What does a student learn in StateFlorida,GradeGrade 1,SubjectEnglish Language Arts?

Students read a story or passage and link new ideas to things they already know, then notice how those ideas connect across different texts they have read.

Students read first-grade passages out loud smoothly, without stumbling over words, and can answer questions about what they just read.

Students read a story or passage and use clues from the words on the page to figure out something the author never says directly. They point to the part of the text that gave them that idea.

Students pick a sentence or detail from a story to back up what they think, then connect it to something they already know. It teaches them to show why they believe something, not just say it.

Students learn to write and speak using correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. They practice putting words together clearly so readers and listeners can follow along.

Students read stories and passages about being a good neighbor, following rules, and treating others fairly. These texts build the habits of mind students carry into how they act at school and in their community.

Students learn how a book is set up: where to start reading, which way the words go, and how spaces separate words on the page.

Students listen to spoken words and play with the sounds inside them. They blend separate sounds together to make a word, pull a word apart into its sounds, and swap or remove sounds to make new words.

Students use letter-sound patterns to sound out unfamiliar words and read them correctly. This is the core decoding work that makes reading sentences and stories possible.

Students read first-grade stories and passages smoothly, at a steady pace, with the right rise and fall in their voice, the way a confident reader sounds out loud. Rewrite using straight quotes, no em dashes or en dashes. Students read first-grade stories and passages smoothly, at a steady pace, with the right rise and fall in their voice. The goal is to sound like a confident reader, not someone sounding out each word.

Students look at a story's characters, what happens to them, and the lesson the story teaches. They talk or write about how those pieces fit together.

Students look at why an author chose certain words or phrases and what feeling those choices create. A scary word and a cozy word can describe the same room in completely different ways.

Students find the main idea of a story or article and track how it grows from beginning to end. Then they sum it up in their own words.

Informational books can be organized in different ways, like problem-and-solution or step-by-step order. Students learn to spot how a book is arranged and why that layout helps the reader understand the information.

Students listen to or read a nonfiction passage and decide whether the author's reasons actually support the main point. They practice spotting when a reason makes sense and when it doesn't hold up.

Students read two books on the same topic and find what's alike and what's different, whether that's the main idea, how the story is set up, or the lessons each book teaches.

Students take turns talking and listening during group work and class discussions, using a respectful tone and clear words.

Students practice basic writing rules: capitalizing the first word of a sentence, putting a period or question mark at the end, and spelling common words correctly. These habits apply to speaking, too.

Students write different kinds of pieces: a story, a how-to explanation, or an opinion about something they believe. Each piece has a clear beginning, middle, and end so a reader can follow along.

Students pick a topic, find trustworthy books or articles about it, and use facts from those sources in their writing. They show where the facts came from.

Students plan a presentation that uses pictures, words, or sound alongside spoken ideas, then work with classmates to improve it before sharing with an audience.

Students learn words that show up across subjects, like "compare," "predict," or "observe," then use those words when they speak and write.

Students use the words and sentences around an unfamiliar word to figure out what it means. They also look for word parts like prefixes and suffixes, or check a dictionary when they're stuck.

Students learn where everyday words come from and why so many English words look or sound alike. Recognizing those patterns helps students read new words more confidently.