Grade 1 Common Core

I Can Statements…I Can Statements…

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First Grade Common Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Reading:

Literature

RL.1.1 – 1.10

2

I can ask at least one question about the story.

RL.1.1

3

I can answer all who, what, when or where questions

about the story.

RL.1.1

4

I can tell what the story is about and tell important

parts.

RL.1.2

5

I can tell who was in the story, where it happened,

when it happened, and what happened.

RL.1.3

6

I can tell how words make me feel.

RL.1.4

7

I can tell which books are stories and which tell true

things.

RL.1.5

8

I can tell who is talking to tell the story.

RL.1.6

9

I can tell about the story using pictures and

words.

RL.1.7

10

I can tell how the stories are the same and

different.

RL.1.9

11

I can read and listen to poems and prose.

RL.1.10

12

First Grade Common Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Reading: Informational Text

RI.1.1 – 1.10

13

I can ask questions about details in a text.

RI.1.1

14

I can answer questions about details in a text.

RI.1.1

15

I can tell important details.

RI.1.2

16

I can tell how things go together.

RI.1.3

17

I can learn the meanings of words I do not know.

RI.1.4

18

I can use parts of a book to find information.

RI.1.5

19

I can understand what is read because the pictures

and words help me.

RI.1.6

20

I can the pictures and words to help me understand ideas.

RI.1.7

21

I can tell some important things the author wanted

me to learn.

RI.1.8

22

I can tell how two texts are the same or different.

RI.1.9

23

I can read true stories with help.

RI.1.10

24

First Grade Common Core…The Next Generation

Strand: Reading Foundations

RF.1.1-1.4

25

I can write a sentence that starts with a capital and

ends with a mark.

RF.1.1

26

I can hear long and short vowels.

RF.1.2

27

I can blend sounds to make words.

RF.1.2

28

I can sound out common digraphs.

RF.1.3

29

I can sound out one- syllable words.

RF.1.3

30

I can sound out words that end with silent e.

RF.1.3

31

I can use vowels to sound out syllables.

RF.1.3

32

I can break words into parts.

RF.1.3

33

I can read words with endings.

RF.1.3

34

I can read first grade sight words.

RF.1.3

35

I can know the purpose of my reading.

RF.1.4

36

I can read fluently.

RF.1.4

37

I can self-correct when I read.

RF.1.4

38

First Grade Common Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Writing

W.2.1-

39

I can write what I think and why I think that.

W.1.1

40

I can write about events that happened first, next,

and last.

W.1.3

41

I can use suggestions to add details to make

my writing better.

W.1.5

42

I can share my writing using technology.

W.1.6

43

I can find facts.

W.1.7

44

I can write an answer to a question.

W.1.7

45

First Grade Common Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Speaking and

Listening

SL. 1.1-1.6

46

I can follow rules when I talk to my classmates.

SL.1.1

47

I can ask questions about the topic.

SL.1.1

48

I can add my own comment to the topic.

SL.1.1

49

I can ask and answer question to learn more

about something.

SL.1.2

50

I can ask good questions after listening to someone

speak.

SL.1.3

51

I can express my ideas and feelings clearly.

SL.1.4

52

I can use pictures or things to help people

understand me.

SL.1.5

53

I can talk in sentences.

SL.1.6

54

First GradeCommon Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Language

L-1.1 – L-1.6

55

I can print all upper- and lowercase letters.

L-1.1

56

I can know what nouns are.

L-1.1

57

I can match nouns with action words. (He hops.

We hop.)

L-1.1

58

I can use a different word for a noun (I, me, my, they,

them, their, anyone, everything).

L-1.1

59

I can use action words for things that happened yesterday, today, and

tomorrow.

L-1.1

60

I can use describing words.

L-1.1

61

I can use connecting words.

L-1.1

62

I can use a, an, and the.

L-1.1

63

I can use prepositions like over, under, and around.

L-1.1

64

I can combine sentences.

L-1.1

65

I can capitalize dates and names.

L-1.2

66

I can use end punctuation for sentences.

L-1.2

67

I can use commas in dates and lists.

L-1.2

68

I can spell sight words and word family words.

L-1.2

69

I can use invented spelling.

L-1.2

70

I can find root words and endings.

L-1.4

71

I can use word clues to figure out what a word

means.

L-1.4

72

I can use the end of words to figure out what a word

means.

L-1.4

73

I can put words in groups that are the same.

L-1.5

74

I can tell what words mean and add details.

L-1.5

75

I can make connections between words.

L-1.5

76

I can use words that show a slight difference in actions (eg. glance, peek, stare) or

descriptions (big, huge, gigantic).

L-1.5

77

I can put two little sentences together to make one sentence.

L-1.6

78

Grade 1 Common Core State Standards

North Dakota

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