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50+ Language Arts Activities and Lessons for Elementary 1. Word of the Day. Idea by Stephanie, 3 rd Grade Teacher, Lafayette, CO. First thing in the morning, we will choose a Word of the Day. Our word might be a vocabulary word harvested from a unit we are studying or a word a student has nominated from his or her own reading. 1st grade Language Arts Practice test Suzy Skelton First Grade English/Language Arts 2 Test. Frogs can swim and hop. Which is the naming word (noun) in the sentence?
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Checks for Understanding are at the top of this page. Scroll down to find internet resources related to the State Performance Indicators (SPIs).
Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment) | |
| 0301.1.1 | Parts of Speech - Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. |
| 0301.1.2 | Usage Errors - Recognize and avoid errors in Standard English usage (e.g., to/too/two; their/ there/ they�re). |
| 0301.1.3 | Capitalization - Know and apply correctly the rules for capitalization. e.g.names, dates, cities, and states, addresses, holidays, titles of books, first word in a sentence, proper nouns, titles, abbreviations, parts of a friendly letter, first word in a direct quotation |
| 0301.1.4 | Punctuation Marks - Understand and use correctly standard marks of punctuation,e.g.end punctuation, periods in initials, abbreviations and titles before names; colon between hour and minutes; parts of a letter. |
| 0301.1.5 | Comma Usage - Use commas in direct address, dates, location and addresses, and items in a series. |
| 0301.1.6 | Use Apostrophes - Recognize and use contractions and possessives using apostrophes. |
| 0301.1.7 | Spell Correctly - Spell correctly high-frequency and commonly misspelled words appropriate to grade level. |
| 0301.1.8 | Form Contractions - Form and spell contractions, plurals, and possessives. |
| 0301.1.9 | Abbreviate - Abbreviate words correctly. |
| 0301.1.10 | Orthographic Patterns - Apply correct orthographic patterns e.g. consonant doubling, changing y to i, dropping the final silent e before adding the prefix. |
| 0301.1.11 | Alphabetical Order - Arrange and identify words in alphabetical order for practical purposes occurring in everyday life e.g. lists, phone directory. |
| 0301.1.12 | Write Legibly - Write legibly in manuscript and in cursive. |
| 0301.1.13 | Sentence Types - Recognize sentence types - statements, questions, commands, and exclamations - and apply appropriate end marks when writing and vocal intonation when speaking. |
| 0301.1.14 | Subject and Predicate - Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence (simple and compound). |
| 0301.1.15 | Complete Sentences - Recognize complete sentences and sentence fragments and edit appropriately. |
| 0301.1.16 | Combine Sentences - Combine simple sentences into compound sentences using compound subjects and/or predicates. |
| 0301.1.17 | Sound Patterns - Continue to maintain and develop the ability to distinguish sounds and sound patterns within words. |
| 0301.1.18 | Words - Continue to develop word consciousness e.g. word play, word walls, word sorts. |
| 0301.1.19 | Recognize Synonyms and Antonyms - Define and recognize word synonyms and antonyms. |
| 0301.1.20 | Unfamiliar Words - Use a variety of previously learned strategies (e.g., roots and affixes, context, reference resources) to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. |
State Performance Indicators | |
| SPI 0301.1.1 | Nouns - Identify the correct use of nouns i.e. as subjects, singular and plural within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.2 | Verbs - Identify the correct use of verbs i.e. present, past, and future tense within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.3 | Adjectives - Identify the correct use of adjectives i.e. comparative and superlative within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.4 | Capitals - Identify correctly used capital letters. |
| SPI 0301.1.5 | Simple Subject - Select the simple subject and predicate of a sentence. |
| SPI 0301.1.6 | Compound Sentences - Select the compound sentence that correctly combines two simple sentences. |
| SPI 0301.1.7 | End Punctuation - Recognize correct capitalization and end punctuation within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.8 | Contractions - Choose the correct formation of contractions and plurals within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.9 | Use Commas - Identify the correct use of commas with dates, addresses, items in a series, and the greeting and closing of a friendly letter. |
| SPI 0301.1.10 | Sentence Type Punctuation - Identify declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences by recognizing appropriate end marks. |
| SPI 0301.1.11 | Order Words - Rearrange and identify words in alphabetical order e.g. lists, phone directory. |
| SPI 0301.1.12 | Correct Spelling - Choose correctly (or incorrectly) spelled words in context . |
| SPI 0301.1.13 | Grade Level Words - Recognize grade level compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.14 | Troublesome Words - Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words: to/too/two; their/there/they�re). |
| SPI 0301.1.15 | Root Words - Recognize root words and their various inflections e.g. walks, walking, walked. |
| SPI 0301.1.16 | Prefixes and Suffixes - Determine word meanings using prefixes and suffixes and/or context clues. |
| SPI 0301.1.17 | Synonyms & Antonyms - Select appropriate synonyms and antonyms within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.18 | Individual Sounds - Distinguish individual sounds, including consonant blends, within words. |
| SPI 0301.1.19 | Grade Appropriate Vocabulary - Recognize grade appropriate vocabulary, including multiple-meaning words, within context. |
| SPI 0301.1.20 | Word Meanings - Determine word meaning through context clues. |
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