First Grade Language Arts

Children in first grade begin the journey of expressing and sharing their thoughts and ideas with others through speaking and writing.

Students will:

• speak in complete sentences.
• write neatly so that others can read their work.
• sound, stretch, and spell correctly simple three and four letter words.
• begin to write simple sentences with the correct ending punctuation.
• begin to use a capital letter when writing the first word in a sentence, proper nouns, and the pronoun I.
• sum up stories by using simple sentences and pictures.
• write stories about their own experiences.
• write in journals and write friendly notes to others.
• share with others simple stories that they have written and illustrated.