Predict the future by creating it
For Grade 1 English comprehension, the curriculum focuses on helping students build foundational skills for understanding and responding to texts. The following are the key concepts typically covered:
Grade 1 English Comprehension Curriculum Concepts
Main Idea and Details
Identifying the main idea of a story or passage.
Recognizing supporting details that explain the main idea.
Character Identification
Recognizing and naming characters in a story.
Describing character traits (e.g., happy, sad, kind).
Setting
Identifying where and when a story takes place (e.g., time of day, location).
Understanding how the setting affects the story.
Sequence of Events
Understanding the order of events in a story (first, next, last).
Recognizing key events in the beginning, middle, and end.
Cause and Effect
Recognizing cause and effect relationships in simple stories.
Understanding how one event leads to another (e.g., "If it rains, we get wet").
Predicting
Making predictions about what will happen next based on clues in the story.
Revising predictions as the story unfolds.
Character Feelings and Emotions
Identifying how characters feel based on their actions and words.
Understanding how feelings change throughout the story.
Rhyming Words
Recognizing and identifying rhyming words in the story.
Understanding how rhyming helps with reading fluency.
Simple Vocabulary and Word Meanings
Identifying and understanding new words from the context of the story.
Using context clues to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Answering Wh- Questions
Answering questions about the story using who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Understanding how to respond to basic comprehension questions.
Story Retelling
Retelling the story in one's own words.
Recalling important events and characters in a story.
Identifying Problem and Solution
Recognizing the main problem in the story.
Identifying how the problem is solved by the characters.
Making Connections
Making connections between the story and personal experiences.
Relating the story to other things students have seen or heard.
Recognizing Action Words (Verbs)
Identifying verbs or action words in the story.
Understanding the role of verbs in telling what happens in a story.
Using Illustrations to Understand Text
Using pictures to help understand the story.
Recognizing how illustrations provide more information about the story.
Identifying the Beginning, Middle, and End of a Story
Recognizing the structure of a story (beginning, middle, end).
Understanding how events progress and lead to a conclusion.
Simple Inferences
Making simple inferences based on clues in the story.
Understanding what characters might be thinking or feeling based on their actions.
Antonyms and Synonyms
Identifying simple antonyms (opposites) and synonyms (words with similar meanings).
Understanding how these words can change the meaning of a sentence.
Point of View (Simple)
Understanding that the story is told from a particular point of view (e.g., first-person or third-person).
Recognizing that the narrator’s perspective influences the story.
Simple Dialogue
Identifying who is speaking in the story.
Understanding basic dialogue and how it helps explain characters’ actions and feelings.
Simple Fact and Opinion
Differentiating between simple facts and opinions.
Recognizing statements that are based on facts versus those based on personal beliefs.
Identifying Patterns in the Text
Recognizing repetitive phrases or patterns in the text.
Understanding how repeated patterns help with fluency and understanding.
Context Clues for Vocabulary
Using context clues in simple sentences to understand the meaning of new words.
Recognizing familiar words in different contexts.
These concepts are fundamental to developing reading comprehension skills in Grade 1 students. By focusing on these areas, students can improve their ability to understand, analyze, and discuss texts, setting the stage for more advanced reading comprehension in later grades.