Tennessee Academic Standards: Grade 1
Skills available for Tennessee first-grade language arts standards
Category
Print skill plan
1.FL
Foundational Literacy
1.FL.PC Print Concepts
1.FL.PC.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
1.FL.PC.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
1.FL.PC.1.a: Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence, such as first word, capitalization, and ending punctuation.
1.FL.PC.1.a: Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence, such as first word, capitalization, and ending punctuation.
1.FL.PA Phonological Awareness
1.FL.PA.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
1.FL.PA.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
1.FL.PA.2.a: Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
1.FL.PA.2.a: Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
1.FL.PA.2.b: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
1.FL.PA.2.b: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
1.FL.PA.2.c: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
Initial and final sounds
Medial vowel sounds
1.FL.PA.2.c: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
Initial and final sounds
Medial vowel sounds
1.FL.PA.2.d: Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
Segment sounds
Manipulate sounds
1.FL.PA.2.d: Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
Segment sounds
Manipulate sounds
1.FL.PWR Phonics and Word Recognition
1.FL.PWR.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when decoding isolated words and in connected text.
1.FL.PWR.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when decoding isolated words and in connected text.
1.FL.PWR.3.a: Know the sound-spelling correspondence for common consonant digraphs.
1.FL.PWR.3.a: Know the sound-spelling correspondence for common consonant digraphs.
1.FL.PWR.3.b: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
Short vowel words
Short vowel sentences
Short vowel texts
Long vowel words
Long vowel sentences
Long vowel texts
Short and long vowels
R-controlled vowels
Diphthongs
1.FL.PWR.3.b: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
Short vowel words
Short vowel sentences
Short vowel texts
Long vowel words
Long vowel sentences
Long vowel texts
Short and long vowels
R-controlled vowels
Diphthongs
1.FL.PWR.3.c: Know the final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds, including r controlled vowels.
Short and long vowels
Silent e
Vowel teams
R-controlled vowels
1.FL.PWR.3.c: Know the final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds, including r controlled vowels.
Short and long vowels
Silent e
Vowel teams
R-controlled vowels
1.FL.PWR.3.d: Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
1.FL.PWR.3.d: Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
1.FL.PWR.3.e: Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
1.FL.PWR.3.e: Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
1.FL.PWR.3.f: Read words with inflectional endings.
1.FL.PWR.3.f: Read words with inflectional endings.
1.FL.PWR.3.g: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
1.FL.PWR.3.g: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
1.FL.PWR.3.h: Read grade-level decodable text with purpose and understanding.
Short vowel sentences
Decodable texts
1.FL.PWR.3.h: Read grade-level decodable text with purpose and understanding.
Short vowel sentences
Decodable texts
1.FL.WC Word Composition
1.FL.WC.4 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.
1.FL.WC.4 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.
1.FL.WC.4.a: Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common consonant spelling patterns, including consonant digraphs, double letters, and initial and final consonant blends.
Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs
Consonant blends and digraphs
1.FL.WC.4.a: Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common consonant spelling patterns, including consonant digraphs, double letters, and initial and final consonant blends.
Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs
Consonant blends and digraphs
1.FL.WC.4.b: Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common vowel spelling patterns including VCVe, common vowel teams, final -y, and r-controlled vowels.
Segment
Short vowels
Short and long vowels
Silent e
Vowel teams
R-controlled vowels
Diphthongs
1.FL.WC.4.b: Use conventional spelling for one-syllable words with common vowel spelling patterns including VCVe, common vowel teams, final -y, and r-controlled vowels.
Segment
Short vowels
Short and long vowels
Silent e
Vowel teams
R-controlled vowels
Diphthongs
1.FL.WC.4.c: Spell words with inflectional endings.
1.FL.WC.4.c: Spell words with inflectional endings.
1.FL.WC.4.d: Spell two-syllable words that end in -y or -ly, are compounds, or have two closed syllables.
1.FL.WC.4.d: Spell two-syllable words that end in -y or -ly, are compounds, or have two closed syllables.
1.FL.WC.4.e: Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
Segment
Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs
Short vowels
Silent e
Vowel teams
Diphthongs
Two-syllable words
1.FL.WC.4.e: Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
Segment
Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs
Short vowels
Silent e
Vowel teams
Diphthongs
Two-syllable words
1.FL.WC.4.f: Write many common, frequently used words and some irregular words.
1.FL.WC.4.f: Write many common, frequently used words and some irregular words.
1.FL.WC.4.g: Print all upper and lowercase letters.
1.FL.WC.4.g: Print all upper and lowercase letters.
1.FL.F Fluency
1.FL.F.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
1.FL.F.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
1.FL.F.5.a: Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
Rhymes
Short vowel decodable text
Long vowel decodable text
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
1.FL.F.5.a: Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
Rhymes
Short vowel decodable text
Long vowel decodable text
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
1.FL.F.5.b: Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
1.FL.F.5.b: Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
1.FL.F.5.c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding of words; reread as necessary.
Sentences
Passages
1.FL.F.5.c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding of words; reread as necessary.
Sentences
Passages
1.FL.SC Sentence Composition
1.FL.SC.6 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including capitalization and punctuation, when writing.
1.FL.SC.6 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including capitalization and punctuation, when writing.
1.FL.SC.6.a: Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
Common nouns
Proper nouns
Common and proper nouns
Possessive nouns
1.FL.SC.6.a: Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
Common nouns
Proper nouns
Common and proper nouns
Possessive nouns
1.FL.SC.6.b: Use singular and plural nouns with correct verbs in basic sentences.
Singular and plural nouns
Subject-verb agreement
1.FL.SC.6.b: Use singular and plural nouns with correct verbs in basic sentences.
Singular and plural nouns
Subject-verb agreement
1.FL.SC.6.c: Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns.
Personal pronouns
Possessive pronouns
1.FL.SC.6.c: Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns.
Personal pronouns
Possessive pronouns
1.FL.SC.6.d: Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.
Past tense
Present tense
Future tense
Order sentences
1.FL.SC.6.d: Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.
Past tense
Present tense
Future tense
Order sentences
1.FL.SC.6.e: Use frequently occurring adjectives.
1.FL.SC.6.e: Use frequently occurring adjectives.
1.FL.SC.6.f: Use frequently occurring conjunctions.
1.FL.SC.6.f: Use frequently occurring conjunctions.
1.FL.SC.6.g: Use articles and demonstratives.
1.FL.SC.6.g: Use articles and demonstratives.
1.FL.SC.6.h: Use frequently occurring prepositions such as during, beyond, and toward.
1.FL.SC.6.h: Use frequently occurring prepositions such as during, beyond, and toward.
1.FL.SC.6.i: Produce and expand simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
Sentence types
End marks
Complete sentences
1.FL.SC.6.i: Produce and expand simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
Sentence types
End marks
Complete sentences
1.FL.SC.6.j: Capitalize names of people and dates.
1.FL.SC.6.j: Capitalize names of people and dates.
1.FL.SC.6.k: End sentences with correct punctuation.
1.FL.SC.6.k: End sentences with correct punctuation.
1.FL.SC.6.l: Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
1.FL.SC.6.l: Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
1.FL.VA Vocabulary Acquisition
1.FL.VA.7a Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
1.FL.VA.7a Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
1.FL.VA.7a.i: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
1.FL.VA.7a.i: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
1.FL.VA.7a.ii: Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.
1.FL.VA.7a.ii: Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.
1.FL.VA.7a.iii: Identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms.
1.FL.VA.7a.iii: Identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms.
1.FL.VA.7b With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
1.FL.VA.7b With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
1.FL.VA.7b.i: Sort words into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
1.FL.VA.7b.i: Sort words into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
1.FL.VA.7b.ii: Define words by category and by one or more key attributes.
1.FL.VA.7b.ii: Define words by category and by one or more key attributes.
1.FL.VA.7b.iii: Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
Categories
Multiple-meaning words
Verbs
Adjectives
Prepositions
1.FL.VA.7b.iii: Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
Categories
Multiple-meaning words
Verbs
Adjectives
Prepositions
1.FL.VA.7b.iv: Distinguish shades of meaning among words by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
1.FL.VA.7b.iv: Distinguish shades of meaning among words by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
1.FL.VA.7c Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships.
Adjectives
Prepositions
1.FL.VA.7c Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships.
Adjectives
Prepositions
1.RL
Reading Literature
1.RL.KID Key Ideas and Details
1.RL.KID.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Main idea
Inference and analysis
Setting and character
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
1.RL.KID.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Main idea
Inference and analysis
Setting and character
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
1.RL.KID.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
1.RL.KID.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
1.RL.KID.3 Using graphic organizers or including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate, describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.
1.RL.KID.3 Using graphic organizers or including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate, describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.
1.RL.CS Craft and Structure
1.RL.CS.4 Identify words and phrases in stories and poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
1.RL.CS.4 Identify words and phrases in stories and poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
1.RL.CS.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide range of text types.
1.RL.CS.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide range of text types.
1.RL.CS.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
1.RL.CS.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
1.RL.IKI Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1.RL.IKI.7 Either orally or in writing when appropriate, use illustrations and words in a text to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Inference and analysis
Sequence
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RL.IKI.7 Either orally or in writing when appropriate, use illustrations and words in a text to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Inference and analysis
Sequence
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RL.IKI.8 Not applicable
1.RL.IKI.8 Not applicable
1.RL.IKI.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate.
1.RL.IKI.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate.
1.RL.RRTC Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
1.RL.RRTC.10 With prompting and support, read stories and poems of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
1.RL.RRTC.10 With prompting and support, read stories and poems of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI
Reading Informational Text
1.RI.KID Key Ideas and Details
1.RI.KID.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Inference and analysis
Main idea
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.KID.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Inference and analysis
Main idea
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.KID.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.KID.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.KID.3 Using graphic organizers or including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate, describe the connections between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
1.RI.KID.3 Using graphic organizers or including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate, describe the connections between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
1.RI.CS Craft and Structure
1.RI.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 1 topic or subject area.
Vocabulary in context
Read-along texts
1.RI.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 1 topic or subject area.
Vocabulary in context
Read-along texts
1.RI.CS.5 Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.
1.RI.CS.5 Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.
1.RI.CS.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
1.RI.CS.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
1.RI.IKI Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1.RI.IKI.7 Either orally or in writing when appropriate, use the illustrations and words in a text to describe its key ideas.
Inference and analysis
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.IKI.7 Either orally or in writing when appropriate, use the illustrations and words in a text to describe its key ideas.
Inference and analysis
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.IKI.8 Identify the reasons an author provides to support points in a text.
1.RI.IKI.8 Identify the reasons an author provides to support points in a text.
1.RI.IKI.9 Identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate.
1.RI.IKI.9 Identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic including written details and illustrations when developmentally appropriate.
1.RI.RRTC Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
1.RI.RRTC.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
1.RI.RRTC.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts