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Elementary Language Arts Grade 1
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Grab your compass and gear up for a camping trip! In this course, students will go on a reading adventure where they will learn sight words and develop skills in writing, vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and more. Students will learn to read and write by understanding how letters and letter combinations make certain sounds. Join Cameron the Camper as he uses question words, his spelling backpack, and other fun tools to dive deeper into reading!
Please view the Elementary Parents Guide for Grades K-2 with guidance on helping your student transition to online learning and thrive at VLACS.
Major Topics and Concepts
Segment One
- Alphabet letters and sounds
- Initial, medial, and final sounds
- Vowels and consonants
- Short vowel sounds
- Consonant-vowel-consonant words
- Read grade-level sight words
- Ask questions about a text
- Identify story elements
- Recognize and use new vocabulary
- Use context clues
- Onset and rime
- Identify title, author, and illustrator of a book
- Sequencing and retelling a story
- Fluency: accuracy and automaticity
- Common nouns
- Legible printing
- Facts and opinions
- Use multimedia elements
- Expository writing
- The writing process
- Creating quality work products
- Digraph sounds
- Blend and segment sounds
- Read and write digraphs
- Identify the topic and details in an informative text
- Retell an informative text
- Identify and use verbs
- Narrative writing
- R, L, S, T blends
- Features of a poem
- Point of view
- Identify and use adjectives
- Correct handwriting and spacing
- Sentence structure
- Opinion writing
- Participate in collaborative conversations
- Long vowel sounds
- Read and write long vowel teams
- Identify and define text features
- Proper nouns
- Describe story elements
- Descriptive words
- Plural nouns
- Author’s opinion
- Compare and contrast two texts
- Pronouns
Segment Two
- Long vowel sounds
- Read and write long vowel teams
- Segment and blend sounds in words
- Reading grade-level sight words
- Recognize and use new vocabulary
- Use context clues
- Fluency: accuracy and automaticity
- Narrator and point of view
- Retell narrative texts
- Identify the moral of a story
- Singular and plural possessive nouns
- Narrative writing
- Legible printing
- Creating quality work products
- Text features
- Main topic and key details
- Contractions
- Expository writing
- Double consonants
- Soft c and soft g
- Segment and blend syllables
- Identify and describe story elements
- Text evidence
- Retell narrative texts
- Find the moral of a story
- Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic
- Use commas in a series
- Opinion writing
- Retell informative texts
- Author’s opinion
- Conjugate regular verbs
- Research and using sources
- R-controlled vowels
- Interjections
- Multi-syllabic words
- Compound words
- Formal and informal language
Course Materials
To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students and families are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers because, when teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.
Required Materials – Please view the list of materials before registering.
Competencies
Digraphs, Verbs, and Narrative Writing
I can identify individual sounds in CVC words. I can identify words with digraphs by blending individual spoken sounds. I can identify the topic and important details in a text. I can identify background knowledge and context clues to figure out unknown words. I can identify verbs. I can write a story with three events in order.
Letters, Sounds, and Expository Writing
I can identify the new word made when a sound is added, deleted, or changed. I can identify story elements. I can retell stories in order. I can identify common nouns. I can print uppercase and lowercase letters. I can write a topic sentence and one fact on a topic.
Long A Vowel Patterns and Informative Writing
I can identify words with a long A vowel sound. I can identify long a words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can identify information found in words and images in a text. I can identify proper nouns that need to be capitalized. I can write a topic sentence and facts on a topic.
Long E Vowel Patterns and Character Traits
I can identify words with a long E vowel sound. I can identify long E words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can compare story elements in a text. I can describe inside and outside character traits. I can identify describing words in a text. I can write a story with an opening sentence and events in order.
Long I Vowel Patterns and Author’s Opinion
I can identify words with a long I vowel sound.. I can identify long i words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can identify the author’s opinion about a topic. I can compare important events in a text. I can identify pronouns. I can write an opinion with two reasons to support that opinion
Poetry, Adjectives, and Opinion Essay
I can identify words with blends. I can identify blend sounds in spoken words that include blends. I can identify stanzas and line breaks in a poem. I can explain who is telling a story. I can identify adjectives. I can write an opinion with one reason to support that opinion.
Comparing Story Elements and Opinion Writing
I can identify words with double consonants. I can identify words with soft c and g. I can describe the evidence from a text to represent the story elements in a text I can compare story elements within two texts. I can identify past tense verbs. I can write an opinion on a topic including an opening sentence, reasons for opinion and a closing sentence.
Long O Vowel Patterns and The Moral of a Story
I can identify words with a long O vowel sound.. I can identify long o words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can explain who is telling the story using context clues. I can identify the moral of a story. I can describe important events in a story in order. I can identify singular and plural possessives. I can write a story with an opening sentence, events in order and a closing.
Long U Vowel Patterns and Nonfiction Text Features
I can identify words with long U vowel sounds. I can identify long U words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can describe reference materials to understand unknown words. I can identify text features to better understand a text. I can explain the use of apostrophes to form contractions I can write facts on a topic including an opening sentence, key details and a closing sentence.
Multisyllabic Words and Digital Writing Tools
I can identify multisyllabic words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can identify words with r-controlled vowels. I can compare two texts on the same topic. I can explain the moral of a story. I can explain the use of interjections. I can describe the use of digital tools when writing.
Retelling Key Details and Conducting Research
I can identify five phoneme words by blending individual spoken sounds. I can identify words with trigraphs. I can retell a text including important details related to a topic. I can identify the author’s opinion on a topic. I can identify correct subject-verb agreement. I can describe a research process on a topic to answer a question. I can write facts on a topic including an opening sentence, key details and a closing sentence.
Using a Source to Support an Opinion
I can identify words with multiple syllables. I can explain text features to show understanding of a text. I can compare information found in words and pictures on a topic. I can identify complete sentences. I can explain the difference between formal and informal language. I can write an opinion on a topic using a source.
