Grade 1 Common Core
I Can Statements…
1
First Grade
Common Core…
The Next Generation
Strand: Reading:
Literature
RL.1.1 – 1.10
2
I can ask at least one
question about the story.
RL.1.1
3
I can answer all who, what,
when or where questions
about the story.
RL.1.1
4
I can tell what the story is
about and tell important
parts.
RL.1.2
5
I can tell who was in the
story, where it happened,
when it happened, and
what happened.
RL.1.3
6
I can tell how words make
me feel.
RL.1.4
7
I can tell which books are
stories and which tell true
things.
RL.1.5
8
I can tell who is talking to
tell the story.
RL.1.6
9
I can tell about the story
using pictures and
words.
RL.1.7
10
I can tell how the stories
are the same and
different.
RL.1.9
11
I can read and listen to
poems and prose.
RL.1.10
12
First Grade
Common Core…
The Next Generation
Strand: Reading:
Informational Text
RI.1.1 – 1.10
13
I can ask questions about
details in a text.
RI.1.1
14
I can answer questions
about details in a text.
RI.1.1
15
I can tell
important details.
RI.1.2
16
I can tell how
things go together.
RI.1.3
17
I can learn the meanings
of words I do not know.
RI.1.4
18
I can use parts of a book
to find information.
RI.1.5
19
I can understand what is
read because the pictures
and words help me.
RI.1.6
20
I can the pictures and
words to help me
understand ideas.
RI.1.7
21
I can tell some important
things the author wanted
me to learn.
RI.1.8
22
I can tell how two texts are
the same or different.
RI.1.9
23
I can read true stories with
help.
RI.1.10
24
First Grade Common Core
…The Next Generation
Strand: Reading Foundations
RF.1.1-1.4
25
I can write a sentence that
starts with a capital and
ends with a mark.
RF.1.1
26
I can hear long and short
vowels.
RF.1.2
27
I can blend sounds to
make words.
RF.1.2
28
I can sound out common
digraphs.
RF.1.3
29
I can sound out onesyllable words.
RF.1.3
30
I can sound out words that
end with silent e.
RF.1.3
31
I can use vowels to sound
out syllables.
RF.1.3
32
I can break words into
parts.
RF.1.3
33
I can read words with
endings.
RF.1.3
34
I can read first grade sight
words.
RF.1.3
35
I can know the purpose
of my reading.
RF.1.4
36
I can read fluently.
RF.1.4
37
I can self-correct
when I read.
RF.1.4
38
First Grade
Common Core…
The Next Generation
Strand: Writing
W.2.1-
39
I can write what I think and
why I think that.
W.1.1
40
I can write about events
that happened first, next,
and last.
W.1.3
41
I can use suggestions to
add details to make
my writing better.
W.1.5
42
I can share my writing
using technology.
W.1.6
43
I can find facts.
W.1.7
44
I can write an answer
to a question.
W.1.7
45
First Grade
Common Core…
The Next Generation
Strand: Speaking and
Listening
SL. 1.1-1.6
46
I can follow rules when I
talk to my classmates.
SL.1.1
47
I can ask questions about
the topic.
SL.1.1
48
I can add my own
comment to the topic.
SL.1.1
49
I can ask and answer
question to learn more
about something.
SL.1.2
50
I can ask good questions
after listening to someone
speak.
SL.1.3
51
I can express my ideas
and feelings clearly.
SL.1.4
52
I can use pictures or
things to help people
understand me.
SL.1.5
53
I can talk in sentences.
SL.1.6
54
First Grade
Common Core…
The Next Generation
Strand: Language
L-1.1 – L-1.6
55
I can print all upper- and
lowercase letters.
L-1.1
56
I can know what nouns are.
L-1.1
57
I can match nouns with
action words. (He hops.
We hop.)
L-1.1
58
I can use a different word
for a noun (I, me, my, they,
them, their, anyone,
everything).
L-1.1
59
I can use action words for
things that happened
yesterday, today, and
tomorrow.
L-1.1
60
I can use describing
words.
L-1.1
61
I can use connecting
words.
L-1.1
62
I can use a, an, and the.
L-1.1
63
I can use prepositions like
over, under, and around.
L-1.1
64
I can combine sentences.
L-1.1
65
I can capitalize dates and
names.
L-1.2
66
I can use end punctuation
for sentences.
L-1.2
67
I can use commas in
dates and lists.
L-1.2
68
I can spell sight words
and word family words.
L-1.2
69
I can use invented
spelling.
L-1.2
70
I can find root words and
endings.
L-1.4
71
I can use word clues to
figure out what a word
means.
L-1.4
72
I can use the end of words
to figure out what a word
means.
L-1.4
73
I can put words in groups
that are the same.
L-1.5
74
I can tell what words mean
and add details.
L-1.5
75
I can make connections
between words.
L-1.5
76
I can use words that show a
slight difference in actions
(eg. glance, peek, stare) or
descriptions (big, huge,
gigantic).
L-1.5
77
I can put two little
sentences together to
make one sentence.
L-1.6
78
Grade 1 Common Core
State Standards
North Dakota
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