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Missouri Standards

Missouri 1st Grade ELA Standards

All 29 Missouri English language arts standards for 1st grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

29 standards

Reading

11 standards
1.R.1.A
Predict using what they already know, ask and answer questions, retell main ideas in order, and reread or fix up when a text stops making sense.
1.R.1.B
Build word knowledge by using prefixes, endings, and sentence clues to work out meanings, splitting compound words like sunset, and finding words in a dictionary.
1.R.1.C
Compare two texts, stories or nonfiction, by telling how their ideas are alike and how they differ.
1.R.1.D
Read books at a first grade level on their own for longer stretches and for different reasons, showing what they read, like a reading log.
1.R.2.A
Describe a story's characters, setting, problem, solution, and events in order, tell who narrates it, explain why the main character acts, and compare characters.
1.R.2.B
Read poems aloud with a steady beat and hear rhyme and repeated starting sounds, like big brown bear.
1.R.2.C
Name the characters in a play and tell who is speaking each line, and spot words in a story that appeal to the five senses.
1.R.3.A
Use headings, pictures, and captions to restate a main idea and find facts, tell which facts came from pictures or words, and follow picture-cued steps.
1.R.3.B
Tell fiction from nonfiction and point out details in a nonfiction text that describe how something looks, sounds, or feels.
1.R.3.C
Ask and answer questions about a nonfiction text, name its main idea and details, find the author's reasons, and compare two texts on one topic.
1.R.4.A
With help, tell why different media are made, like to sell or to inform, and explain techniques they use, like a jingle or a famous face.

Reading Foundations

4 standards
1.RF.1.A
Recognize what makes a sentence, like a capital at the start, spaces between words, and a punctuation mark at the end.
1.RF.2.A
Hear and work with sounds in spoken words: count syllables, tell long from short vowels, blend sounds like s-t-o-p, and split words of up to five sounds.
1.RF.3.A
Sound out words using letter sounds, blends like st, digraphs like sh and ch, and long and short vowels, and read sight words, contractions, and compound words.
1.RF.4.A
Read first grade texts smoothly, accurately, and with expression, using the context to check words and rereading when something does not make sense.

Writing

8 standards
1.W.1.A
Plan a first draft by brainstorming ideas and jotting down the most important ones.
1.W.1.B
Turn notes into a draft of sentences that stay on topic, follow an order, and have a simple beginning and ending.
1.W.1.C
With help from adults or classmates, revise a draft by adding details that make meaning clearer, then edit for spacing, capitals, and punctuation.
1.W.1.D
With help from adults or classmates, use paper and digital tools to produce a finished piece and share it with others.
1.W.2.A
Write an opinion piece that names a topic or book, states what they think with a reason, uses topic words, follows an order, and has an ending.
1.W.2.B
Write to teach about a topic or book by naming it, giving facts with topic words in an order that makes sense, and wrapping up at the end.
1.W.2.C
Write a real or made-up story or a poem with details and events in order, using words like first, next, and last, and share a reaction at the end.
1.W.3.A
With help, research a topic by asking questions, picking sources, gathering facts and interviews, sorting notes in a chart, sharing findings, and judging the work.

Language

2 standards
1.L.1.A
Speak and write using nouns, past, present, and future verbs, adjectives, adverbs, a, an, the, and, but, so, pronouns, prepositions, and compound sentences.
1.L.1.B
Print neatly with spaces, end sentences with punctuation, capitalize names, use commas in a list, spell by sound and pattern, and alphabetize by first letter.

Speaking/Listening

4 standards
1.SL.1.A
Follow class listening rules, add to what others say in a conversation, and carry out two-step directions like hang up your coat and sit down.
1.SL.2.A
Listen actively the way the class expects, like facing the speaker and waiting until they finish before talking.
1.SL.3.A
Take turns in a discussion, respond to classmates' comments, and retell a read-aloud or video and ask questions about it to show understanding.
1.SL.4.A
With help, explain a chosen topic using a prop or picture, recite a poem alone or with a group, and speak in full sentences at the right volume.

The official Missouri documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Missouri's standards, not the official wording, which Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.