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Florida 1st Grade ELA B.E.S.T. Standards

All 28 Florida English language arts standards for 1st grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is one click away under each one.

28 standards

Foundational Skills

4 standards
Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills
ELA.1.F.1.1
Find the title, contents page, author and illustrator names and glossary in a book.
Official wording
Locate the title, table of contents, names of author(s) and illustrator(s), and glossary of books.
ELA.1.F.1.2
Split spoken words into every sound and blend sounds into words, including blends and digraphs like sh and str, five-sound words like stamp and longer words.
Official wording
Demonstrate phonological awareness.aSegment spoken words into initial, medial, and final phonemes, including words with digraphs, blends, and trigraphs.bOrally blend initial, medial, and final phonemes together to produce a single-syllable word that includes digraphs, blends, or trigraphs.cBlend single-syllable spoken words with at least five phonemes.dSegment single-syllable spoken words with at least five phonemes.eSegment and blend phonemes in multi-syllable spoken words.
ELA.1.F.1.3
Sound out words with blends, digraphs, r-controlled vowels, endings like -ed and -ing, silent e and vowel teams, plus two-syllable words, and spell short words.
Official wording
Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately.aDecode words using knowledge of spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs, trigraphs, and blends.bDecode simple words with r-controlled vowels.cDecode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words.dDecode words with inflectional endings.eDecode two-syllable words with regular patterns by breaking the words into syllables.fDecode words that use final -e and vowel teams to make long-vowel sounds.
ELA.1.F.1.4
Read first-grade texts aloud correctly, smoothly and with expression, and know the year's sight words at a glance.
Official wording
Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.aRecognize and read with automaticity the grade-level sight words.

Reading

11 standards
Reading Prose and Poetry
ELA.1.R.1.1
Name and describe a story's characters, its setting and the events of its plot.
Official wording
Identify and describe the main story elements in a story.
ELA.1.R.1.2
Name the lesson a story teaches and explain it, like the tortoise showing that slow and steady wins.
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Identify and explain the moral of a story.
ELA.1.R.1.3
Use clues in the text to work out who is telling the story, like a character saying I or an outside narrator.
Official wording
Explain who is telling the story using context clues.
ELA.1.R.1.4
Point out the stanzas in a poem and where each line ends and the next one starts.
Official wording
Identify stanzas and line breaks in poems.
Reading Informational Text
ELA.1.R.2.1
Use parts like titles, headings, captions, maps, graphs, glossaries and pictures to show what a text teaches.
Official wording
Use text features including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations to demonstrate understanding of texts.
ELA.1.R.2.2
Tell what a text is about and pick out the details that matter most to that subject.
Official wording
Identify the topic of and relevant details in a text.
ELA.1.R.2.3
Tell how the pictures or charts in a nonfiction text match what the words say and how they differ from it.
Official wording
Explain similarities and differences between information provided in visuals and words in an informational text.
ELA.1.R.2.4
Find what the author thinks or feels about the subject, like believing recycling is important.
Official wording
Identify an author’s opinion(s) about the topic.
Reading Across Genres
ELA.1.R.3.1
Find words and phrases that describe in a text and tell what they show, like freezing cold or a tiny, shiny shell.
Official wording
Identify and explain descriptive words and phrases in text(s).
ELA.1.R.3.2
Retell a story's beginning, middle and end through its elements, or a nonfiction text's topic and key details, by speaking or writing.
Official wording
Retell a text in oral or written form to enhance comprehension.aUse main story elements at the beginning, middle, and end for a literary text.bUse topic and important details for an informational text.
ELA.1.R.3.3
Tell how two texts about the same subject are alike and different, like two books about frogs.
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Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic.

Communication

10 standards
Communicating Through Writing
ELA.1.C.1.1
Write every capital and small letter by hand, neatly and with correct formation.
Official wording
Print all upper- and lowercase letters.
ELA.1.C.1.2
Write a story that tells at least two events in order, with details and an ending that wraps it up.
Official wording
Write narratives that retell two or more appropriately sequenced events, including relevant details and a sense of closure.
ELA.1.C.1.3
Write what you think about a topic or book, give a reason taken from a source and finish with a closing line.
Official wording
Write opinions about a topic or text with at least one supporting reason from a source and a sense of closure.
ELA.1.C.1.4
Write to teach facts about a topic, using a book or other source, and end with a closing sentence.
Official wording
Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing facts and a sense of closure.
ELA.1.C.1.5
Plan, revise and edit writing with an adult's help, like adding a detail or fixing a capital letter.
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With guidance and support from adults, improve writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing.
Communicating Orally
ELA.1.C.2.1
Speak in full sentences and at a volume everyone can hear when sharing information with the class.
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Present information orally using complete sentences and appropriate volume.
Following Conventions
ELA.1.C.3.1
Use first-grade grammar, punctuation, capitals and spelling correctly, like capitalizing names and dates.
Official wording
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
Researching
ELA.1.C.4.1
Help research a question about one topic by gathering facts, like what pandas eat.
Official wording
Participate in research to gather information to answer a question about a single topic.
Creating and Collaborating
ELA.1.C.5.1
Add a picture, recording or other media to make a talk or piece of writing clearer, like a drawing of a life cycle.
Official wording
Use a multimedia element to enhance oral or written tasks.
ELA.1.C.5.2
Name and use digital tools, like a tablet app, to write and share work alone or with classmates, with adult help.
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Identify and use digital tools to produce and publish writing individually or with peers and with support from adults.

Vocabulary

3 standards
Finding Meaning
ELA.1.V.1.1
Use first-grade learning words, like describe, retell and compare, correctly when talking and writing.
Official wording
Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.
ELA.1.V.1.2
Spot common base words and their endings, like jump, jumps, jumped and jumping, and use them in class work.
Official wording
Identify and use frequently occurring base words and their common inflections in grade-level content.
ELA.1.V.1.3
Work out new words using pictures, nearby words, how words relate, a picture dictionary or what you already know.
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Identify and use picture clues, context clues, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of unknown words.

The official Florida documents

Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, Florida Department of Education.

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