Grade 1 Common Core
I Can Statements…I Can Statements…
1
First Grade Common Core…
The Next Generation Strand: Reading:
Literature
RL.1.1 – 1.10
2
I can ask at least one question about the story.
RL.1.1
3
I can answer all who, what, when or where questions
about the story.
RL.1.1
4
I can tell what the story is about and tell important
parts.
RL.1.2
5
I can tell who was in the story, where it happened,
when it happened, and what happened.
RL.1.3
6
I can tell how words make me feel.
RL.1.4
7
I can tell which books are stories and which tell true
things.
RL.1.5
8
I can tell who is talking to tell the story.
RL.1.6
9
I can tell about the story using pictures and
words.
RL.1.7
10
I can tell how the stories are the same and
different.
RL.1.9
11
I can read and listen to poems and prose.
RL.1.10
12
First Grade Common Core…
The Next Generation Strand: Reading: Informational Text
RI.1.1 – 1.10
13
I can ask questions about details in a text.
RI.1.1
14
I can answer questions about details in a text.
RI.1.1
15
I can tell important details.
RI.1.2
16
I can tell how things go together.
RI.1.3
17
I can learn the meanings of words I do not know.
RI.1.4
18
I can use parts of a book to find information.
RI.1.5
19
I can understand what is read because the pictures
and words help me.
RI.1.6
20
I can the pictures and words to help me understand ideas.
RI.1.7
21
I can tell some important things the author wanted
me to learn.
RI.1.8
22
I can tell how two texts are the same or different.
RI.1.9
23
I can read true stories with help.
RI.1.10
24
First Grade Common Core…The Next Generation
Strand: Reading Foundations
RF.1.1-1.4
25
I can write a sentence that starts with a capital and
ends with a mark.
RF.1.1
26
I can hear long and short vowels.
RF.1.2
27
I can blend sounds to make words.
RF.1.2
28
I can sound out common digraphs.
RF.1.3
29
I can sound out one- syllable words.
RF.1.3
30
I can sound out words that end with silent e.
RF.1.3
31
I can use vowels to sound out syllables.
RF.1.3
32
I can break words into parts.
RF.1.3
33
I can read words with endings.
RF.1.3
34
I can read first grade sight words.
RF.1.3
35
I can know the purpose of my reading.
RF.1.4
36
I can read fluently.
RF.1.4
37
I can self-correct when I read.
RF.1.4
38
First Grade Common Core…
The Next Generation Strand: Writing
W.2.1-
39
I can write what I think and why I think that.
W.1.1
40
I can write about events that happened first, next,
and last.
W.1.3
41
I can use suggestions to add details to make
my writing better.
W.1.5
42
I can share my writing using technology.
W.1.6
43
I can find facts.
W.1.7
44
I can write an answer to a question.
W.1.7
45
First Grade Common Core…
The Next Generation Strand: Speaking and
Listening
SL. 1.1-1.6
46
I can follow rules when I talk to my classmates.
SL.1.1
47
I can ask questions about the topic.
SL.1.1
48
I can add my own comment to the topic.
SL.1.1
49
I can ask and answer question to learn more
about something.
SL.1.2
50
I can ask good questions after listening to someone
speak.
SL.1.3
51
I can express my ideas and feelings clearly.
SL.1.4
52
I can use pictures or things to help people
understand me.
SL.1.5
53
I can talk in sentences.
SL.1.6
54
First GradeCommon Core…
The Next Generation Strand: Language
L-1.1 – L-1.6
55
I can print all upper- and lowercase letters.
L-1.1
56
I can know what nouns are.
L-1.1
57
I can match nouns with action words. (He hops.
We hop.)
L-1.1
58
I can use a different word for a noun (I, me, my, they,
them, their, anyone, everything).
L-1.1
59
I can use action words for things that happened yesterday, today, and
tomorrow.
L-1.1
60
I can use describing words.
L-1.1
61
I can use connecting words.
L-1.1
62
I can use a, an, and the.
L-1.1
63
I can use prepositions like over, under, and around.
L-1.1
64
I can combine sentences.
L-1.1
65
I can capitalize dates and names.
L-1.2
66
I can use end punctuation for sentences.
L-1.2
67
I can use commas in dates and lists.
L-1.2
68
I can spell sight words and word family words.
L-1.2
69
I can use invented spelling.
L-1.2
70
I can find root words and endings.
L-1.4
71
I can use word clues to figure out what a word
means.
L-1.4
72
I can use the end of words to figure out what a word
means.
L-1.4
73
I can put words in groups that are the same.
L-1.5
74
I can tell what words mean and add details.
L-1.5
75
I can make connections between words.
L-1.5
76
I can use words that show a slight difference in actions (eg. glance, peek, stare) or
descriptions (big, huge, gigantic).
L-1.5
77
I can put two little sentences together to make one sentence.
L-1.6
78
Grade 1 Common Core State Standards
North Dakota
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