First Grade Reading Skills

First Grade Reading Skills

Suggested Teaching Strategies for 1st Grade Reading Skills

1. Identifies where the reader would begin and end; points to a letter and a word
2. Demonstrates knowledge of concept of word boundaries and letters
3. Experiences/engages in retelling stories (brings personal experiences to stories)
4. Follows oral directions
5. Processes language presented orally in stories and discussion
6. Expresses self through drawing/writing
7. Demonstrates that reading is a process of gaining meaning
8. Recognizes many sight words (high frequency, instruction connecting)
9. Attempts to use all cues available (e.g., syntax, context, language predictability), when reading
10. Pronounces all sounds in words containing two or three phonemes
11. Blends sounds in words containing initial and final blends
12. Recognizes letter-sound associations
13. Recognizes word families and rhyming words
14. Identifies new words by picture cues
15. Identifies likeness and differences in words and letters
16. Knows how to make new words
17. Decodes words using phonemes
18. Attends to a story read aloud
19. Retells a story with elaboration and with meaningful sequence
20. Recognizes fact from fantasy
21. Makes predictions
22. Utilizes picture/context cues
23. Follows directions
24. Listens attentively with understanding to a story

 

 

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