Reading
Writing
Students at this level use general skills and strategies of the reading process to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
Students at this level use the skills and strategies of the writing process while incorporating aspects and conventions of writing.
Students will be able to: â˘Use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words, including: letters of the alphabet, common letter/sound relationships to decode unknown words, and beginning consonants. â˘Develop reading comprehension strategies, including: meaning clues, using pictures, making predictions, and self to text connections â˘Use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of familiar literary passages and texts, including nursery rhymes, predictable books, signs, non-Ââfiction, â˘Understands level-Ââappropriate sight words and vocabulary â˘Uses self-Ââcorrection strategies and asks for help with reading â˘Knows elements of the story, including: setting, main characters, main events, sequence, and problems
Students will be able to: Uses the skills and strategies of the writing process to: â˘Draws pictures to generate ideas â˘Incorporates illustrations to match print â˘Add details to pictures â˘Demonstrate ability to do simple editing â˘Demonstrate some proper use of conventions including, writing from left to right and top to bottom, use of letter-Ââsound relationships and short vowel patterns to spell words, and capitalization of first and last names and first word of sentence. â˘Form letters in print using upper and lowercase letters, proper spacing
Speaking & Listening
Students at this level use listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Students will be able to: â˘Make contributions in class and group discussions â˘Initiates conversations â˘Connect experiences with those of others â˘Make contributions in class discussions â˘Recite and respond to familiar stories, poems, and rhymes with patterns â˘Know and use a variety of descriptive words