“I Can” Common Core!
Grade 1 Reading
I Can Read Fiction
- I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading stories. RL.1.
- I can retell a story. RL.1.2
- I can tell the characters, setting and what happens in a story. RL.1.3
I Can Read Nonfiction
- I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading nonfiction. RI.1.1
- I can find the main topic and details in a section of nonfiction. RI.1.2
- I can make and describe connections between two people, events or ideas in nonfiction. RI.1.3
I Can Understand Fiction
- I can understand how words in a story can tell about feelings and the senses. RL.1.4
- I can tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction. RL.1.5
- I can talk about who is telling a story. RL.1.6
I Can Understand Nonfiction
- I can ask and answer questions to help understand new words. RI.1.4
- I can use text features to help me understand nonfiction. RI.1.5
- I can use words and pictures to help me understand nonfiction. RI.1.6
- I Can Use What I Know To Understand Fiction.
- I can use words and pictures to help me tell about the characters, setting and plot. RL.1.7
- I can compare and contrast what characters do in a story. RL.1.9
- I Can Make Cultural Connections Between the Story and Myself. RL.1.9A
- I Can Use What I Know to Understand Nonfiction
- I can use words and pictures to help me understand nonfiction. RI.1.7
- I can find reasons to support the main idea of nonfiction. RI.1.8
- I can compare and contrast the main idea of two nonfiction texts. RI.1.9.
- I Can Read and Understand First Grade Fiction. RL.1.10
- I Can Make Connections Between Myself, the Text and the World Around Me. RL.1.11
- I Can Read and Understand First Grade Nonfiction. RI.1.10
- I Can Use Basic Text Features to Help Me Read. RF.11
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I Can Use Phonics Skills to Help Me Read
- I can tell the number of syllables in words RF.1.2.
- I can tell about different sounds in a word. 1.2
- I can use digraphs to help me read. 1.3
- I can read one syllable words. 1.3
- I can read vowel teams (magic e, ea, ay, oa) 1.3
- I can read two syllable words. 1.3
- I can read first grade words. 1.3
I Can Read Fluently
- I can read with expression. 1.4
- I can read carefully. 1.4
- I can reread to understand what words mean. F.1.4
Grade 1 Writing
I Can Write Different Types of Writing
- I can write my opinion. 1.1
- I can write to teach. 1.2
- I can write to tell a story. 1.3
I Can Make My Writing Better
- I can revise and edit my writing. 1.5
- I can publish my writing. 1.6
I Can Use Research to Help My Writing
- I can help my class research. 1.7
- I can help my class write. 1.7
- I can record science observations. 1.7
- I can remember what I have been taught to answer a question. 1.8
- I can express and present a personal response through creative means. 1.11
Grade 1 Language
I Can Use Proper English When I Write and Speak
- I can print many uppercase and lowercase letters. 1.1
- I can use common, proper, and possessive nouns. 1.1
- I can use singular and plural nouns with the right verb. 1.1
- I can use pronouns. 1.1 (I, me, my, they, them, their)
- I can use adjectives and adverbs correctly. 1.1
- I can use past, present, and future tense verbs. 1.1
- I can use adjectives. 1.1
- I can use conjunctions. 1.1 (and, but, or so, because)
- I can use determiners. 1.1 (a, the, this, that, my, many, few)
- I can make simple and compound sentences. 1.1
- I can make telling and asking sentences. 1.1
- I can capitalize dates and names of people. 1.2
- I can punctuate sentences. 1.2
- I can use commas in dates. 1.2
- I can use commas when writing groups of 3. 1.2
- I can spell first grade words. 1.2
- I can use what I know about phonics to spell new words. 1.2
Grade 1 Math
I Can Use Addition and Subtraction to Help Me Understand Math
- I can use strategies to solve addition word problems. OA.1
- I can use strategies to solve subtraction word problems. OA.1
- I can solve word problems by adding 3 whole numbers. OA.3
- I can use the commutative property of addition. OA.3
- I can use associative property of addition. OA.3
- I can use an addition fact to help me answer a subtraction problem. OA.4
- I can count to help me add and subtract. OA.5
- I can add facts within 20. OA.6
- I can subtract facts within 20.1.OA.6
- I know what an equal sign means. OA.7
- I can tell if addition and subtraction equations are true or false. OA.7
- I can tell the missing number in an addition or subtraction problem. OA.8
I Can Use Number Sense and Place Value to Help Me Understand Math
- I can count to 120. NBT.1
- I can tell how many tens and how and how many ones are in a number. 1.NBT.2
- I can compare two-digit numbers using <, =, and >. NBT.3
- I can use manipulatives and pictures to help me solve problems within 100. 1.NBT.4
- I can use math strategies to help me solve problems within 100. NBT.4
- I can find 10 more or 10 less in my head. NBT.5
I Can Use Measurements and Data to Help Me Understand Math
- I can put three objects in order from longest to shortest. MD.1
- I can tell the length of an object using whole numbers. MD.2
- I can tell and write time in hours and half-hours using a clock. MD.3
- I can organize data. MD.4
- I can understand data. MD.4
- I can ask and answer questions about data. MD.4
I Can Use Geometry to Help Me Understand Math
- I can tell about shapes. G.1
- I can build and draw shapes. G.1
- I can make two-dimensional shapes. G.2
- I can make three-dimensional shapes. G.2
- I can use shapes to make new shapes. G.3
- I can divide shapes into parts. G.3
Grade 1 Speaking & Listening
I Can Understand and Talk About What I Hear
- I can follow rules for discussions. 1.1
- I can talk with others. 1.1
- I can ask questions during discussions. 1.1
- I can ask questions and talk with people from different backgrounds. 1.1D
- I can ask and answer a question about what a speaker says. 1.3
I Can Share What I Know
- I can tell about people, places and things with help. 1.4
- I can use drawings to share what I know. 1.5
- I can speak and write in complete sentences. 1.6