Department/Grade: Reading/1 Course: Reading Grade 1 Revision Date: April 2009
Required/Elective: Required Course Length: 1 year Prerequisite: Kindergarten
Course Description:
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COURSE OBJECTIVES |
CONTENT OUTLINE |
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Learning to Read Independently (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.1)
Reading Critically in the Content Areas (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.2)
Reading Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.3)
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1. Reads independently and fluently with 95% accuracy text from a variety of genres with simple sentences containing some multi-syllabic and compound words.
2. Recognize high frequency and familiar words in isolation and in content.
3. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabetic principle, the ability to associate sounds with letters and use these sounds to form words.
4. Reads and rereads text using self-monitoring strategies (predicts, revises predictions, uses picture and structural clues, questions, and clarifies for meaning).
5. Demonstrates comprehension by retelling a text in a logical and sequential order including some detail (fiction and non-fiction).
6. Demonstrates comprehension by describing characters and setting.
7. Justifies predictions, answers, and conclusions by locating information from the text and evidence from the illustrations (fiction and non-fiction).
8. Demonstrates comprehension through participation in whole and small group discussions about various genres (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry).
9. Reads "silently" (quiet voice acceptable) a variety of books and maintains a reading log.
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Types of Writing (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.4)
Quality of Writing (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.5)
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1. Writes narratives (stories, poems) with characters, a setting, a beginning, middle, and end including two or more logically sequenced events.
2. Writes a series of informational sentences about a real object, person place, or event (descriptions, definitions, simple instructions) using illustrations when relevant.
3. Identifies and differentiates facts and opinions.
4. Write clear and coherent sentences that develop a central idea.
5. Writes using complete, simple declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.
6. Writes using nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives.
7. Revises writing to add or eliminate details and correct ideas so a logical order is present.
8. Edits writing by using sound spelling, spelling benchmark words correctly.
9. Edits writing by capitalizing first word of a sentence, proper nouns, and the pronoun "I."
10. Edits writing by using proper end punctuation (period, exclamation point, question mark).
11. Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately.
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Speaking and Listening (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.6)
Characteristics and Functions of the English Language (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.7)
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1. Listen to others when they are speaking and demonstrate an understanding of the message. 2. Listen attentively and follow directions to perform a task. 3. Ask questions to clarify information. 4. Listen to a selection and connect similar experiences to real events. 5. Use correct vocabulary and word usage when speaking. 6. Use appropriate volume while initiating answers and conservation. 7. Use appropriate pace in sentences, rhymes, poetry, and questions 8. Ask and answer relevant questions and share experiences within a group. 9. Use electronic media for learning purposes (books on tape, computer programs and downloads, etc.)
1. Distinguish commonly used words from other languages. Recognize a word as one other than commonly used in spoken English
2. Identify variations in the dialogue of literary characters. Utilize speech bubbles and quotations to differentiate between dialogue and text.
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Research (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.8)
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1. Select a topic for research.
2. Differentiate and select sources for gathering information.
3. Organize and present the main ideas from the research.
4. Write a simple report using complete sentences.
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RESOURCE MATERIALS |
ASSESSMENT |
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Harcourt Reading Program Leveled Readers Decodables Reader’s Theater National Geographic Leveled Books Leap Pads Computers Cassette/CD Players Fluency Centers Headphones Word Walls Charts Index Cards Literacy Centers Overhead Projector Transparencies Lexia Reading Counts! Instant Readers Graphic Organizers Practice Books Sentence Strips Trade Books Magnetic Letters File Folder Centers Dictionaries Newspapers Time for Kids Sitton Spelling series
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End of Selection tests Holistic Theme Tests Standardized tests Running Records Performance assessments/Literacy centers Reading Counts Scholastic Reading Inventory Lexia DIBELS Journals/notebooks Observation Evaluate oral response Projects Checklists/Inventories Anecdotal records
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