
  • Aviation site related to the Wright Brothers
  • Dr. Seuss's Seussville! "The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am,Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!"
  • Little Explorers From "aardvark" to "zoologist," little Net surfers can click their way through the alphabet. Each letter of Little Explorers' dictionary has dozens of illustrated entries, most of them linked to external sites.
  • Kid's Korner -familar rhymes and songs (words and music)
  • Winter ABC Poem Books created collaboratively by 1st and 3rd graders.
  • Tales To Tell Choose from rhymes and nonsense, fables, animal stories, and many other kinds of stories by category, for adventures of all sorts, along with reading practice.
  • CyberGuides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities - Standards-based, web-delivered units on childrens' literature for grades K-12.

Writing

• Recognize and apply appropriate parts of speech
• Use correct grammar in written work
• Recognize and apply appropriate capitalization and punctuation
• Spell own name, apply knowledge of letter/sound relationships to writing
• Identify and construct various types of sentences
• Use the writing process effectively (prewrite, draft, revise)
• Demonstrate organization and focus
• Write using various forms (expository, narrative, persuasive, etc.)
• Write in manuscript form

  Writing Related Web Sites

  • Cafe Hawthorne - a district 97 showcase of student writings.
  • Inkspot: A Resource for Children's Writers
  • Bat Magnet Poem Board - This is just like the "real" magnetic poetry board.  You can also change the available words to create poetry about things other than bats!

Listening/Speaking
Research

• Identify questions to research