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1st Grade Language Arts Skills
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Reading
Expand oral language through vocabulary instruction and experiences.
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  1. Classroom Reading Key Vocabulary Building Program - a reading vocabulary improvement program that has identified the specific reading words students need to master for each grade This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  2. What's the Word? - a reading and vocabulary game from FunBrain - Select Alphabet (Easy), Animals, Fruit, Tools, Machines, or Shapes to begin the game.
  3. Kitty wants a Box - Read story online; helps understand spatial concepts. on 3/28/08
Use familiar texts for recitations (e.g., stories and poems).
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  1. Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes - an alphabetical index to a very large number of familiar texts to use for recitations.
  2. Rebus Rhymes: Mother Goose and others - (from Enchanted Learning) - more familiar texts to use for recitations
  3. Stories Online - online reading resource links - uses Guided Reading levels as an indicator
  4. Story Time - Five stories; Cinderella, Firebird, Arabian Nights, Rumplestiltskin, and Ranik the Elephant. There is an online version, or (if you download and install Microsoft Reader) you can hear the story read to your students.
Recognize the difference between formal and informal languages.
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  1. Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.
Understand and follow simple, three-step oral directions.
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  1. Can You Follow Directions? - Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order.
  2. Copy Cat Jack is like the Simon game. The game starts off with one color and adds a new color when you repeat the order correctly. How good is your memory?
  3. Listen and Follow Directions - (spatial concepts activity) This would make a good whole class activity and then a center activity.
Identify parts of a book (e.g., title page, table of contents).
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  1. Explore the parts of a book - Click on each of the pictures on this page to learn more about that part of the book. Then go to Who Am I to see how much you know!
  2. Make Your Own Book - (a ThinkQuest site) There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
  3. Make Your Own Book - (from Enchanted Learning) This activity teaches the student the structure of book and helps them organize their thoughts and writing.
  4. Using the Parts of a Book - a worksheet from Teach-nology
  5. Using an Index for Information - a worksheet from Teach-nology
  6. Using a Table of Contents - a worksheet from Teach-nology
Recognize that groups of words make sentences.
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  1. The Literacy Center - A great site for pre-K to first grade. Activities with colors, numbers, letters, shapes and words. Site translated in Spanish, Dutch, French and English. Also has a typing component in the Keyboard Section.
  2. Tale of Peter Rabbit – Click on Word Order and then drag the groups of words to make a sentence. Each of the 15 sentences have three parts.
Understand punctuation (e.g., period, question mark).
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  1. Punctuation - Find the correct punctuation mark to end the sentence.
  2. Punctuation - End the sentence with the correct punctuation.
Recognize words that begin with the same sounds.
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  1. Beginning and ending sounds, plus digraphs - concentration style games
  2. Beginning Phonics - Listen to the beginning sound that you select and find the pictures that start with that letter.
  3. Beginning Sounds with Patch - Students click on the picture that has the same beginning sound as the object pictured. This game reads the name of the object.
  4. Dosity - Dositey.com is an educational web site serving the students, teachers, and parents of the K-12 community. There are three levels of phonics interactive activities.
    1. Level One shows a picture and the student will pick the correct word.
    2. Level Two prompts the student to add the beginning sound to the word to go along with the picture.
    3. Level Three requires the student to type the word that goes with the picture with a word bar above with the spellings.
  5. First Sounds - from Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's Word games (choose level 1, 2, or 3)
  6. Learn to Read - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] Easy to read stories that focus on a particular vowel sound along with quizzes on the same vowel. Long and short vowels included.15 separate stories and quizzes.
  7. Match beginning sound - type the beginning sound of each picture.
  8. Missing Word - Listen to the sentence being said. Click on the missing word.
  9. Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds - (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
  10. Sound it out - Click on the word that the cat says aloud. (warning-British accent may confuse some students)
  11. Target Tests and Target Lessons that Teach Phonics - print these and use as posters
  12. Which Bird is Correct? - pick the bird that is saying the written word and drag the parrot over to the word.
  13. Word Families - create new words from word endings
Recognize words that end with the same sounds.
1.1.4 b
  1. Beginning and ending sounds, plus digraphs - concentration style games
  2. Blending words together- Blender says word and student must choose the beginning sounds and ending sounds separately to be blended together. This site is from BBC and makes it a bit difficult for some children to understand the words.
  3. Phonemic Segments - Deletion and Substitution - Pumpkin Patch - Click on the object that matches the new phoneme without the beginning letter sound. Excellent practice for students that have a hard time hearing individual phonemic parts! (The pronounciation of letter phonemes on this site is one of the best I have seen on the web)
  4. End Sounds - from Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's Word games (choose level 1, 2, or 3)
  5. Use the Wordmaker from Read-Write-Think - select an ending sound then make words with that ending sound
Identify rhyming words.
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  1. Animal Muddle - Listen to Foxy Dancer's animal rhyme at The Little Animals Activity Centre. When students have finished they can print the entire rhyme.
  2. Concentration Game - match the words that rhyme
  3. Concentration-style matching game from Quia - 8 pairs of rhyming words to match
  4. Memory Cards - Here's a memory card game with a twist - match pairs of rhyming words.
  5. Rhymes - from Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's Word games (choose level 1, 2, or 3)
  6. Rhyming - several practice activities [click on a red dot] (unavailable 3-28-08)
  7. Rhyming Practice - several match games
  8. Rhyme Time - match the word with the image it rhymes with
  9. Rhyming Words - Many choices to select from. Click on the word that rhymes with the picture - Audio help is given.
  10. Wizards and Pigs: Episode I Poetry Pickle - students identify rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration on 4/11/08
Blend sounds together to form one-syllable words.
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  1. Blending words together- Blender says word and student must choose the beginning sounds and ending sounds separately to be blended together. This site is from BBC and makes it a bit difficult for some children to understand the words.
  2. Blending words together- Gawain's Word - Jousting contestants blend beginning sounds and ending sounds together to produce the word. See if your student can figure out the word before the two jousters collide!
    1. Other contestants : Sir Ack, Sir An, Sir Ap, Sir Ar, Sir Est, Sir Ick, Sir Ig, Sir Ip, Sir It, Sir Ock, Sir Op, Sir Ub, Sir Uck, Sir Ug
  3. Handwriting For Kids - Practice sheets for K and 1st grade writing. Sheets include single letters, letter blends, common words such as days of the week, months of the year,number words, color words and much, much more!
  4. Phonics-Word Builder – Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
  5. Poem Pack - Ten colorful poems with animation, audio and activities - featuring Daisy the snail, the toad and the goat, and friends. Read it, Hear it, search for sounds, and find words concentrating on vowel blends.
  6. See 'N Spell - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] Students click and drag letters into the box to spell the words that correspond to the pictures. A very good activity with many skills such as plurals, long vowels, short vowels, blends and digraphs.
Segment one-syllable words into sounds.
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  1. Clap and Count Practice Index [click on a red dot] (unavailable 3-28-08)
  2. Reference Skills: Syllabication - printables from EdHelper
  3. Syllable Quiz - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] Identify the number of syllables in ten words
  4. Syllable Quiz 2 - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] identify where two syllable words should be divided
  5. Syllable Quiz 3 - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] identify where two or three syllable words should be divided
  6. Syllable Rules for Students: Black line masters - Posters of simplified spelling rules to enlarge for classroom display or reduce to give to students.
  7. Syllabication Rules - print these as large flash cards
Change targeted sounds to modify or change words.
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  1. Phonemic Segments - Deletion and Substitution - Lanolin's Greenhouse - Click on the object that matches the new word with beginning letter replacement. (The pronounciation of letter phonemes on this site is one of the best I have seen on the web)
Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondence and meaning of parts of words (e.g., affixes, roots, compounds, and contractions) to decode grade appropriate words.
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  1. Contraction Practice - Interactive contraction practice. [click on a red dot] (unavailable 3-28-08)
  2. Contractions - Treasure Trove - Find the correct contraction to fit with the treasure chest. on 3/28/08
  3. Contractions - type the contraction beside the two words.
Decode phonetically regular, one-syllable words.
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  1. Drag and Drop - Read the CVC word, then drag the picture that matches the word in the box.
Use decoding strategies, such as sounding out words, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts (e.g., compound words, word families, blends, and digraphs).
1.1.5 c
  1. Free Phonics Worksheets -free phonics worksheets to assist in learning phonics rules for reading from Rock 'N Learn 4-12-08
  2. Practice with Initial Consonant Blends - matching exercise with initial consonant blends
  3. Two Letter Ending Consonant Blends - multiple-choice exercise
  4. Study Dog - Samples of the Study Dog program; Alaphabet trace, rhymes, vowel blends and spelling.
Apply long and short vowel rules when decoding.
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  1. Beginning Consonant Digraphs - select the correct digraph
  2. Chicken Stacker: try to stack five hens by clicking on words with the featured vowel in them
    1. short a | short e | short i | short o | short u
  3. Consonant Blends - find the blend that matches the picture
  4. CVC Maker - create words and sound them out.
  5. Drag and Spell - Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge. Drag the vowels to finish the words before your time runs out.
  6. Ending consonant practice - for all letters [click on a red dot] (unavailable 3-28-08)
  7. Ending Digraphs - select the correct digraph ending
  8. Long and Short Vowel Match - match words by the vowel sounds that are the same
  9. Long Vowels - Show what you know about the different long vowel sounds.
  10. Long Vowel Sounds e, u - Identify the long vowel sounds in each word.
  11. Long Vowel Sounds a, i, o - Identify the long vowel sounds in each word.
  12. Long Vowel Words - Find the short and long vowel words that match the pictures.
  13. Magic Pencil - [sound files to download] see, and hear, an animation of the following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and schwa.
  14. Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds - (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
  15. Poem Pack - Ten colorful, animated poems with voice over and activities. Each poem deals with a different long vowel sound. .
  16. Print and Do - Make your own Scrapbook of words and collect a different page each week! Slither your way round Jake the snake or try your luck at Domino sounds and Silly sentences.
  17. Sandcastle Quiz - Build a sandcastle and get to know the common spelling patterns for the following vowels; ow/ou, oy/oi, ar/a/al, oo/u, air/are/ear, or/ore/oar/war, aw/au/augh/al, ir/ur/er, ear/eer/ere, or all phonemes.
  18. Stories to read - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] Beginning books per vowel sound for reading out-loud practice.
  19. Short Vowels at Kids Lab [click on a red dot] (unavailable 3-28-08)
    1. Short A | Short E | Short I | Short O | Short U
  20. Short Vowel Practice - select correct spelling of word
  21. Short Vowel Words - Find the short vowel words that match the pictures.
  22. Short or Long Vowel Words - Find the words that match the pictures.
  23. Snap It - How well do you know your long vowel sounds? Your chance to beat the clock and collect the snaps. When you see a pair click Snap! But don't get Snap happy - if you get it wrong, you lose a point
  24. Vowel Practice - print worksheets to practice the following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and schwa
    1. More Vowel Practice - activity sheets to print for your students to practice following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and all phonemes.!
  25. Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
  26. Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
  27. Write a Postcard - Help Salty Sam with his vowels. In the first sentence, click on the focus phonemes. When you have got them all right, the next sentence appears but this time there are gaps in the words. Drag the vowel phoneme with the correct spelling into the gap in the word.
Manipulate word families, word walls, and word sorts.
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  1. 4 Blocks Literacy Framework - Provides templates, lesson ideas and plans which would assist in the implementation of 4 Blocks. Be sure to check out the Word Wall Grade Level Lists.
  2. Word Wall Activities - A word wall is a systematically organized collection of words displayed in large letters on a wall or other large display place in the classroom. It is a tool to use, not just display. Word walls are designed to promote group learning and be shared by a classroom of children. Check here for ideas on how to use your word wall interactively.
Match oral words to written words.
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  1. The Pig Waller - Listen to the word and find the writen word.
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using a picture dictionary, picture clues, context clues, and structural analysis.
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  1. Internet Picture Dictionary - browse by letter or category
  2. Little Explorers - English Picture Dictionary
Add endings to base words (e.g., -s, -ed, -es, -ing).
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  1. ED or ING - choose correct word (unavailable 3/28/08)
  2. S or ES - choose correct spelling (unavailable 3/28/08)
  3. Suffix practice - [click on a red dot] more practice on s/es and ed/ing (unavailable 3/28/08)
Identify simple abbreviations.
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  1. State Abbreviations - a worksheet
Make predictions about text.
1.1.8 c
  1. And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next. (K-2)
  2. End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures. (K-2)
  3. Follow the Clues - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
  4. Little Blue and Little Yellow - this lesson plan is designed to be used with the first of Leo Lionni’s picture books. Practice at predicting is one of the activities included. (K-2) This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  5. Story Board - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
  6. Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply about Books - Predicting involves more than trying to figure out what happens next. As kids find evidence to form hunches, they also ask questions, recall facts, reread, skim, infer, draw conclusions, and, ultimately, comprehend the text more fully. (K-2) Charting Predictions
  7. What Will Happen Next? - Look at each picture. Draw what you think will happen next (K-2)
Use illustrations to preview text.
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  1. Picture Sentence Worksheets - (Scroll past the membership information) Look at the picture. Circle the sentence that tells about the picture
Create graphic organizers (e.g., charts, lists).
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  1. Kinds of Concept Maps - examples of four major categories of concept maps
  2. Graphic Organizers - from Enchanted Learning
  3. Graphic Organizers from Education Place These are Adobe Acrobat documents
  4. Index of Graphic Organizers - from Inspiration
  5. Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer
  6. Tips on Making Your Own Concept Maps
  7. Interactive Venn Diagram - good for whole class activity. on 3/28/08
Recall three to four-step sequence of events.
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  1. Can You Follow Directions? - Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order.
  2. Copy Cat Jack is like the Simon game. The game starts off with one color and adds a new color when you repeat the order correctly. How good is your memory?
  3. Follow directions - Lesson and activity on 3/28/08
Retell stories in their own words using sequencing words (e.g., first, next, and last).
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  1. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story. What would happen first, next, and last?
  2. Sequence of Events - [this link opens on a new page] arrange events in chronological order. (Author - Lois Davis)
  3. Stories to Retell - Read stories online, then retell on 3/28/08
Recognize main idea in pictures, picture books, and texts.
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  1.  Main Idea practice [click on a red dot] (unavailable 3-28-08)
  2. Tale of Peter Rabbit – Click on What’s Going On and then answer questions about each picture.
Recognize sources of information (e.g., books, maps, graphs, and charts).
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Begin to develop content specific vocabulary.
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  1. Crossword Puzzles for Young Children - [this page opens in a new window - close that window to return to this list] Each week a new puzzle with Dolch words. Clues and hints included. Excellent first start for children learning to work crossword puzzles!
  2. What's the Word - Build vocabulary by matching words with pictures.
Use text features to locate information (e.g., maps, charts, illustrations, and tables of contents).
1.1.11 b
  1. Locate Information in a Books - Learn about the table of contents on 3/28/08
Identify characters, events, and settings in print and non print text.
1.1.13 c
  1. Animals - Match pictures to correct sentence. on 3/28/08
  2. Grade One Books Online - Children can read to one another from books that are especially designed to match exactly with Grade 1 Reading Vocabulary Lists.
  3. Playground Fun - Match pictures to the correct sentence. on 3/28/08
  4. Stories Onlinel - Read stories online, then identify characters, events and settings. on 3/28/08
  5. Tale of Peter Rabbit – Click on What’s Going On and then answer questions about each picture.
Recognize main character(s) in print and non print text.
1.1.13 d
  1. Rumplestilskin - Online story (no audio) with teacher resources to print, sequencing activities, and illustrations of stories. on 3/28/08
  2. Cinderella - Online story (no audio) with teacher resources to print, sequencing activities, and illustrations of stories. on 3/28/08
Determine whether a selection is real or fantasy.
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  1. Fact or Fiction? - This section is composed of online stories to listen to, or read aloud and a series of practice quizzes to practice distinguishing between what is real and what is make-believe. [click on a red dot]
  2. Real or Make Believe - from Tina's world at Game Goo
Recognize rhyme in Mother Goose and other rhyming books.
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  1. Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes - an alphabetical index to a very large number of familiar texts to use for recitations.
  2. Rebus Rhymes: Mother Goose and others - (from Enchanted Learning) - more familiar texts to use for recitations.
Retell a story in correct sequence (e.g., using books, videos, and films).
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  1. I Can Wash Dishes - The pictures on this sheet are supposed to tell a story but are in the wrong order. This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  2. Monkey Business: Rain Forest Run Around - Click on the words to put them in correct order. (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
  3. Sequence of Events - [this link opens on a new page] arrange events in chronological order. (Author - Lois Davis)
  4. Sequence the Story - (drag the pictures in the correct order) Students can have the story read to them if necessary.
  5. Sequencing - Choose from a long list of sequencing activities at Quia
  6. Sequencing Worksheet - Read each sentence. Use the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to show the sequence.
  7. Tale of Peter Rabbit – Click on Picture Order and then put the pictures in order to tell the story. (three pictures are presented at a time)
  8. Three Stories from the Little Animals Activity Centre - The stories are read to students, and choices must be made during the story. Give your students the opportunity to retell these stories.
    1. The Missing Pencil -
    2. The Butterfly Trail -
    3. The Wishing Tree -
Determine the problem in a story and discover its solution.
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  1. I Will Not Take a Bath - Listen to the story that is read aloud. Determine problem and solution. on 3/28/08
  2. Pet Story - Which pet should she select? Listen to the story that is read aloud. on 3/28/08
  3. The Yellow Gorilla - Why did the gorilla turn yellow? How did he solve his problem? on 3/28/08
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Writing
Process
Draw pictures to generate ideas.
1.2.1 b
  1. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story.
    What would happen first, next, and last? (This does not involve drawing their own pictures.)
Construct graphic organizers (e.g., webs, charts, and diagrams) as a small or large group to organize information.
1.2.1 c
  1. Kinds of Concept Maps - examples of four major categories of concept maps
  2. Graphic Organizers - from Enchanted Learning
  3. Graphic Organizers from Education Place These are Adobe Acrobat documents
  4. Index of Graphic Organizers - from Inspiration
  5. Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer
  6. Tips on Making Your Own Concept Maps
Use a variety of sources to gather information.
1.2.1 d
 
Write to entertain and inform (e.g., stories, poems simple directions, journals, and friendly letters).
1.2.2 b & c
  1. Make Your Own Story - choose a story, select pictures and then type five sentences
  2. Scrambled Sentences - Use in Internet Explorer only. Click and drag the words/pictures into the box to form a complete sentence
  3. Scrambled Stories - students select one of six stories, select from a list of words, and then see the story that they scrambled
    1. Scrambled Stories Teacher's Guide - suggestions on how to use the stories in grades K-6
Write in complete, coherent sentences.
1.2.3 b
  1. Build a Sentence - Drag scrambled words to create a sentence.
  2. Scrambled Sentences - Drag the words in the correct order to create a sentence.
  3. Can you make sense of a sentence? - drag the words into the correct sentence order.
  4. Scrambled Sentences - Click on the words in order to make a sentence.
Use descriptive words when writing.
1.2.3 c
 
Use temporary spelling to spell independently as necessary.
1.2.3 d
 
Arrange events in logical/sequential order when writing or dictating.
1.2.3 e
  1. Tale of Peter Rabbit - Click on Picture Order and then put the pictures in order to tell the story. (three pictures are presented at a time)
  2. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story. What would happen first, next, and last?
Apply elements of language (e.g., end marks, capitalization) and use complete sentences when writing and editing.
1.2.4 a
  1. Capitalization - [advanced] type the correct capital letter of the words in a sentence
Use knowledge of letter sounds, word parts, and word segmentation to monitor and correct spelling.
1.2.4 c
 
Use technology to publish writing.
1.2.6 b
  1. Make Your Own Book - There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
Product
Write simple stories.
1.2.7 a
 
Write short accounts of personal experiences.
1.2.7 b
  1. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story.
    What would happen first, next, and last?
Summarize concepts presented in science (e.g., illustration, dictating sentences, or composing simple sentences).
1.2.8 a
 
Write different endings to a story.
1.2.10 a
 
Summarize a story using simple sentences and illustrations.
1.2.10 b
  1. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story.
    What would happen first, next, and last?
  2. I Can Wash Dishes - The pictures on this sheet are supposed to tell a story but are in the wrong order. This is an Adobe Acrobat document
Create and/or use an illustration, sign, or rebus symbols to respond to literature.
1.2.10 d
  1. Rebus Rhymes: Mother Goose and others - (from Enchanted Learning) - more familiar texts to use for recitations. Use these as samples for your students.
Write friendly notes, messages, and in journals.
1.2.11 a
 
Write stories, rhymes, and poems.
1.2.11 b & d
  1. Rhymes - from Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's Word games (choose level 1, 2, or 3)
  2. Rhyming Words Activity with pictures created by children. This is really a cute site.
  3. Rhyming Words - many to select from - click on the word that rhymes with the picture
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Elements of Language
Use nouns appropriately (e.g., singular and plural, possessive).
1.3.1 a
  1. Irregular Plurals - Match the related words, singular to plural. [concentration style game]
  2. Noun Dunk - Classify words as common nouns, proper nouns or not a noun. Score points for correct answers.
  3. Plural Nouns - add s or es
  4. | Advanced | Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade (the lowest grade available) then select; Ad for a Clubhouse Kit, TV Program Guide, Meet the Authors, Memo to the Staff, Nick's Mobile Parts, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
Use verbs (action words) appropriately (e.g., tense and agreement with simple subject).
1.3.1 b
  1. Correct Tense - type the correct tense of the verb in the sentence
  2. | Advanced | Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade (the lowest grade available) then select; Play-by-Play Sports, Moose on the Loose, On-the-Spot News, Mystery Hour, The Daddy Awards, Bubbles Toy Shop, Letter to Ross and Rosa, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
Use pronouns appropriately (e.g., subject and object agreement).
1.3.1 c
 
Use adjectives appropriately (e.g., vivid description words).
1.3.1 d
  1. All about adjectives - interactive show to use with whole class
Capitalize the first word of a sentence, first and last names, pronoun "I" and proper nouns.
1.3.2 a
  1. Find the correct sentence - choose sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation
  2. Lug and the Giant Storks - game, worksheet and teacher resource [Note: this activity uses only Capital letters.]
  3. Special Names - Find the correct capitalization of proper nouns.
Use correct punctuation at the end of simple declarative sentences and questions.
Identify and use contractions.
1.3.2 b
  1. Contractions - Quia Quiz, match contractions.
  2. Full Stop -HMS Sweet Tooth - game, worksheet and teacher resource
  3. Punctuation - Find the correct punctuation mark to end the sentence.
  4. Punctuation - end the sentence with the correct punctuation
Spell words correctly as appropriate to grade level.
1.3.3 b
  1. Alien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs - Use the mouse to click on letters that make up the word you hear. From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
  2. Alien Scavenger Hunt: Space Trash - Use the mouse to click on letters that make up the word you hear. From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
  3. Fearless Frieda - Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Three letter words on level one, four letter words on level 2. - From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
  4. Fearless Frieda the Big Kahuna - Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Frieda starts with four letter words in this game. - From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
  5. Look, Cover & Spell - This spelling site has 30 pre-built lists of words, but you can create your own list. Double-click any word on the list and type a word appropriate for your grade level. Your student gets to see the word, then it is covered and they must type the correct spelling.
  6. Spell Check - TCAP format, select word that is spelled incorrectly.
  7. Spell words - drag letters to create word.
  8. Spelling - put the letters in order to create the word that is said aloud.
  9. Spelling - Click on the misspelled word and then fix it. For different words and spelling activities, check here
  10. SpellBound - Child sees the word spelled correctly, then letters are mixed up and child must put them in order again.
Spell three- and four-letter short vowel words and phonetically spell sight words correctly.
1.3.3 c
  1. Sight Words - read and copy sight words
  2. Dolch List Practice - [click on a red dot] online activities to practice sight words (unavailable 3-28-08)
  3. Missing Letters - Find the matching sight word and type the missing letters.
  4. High Frequency Words - 6 activities using sight words. Drag correct word in blank to complete the sentences.
  5. Sight Words - Match the word with the picture. Many, many selections
  6. Sight Words - Dolch Words, if you don't know the word, move your mouse over it and it will tell you what it is. Practice the words, then take the quiz.
  7. Star Words - This activity provides practice at sight recognition and spelling of the 200 or so high frequency words
Alphabetize words to the first letter.
1.3.3 d
  1. Alphabetize - (FunBrain) connect dots in alphabetical order to complete a drawing [all letters present]
  2. Alphabetize - (FunBrain) connect dots in alphabetical order to complete a drawing [some letters missing]
  3. Alphabet Game- Round One-Student drags lower case letters to uppercase letters to match. Round Two- reverse process. Round Three- Drag letters to correct alphabetical order.
  4. Alphabet Garden Activity - Fill in the missing letter by clicking on the flower that has that letter. Very good activity for sequencing the alphabet.
  5. Alphabet Library - Help Checkers the Bear put the books away on the library shelves in alphabetical order.
  6. The Book Game - Organize the out of order books. Click on the picture of the books to play. Click each book to put it in alphabetical order.
  7. Haunted Alphabet - Find the hidden alphabet in a spooky setting.
  8. Missing Letter - Type the letter that is missing
  9. Memory Match - Match capital to small letters in the concentration game style to reveal a surprise picture. As matches are made they are reinforced on a chalkboard, writing down the matches so the student can go back and read the matches later. [concentration style game]
  10. Paw Park: Alphabet Bears - bears wearing words on their shirts must be put into alphabetical order on 4/11/08
  11. Word Order - Drag the words in alphabetical order.
Begin to develop dictionary skills through the use of a picture dictionary.
1.3.3 e
  1. The Internet Picture Dictionary - browse by letter or category
  2. Little Explorers - English Picture Dictionary
Identify complete sentences.
1.3.4 b
 
Identify and correct incomplete sentences.
1.3.4 d
  1. Build a Sentence - Drag scrambled words to create a sentence.
  2. Scrambled Sentences - Drag the words in the correct order to create a sentence.
  3. Can you make sense of a sentence? - drag the words into the correct sentence order.
Combine two simple sentences into a compound sentence using the word "and."
1.3.4 e
 
Identify statements and questions by noting ending punctuation when writing and intonation when speaking.
1.3.4 f
 


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