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Skills available for Alabama first-grade language arts standards

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Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Comprehension Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Comprehension
Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Concepts of Print Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Concepts of Print
Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Fluency Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Fluency
Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Phonics Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Phonics
Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Phonological Awareness/Phonemic Awareness Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Phonological Awareness/Phonemic Awareness
Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Vocabulary Alabama Course of Study (adopted in 2021): Vocabulary
Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Language Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Language
Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Reading: Foundational Skills Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Reading: Foundational Skills
Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Reading: Informational Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Reading: Informational
Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Reading: Literature Alabama Course of Study (Common Core): Reading: Literature

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RF.1 Foundational Skills

Print Concepts
- RF.1.20 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
  - Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly (K-C.2)
  - Find a word in a sentence (K-C.3)
  - Identify book parts and features (K-R.1)
  - RF.1.20.a Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
Phonological Awareness
- RF.1.21 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
  - How many syllables does the word have? (1-B.1)
  - Sort by the number of syllables (1-B.2)
  - Choose the picture that rhymes with the word (1-C.1)
  - Which two words start with the same sound? (1-E.1)
  - Which two words end with the same sound? (1-E.2)
  - Put two syllables together to create a word: easier (1-R.1)
  - Put two syllables together to create a word: harder (1-R.2)
  - RF.1.21.a Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
  - RF.1.21.b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
  - RF.1.21.c Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
  - RF.1.21.d Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
    - Identify each sound in a word (1-D.2)
    - Put the sounds in order (1-D.3)
Phonics and Word Recognition
- RF.1.22 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  - Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend (1-F.1)
  - Choose the picture that matches the word: ng, nk (1-F.)
  - Complete the word with the right final consonant blend (1-F.3)
  - Fill in the missing consonant blend (1-F.5)
  - Complete the short a word (1-G.2)
  - Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture (1-G.3)
  - Complete the short e word (1-H.2)
  - Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture (1-H.3)
  - Complete the short i words (1-I.2)
  - Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture (1-I.3)
  - Complete the short o word (1-J.2)
  - Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture (1-J.3)
  - Complete the short u word (1-K.2)
  - Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture (1-K.3)
  - Identify the short vowel sound in a word (1-L.1)
  - Complete the word with the right short vowel (1-L.2)
  - Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word (1-L.4)
  - Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur (1-P.2)
  - Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow (1-Q.2)
  - RF.1.22.a Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
    - Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck (1-F.6)
    - Choose the correct digraph (1-F.7)
    - Complete the word with the right digraph (1-F.8)
    - Spell the digraph word (1-F.9)
    - Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph (1-F.10)
  - RF.1.22.b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
    - Does the word start with a consonant blend? (1-F.2)
    - Does the word end with a consonant blend? (1-F.4)
    - Choose the short a word that matches the picture (1-G.1)
    - Choose the picture that matches the short e word (1-H.1)
    - Choose the short i word that matches the picture (1-I.1)
    - Choose the short o word that matches the picture (1-J.1)
    - Choose the picture that matches the short u word (1-K.1)
    - Match the short a and long a words to pictures (1-M.4)
    - Match the short e and long e words to pictures (1-M.5)
    - Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture (1-M.6)
    - Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture (1-M.7)
    - Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture (1-M.8)
    - Choose the silent e word that matches the picture (1-N.1)
    - Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word (1-O.1)
    - Choose the r-control word that matches the picture (1-P.1)
    - Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture (1-Q.1)
  - RF.1.22.c Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
    - Match the short a and long a words to pictures (1-M.4)
    - Match the short e and long e words to pictures (1-M.5)
    - Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture (1-M.6)
    - Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture (1-M.7)
    - Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture (1-M.8)
    - Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words (1-M.9)
    - Choose the silent e word that matches the picture (1-N.1)
    - Complete the silent e words (1-N.2)
    - Spell the silent e word (1-N.3)
    - Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture (1-N.4)
    - Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word (1-O.1)
    - Complete the vowel team words (1-O.2)
    - Complete the word with the right vowel team (1-O.3)
    - Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture (1-O.4)
  - RF.1.22.d Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
    - Find the vowels in a word (1-A.2)
    - How many syllables does the word have? (1-B.1)
    - Put two syllables together to create a word: easier (1-R.1)
    - Put two syllables together to create a word: harder (1-R.2)
  - RF.1.22.e Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
    - Complete the two-syllable words (1-R.3)
    - Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word (1-R.4)
  - RF.1.22.f Read words with inflectional endings.
    - Select the sentence that tells about the past (1-RR.2)
    - Complete the verb with the ending that you hear (1-RR.8)
    - Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures (1-RR.9)
  - RF.1.22.g Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
    - Read sight words: review sets 1–7 (1-S.10)
    - Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7 (1-S.13)
Fluency
- RF.1.23 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
  - RF.1.23.a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
  - RF.1.23.b Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  - RF.1.23.c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

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RF.1 Foundational Skills

Print Concepts

RF.1.20 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

RF.1.20.a Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).

Phonological Awareness

RF.1.21 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

RF.1.21.a Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

RF.1.21.b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

RF.1.21.c Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

RF.1.21.d Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

Phonics and Word Recognition

RF.1.22 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

RF.1.22.a Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.

RF.1.22.b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

RF.1.22.c Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

RF.1.22.d Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.

RF.1.22.e Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.

RF.1.22.f Read words with inflectional endings.

RF.1.22.g Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

Fluency

RF.1.23 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.1.23.a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

RF.1.23.b Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

RF.1.23.c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.