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English Language Arts

Grade 1English Language Arts

Informational Text Skills

Grade 1 English Language Arts in Florida’s B.E.S.T. standards starts with phonological awareness and phonics, then fluency, then writing. The composition book on the supply list is where encoding lands on paper.

Practice in the quizPrint this lesson · Text Feature Scavenger HuntPrint this lesson · Main Idea Organizer

How this lesson runs

  1. Say the word. Segment it into sounds (Elkonin boxes or fingers).
  2. Map each sound to a letter or grapheme with letter cards.
  3. Write the word in the primary journal. Picture space on top, lines below, as OCPS Grade 1 lists name the book.

Source: CPALMS Grade 1 ELA standards · 6 flashcards below.

Card 1 of 6 · arrows to move · space to flip

What are text features?

Grade 1 study cards. Ages 6 to 8. Not a test. Not a grade.

Teaching tip

Title, heading, bold word, photo, caption. Those helpers are text features.

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