Worksheets for First Grade : Free Common Core English Language Arts

First Grade : Free Common Core English Language Arts Worksheets

What you will learn: Read literature and informational text. Retell key events, characters, key details and message using illustrations. Understand phrases and their meanings in text. Learn features of a sentence. In phonics, learn about long form short vowel sounds in single-syllable words. Know about common consonant digraphs and decode mono-syllable words.

Learn to write small opinions naming the book, some reasoning and a resonable conclusion. Write nrratives using sequence of events. In language, use common, proper, and possesive nouns. Dig more into pronouns, adjectives, and frequently used prepositions. Get better with punctuation and capitalization. Use context clues and affixes to understand meaning of words.

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RL.1   :  Reading: Literature

RL.1.A Key Ideas and Details
RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.1.B Craft and Structure
RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.1.5
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
RL.1.6
Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
RL.1.C Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
RL.1.9
Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
RL.1.D Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL.1.10
With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.

RI.1   :  Reading: Informational Text

RI.1.A Key Ideas and Details
RI.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.1.3
Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.1.B Craft and Structure
RI.1.4
Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
RI.1.5
Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
RI.1.6
Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RI.1.C Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.1.7
Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
RI.1.8
Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
RI.1.9
Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
RI.1.D Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RI.1.10
With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.

RF.1   :  Reading: Foundational Skills

RF.1.A Print Concepts
RF.1.1
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.1.1.A
Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
RF.1.B Phonological Awareness
RF.1.2
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.2.A
Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
RF.1.2.B
Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
RF.1.2.C
Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
RF.1.2.D
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.C Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.1.3
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.1.3.A
Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
RF.1.3.B
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.1.3.C
Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
RF.1.3.D
Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
RF.1.3.E
Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
RF.1.3.F
Read words with inflectional endings.
RF.1.3.G
Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
RF.1.D Fluency
RF.1.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.1.4.A
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.4.C
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

W.1   :  Writing

W.1.A Text Types and Purposes
W.1.1
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
W.1.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
W.1.3
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
W.1.B Production and Distribution of Writing
W.1.5
With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
W.1.6
With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W.1.C Research to Build and Present Knowledge
W.1.7
Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of "how-to" books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).
W.1.8
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

L.1   :  Language

L.1.A Conventions of Standard English
L.1.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.1.A
Print all upper- and lowercase letters.
L.1.1.B
Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
L.1.1.C
Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops; We hop).
L.1.1.D
Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their, anyone, everything).
L.1.1.E
Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).
L.1.1.F
Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.1.1.G
Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).
L.1.1.H
Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).
L.1.1.I
Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during, beyond, toward).
L.1.1.J
Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
L.1.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.1.2.A
Capitalize dates and names of people.
L.1.2.B
Use end punctuation for sentences.
L.1.2.C
Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
L.1.2.D
Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.1.2.E
Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
L.1.C Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.1.4
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.
L.1.4.A
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.1.4.B
Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.
L.1.4.C
Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking).
L.1.5
With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
L.1.5.A
Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
L.1.5.B
Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
L.1.5.C
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
L.1.5.D
Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
L.1.6
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 (e.g., because).

Worksheet: First Grade

Story or Information?

Read the sentences. Then, determine if they provide an information or tell a story.

Core Standard: RL.1.5

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Worksheet: First Grade

All About Rhymes

Read a paragraph about the rhyming words and answer the questions.

Core Standard: RI.1.1

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Worksheet: First Grade

S Blends Worksheet

Circle the letter pair that makes the beginning sound for each picture.

Core Standard: RF.1.2.B

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Worksheet: First Grade

Writing a Narrative Paragraph

Choose one of the main ideas from the list to write two narrative paragraphs.

Core Standard: W.1.3

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Worksheet: First Grade

Conjunctions-Words that Join

Write the conjunction in ( ) that best completes each sentence.

Core Standard: L.1.1.G

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