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Jefferson County Schools Language Arts The Tennessee English Language Arts Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten through Grade 12 was adopted by the State Board of Education on December 5, 1996. "The framework includes the Content Strands and Learning Expectations necessary to insure K-12 Tennessee students develop the language skills needed to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in their lives." Grade 1 The Terra Nova Complete Battery assesses students in first grade (Level 11). |
| Genres |
| The Genres Unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. |
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Author: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify favorite stories, informational text, authors, and illustrators of a given passage.
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Genre: Independent Reading/Explore
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read independently for a variety of purposes including for literary experience, to gain information, to perform a task, for enjoyment, and to build fluency.
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Genre: Literary/Explore
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) explore a variety of literary and media genres.
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Genre: Read Aloud/Variety/Explore
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) explore a variety of literature through read-alouds, tapes, and independent reading.
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Nonfiction: Reading
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read a variety of nonfiction.
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Reading Material: Share
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) share storybooks, poems, newspapers, and environmental print.
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| Information Processing |
| The Information Processing Unit includes competencies and objectives which focus on the processes of comparing, evaluating, interpreting, and organizing information and ideas in isolation from other language arts areas such as: reading, writing, listening and spelling. |
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Determine Meaning: Use Strategies
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) determine the meaning of meaning words by using a picture dictionary, picture clues, context clues, and structural analysis.
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Print: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify print sources of information (e.g., books, magazines, maps, charts, and graphs).
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Research Skills: Materials/Visit/View
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) visit libraries to use and view appropriate material.
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Sources: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify appropriate sources of information(e.g., books, maps, graphs, charts) and recognize the family and community as sources of information.
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| Language Expressions |
| The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. |
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Adjective: Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) correctly use adjectives (e.g., vivid description words).
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Conventions: Standard English
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) demonstrate appropriate use of Standard English in writing.
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Declarative: Speaker/Intonation
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify statements and questions by noting ending punctuation when writing and intonation when speaking.
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Fragment: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify incomplete sentences.
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Noun: Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use nouns correctly(e.g., singular, plural, possessive).
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Sentence Combining: Compound Sentence
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) combine two simple sentences into a compound sentence by using the conjunction "and".
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Sentence Structure: Apply/Communicate
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply the use of correct sentence structure to communicate effectively.
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Sentence Structure: Coherent
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use coherent sentence structure when speaking.
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Sentence Structure: Identify Complete
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify complete sentences.
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Subject/Predicate: Simple/Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) write a sentence which contains a simple subject and a simple predicate.
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Verb: Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use verbs correctly (e.g., e.g. tense and agreement with simple subject.
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| Language Mechanics |
| The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. |
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Alphabetizing: One-step
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) alphabetize to the first letter of a word.
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Capitalization: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use capitalization correctly (Learning Accomplishment includes beginning of sentence, proper noun. "I").
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Contraction: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify and use contractions.
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Endmark: Sentence/Period/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use correct punctuation at the end of simple declarative sentences and questions.
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Manuscript: Use/Legible
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use legible manuscript when writing using proper spacing between letters of a word and words of a sentence.
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Mechanics: Standard English
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply Standard English language mechanics.
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Sentence Content: Simple
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) write a simple sentence.
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| Listening/Speaking |
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Behaviors: Interpretive Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) demonstrate developmentally appropriate interpretive listening comprehension skills.
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Behaviors: Listening Skills/ Expand
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) develop and expand listening skills.
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Behaviors: Literal Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) demonstrate developmentally appropriate literal listening comprehension skills.
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Behaviors: Variety/Attentive
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) listen attentively to a variety of speakers for specific information.
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Conversation: Guidelines
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) follow guidelines of conversation (e.g., raise hand, take turns, focus attention on speaker).
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Directions: Three Step
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) follow three-step directions given orally.
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Directions: Understand/Oral
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) understand, follow, and give oral directions.
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Discussion: Group/Participate
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) participate in group discussions.
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Drama: Knowledge/Information/Retell
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) dramatize or retell new knowledge, oral information, or new experiences.
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Formal/Informal: Identify/Usage Varies
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify that language usage varies in formal and informal settings.
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Group: Questions/Ask/Answer
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) ask and answer questions with group members, peers, and teachers.
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Predicting: Story
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) derive meaning while reading by asking meaning about text, self-corrects errors, participate in discussions about text, create graphic organizers (e.g., charts, lists), and predict and adjust outcomes during read-alouds.
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Processes: Developmentally Appropriate
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) demonstrate developmentally appropriate listening skills (e.g., do not interrupt, face speaker, ask questions).
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Pronunciation: Phonemes/Add
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) change targeted sounds to modify or change words.
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Purposes: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify his/her purpose for listening.
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Response: Variety/Media
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) listen and respond to a wide variety of media (e.g., books, audio tapes, videos).
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Story: Peers/Adults/Tell
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) tell favorite personal stories to peers and familiar adults.
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Strategies: Oral Language/Extend
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) show evidence of expanding oral language through vocabulary growth.
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Strategies: Reading Materials/Recite
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) recite familiar reading materials.
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| Reading Operations |
| The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Abbreviate: Common/Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify commonly used abbreviations.
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Analyze: Relationships/Reading Materials
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze cause and effect relationships in reading materials.
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Analyze: Theme/Literary Selection
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze the theme of a literary selection.
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Comprehension: Display Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) display comprehension skills.
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Conflict: Solution/Discuss
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) determine the problem in a story and discuss the solution to the conflict.
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Construct Meaning: Graphic Organizers
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use graphic organizers to understand text(e.g., charts, graph, web).
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Decode: Strategies/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use a variety of strategies to decode words including sounding out, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts (e.g., compound words, word families, blends, digraphs).
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Draw Conclusion: Reading Material
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) draw conclusions about reading materials.
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Emergent Reading: Increasing Fluency
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read with increasing fluency and confidence from a variety of texts through paired reading, shared reading, choral reading, teacher-led reading, and reading from tapes.
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Emergent Reading: Top Down
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) understand and use basic reading behaviors such as reading from the top of a page and going down, tracking, reading and explaining writings and drawings, identifying parts of a book (e.g., title page, table of contents) recognizing that groups of words make sentences, and understanding punctuation (e.g., period, question mark).
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Emergent Reading: Word Families/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) manipulate word families, word walls, and word sorts.
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Graphic Feature: Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use common graphical features to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Graphic Organizers: Word Meaning
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) construct word meaning from graphics.
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Information/Ideas: Purpose/Learning
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) introduce information skills to encourage learning.
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Main Idea: Text/Analyze
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze a text's main ideas.
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Nonprint: Main Character/Identify
The learner will be able to ((IMPORTANT)) identify the main character(s), characters, events, and settings in print and nonprint materials.
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Phonetics: Awareness
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) demonstrate phonemic awareness.
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Plot: Problem/Identify/Story
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) retell a story in correct sequence(e.g., using books, videos, films).
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Predictions: Reading Materials/Make
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) make predictions about reading materials.
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Prereading: Illustrations/View
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) view illustrations as a prereading strategy.
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Prior Knowledge: Activities/Background
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) take part in activities to build background knowledge to derive meaning from text.
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Purposes: Variety
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read and view various literary (e.g., picture books, story books, fairy tales, poetry, lyrics to songs) and media (e.g., illustrations, the arts, films, videos) genres.
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Questions: Aid Understanding
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) generate questions to aid understanding while reading.
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Reality/Fantasy: Literature/Distinguish
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) distinguish between reality and fantasy in literature.
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Reading Aloud: Familiar Text/Fluency
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read familiar text aloud with fluency, expression, accuracy, and confidence.
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Reading Aloud: Oral Readings/Guided
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) take part in guided oral readings.
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Read Aloud: Text/Fluency/Confidence
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) read text aloud with fluency, expression, accuracy, pacing, intonation, and confidence.
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Reading Aloud: Punctuation/Apply
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply the use of punctuation to aid in reading aloud.
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Reading Behaviors: Apply
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) apply meaning while reading.
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Reading Behaviors: Independent/Daily
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) improve reading comprehension by reading independently on a daily basis.
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Reading Behaviors: Literacy Activities
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) participate in various literacy activities (e.g., self-select books and stories).
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Reading Behaviors: Motivation/Create
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) create and maintain a motivation to read and choose to read as a leisure activity.
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Response: Creative
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) respond creatively to written material (e.g., choral reading, discussion, drama).
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Sequence: Use/Understand
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use sequence to understand reading materials.
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Strategies: Extend Information
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) extend information beyond passage ideas while reading.
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Strategies: Features/Use/Find
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use text features to find information in text (e.g., maps, charts, illustrations, and table of contents).
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Strategies: Reading to Learn/Curriculum
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) develop skills to facilitate reading to learn across the curriculum.
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Understanding: Check
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) check for understanding after reading by recalling 3-4 step sequence of events, retelling stories (i.e. first, next, last) drawing conclusions, recognizing main ideas in pictures, picture books, and texts.
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Written/Oral Words: Match
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) match oral words to written words.
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| Spelling |
| The Spelling Unit includes studying language and word structure knowledge to discern the correct spelling of words. It includes skills related to editing passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure. |
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Spelling: High Frequency/Spell
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) regularly spell high frequency words correctly.
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Spelling: Use/Grade Level/Appropriate
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use correct spelling for words that are appropriate to his/her grade level.
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Vowels: Four/Letter/Short/Vowel
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) correctly spell short vowel words with four letters.
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Vowels: Three/Letter/Short/Vowel
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) correctly spell short vowel words with three letters.
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| Vocabulary |
| The Vocabulary Unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes), concrete analogies, synonyms, antonyms, and syllables. It also includes applying knowledge of connotation, denotation and words with multiple levels of meaning. The Vocabulary Unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes), concrete analogies, synonyms, antonyms, and syllables. It also includes applying knowledge of connotation, denotation and words with multiple levels of meaning. |
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Base Word: Suffixes/Add
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) add suffixes to base words (e.g., -s, -ed,-es,-ing).
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Content Area: Increase/Content Specific
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) increase content specific vocabulary.
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Expand: Read/Out Loud
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) expand vocabulary by reading out loud.
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Expand: Vocabulary
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) expand his/her vocabulary.
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Listening: Oral/Develop
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) develop vocabulary by listening to orally read literature, participating in discussions, and reading self-selected texts.
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Strategies: Structural/Analysis/Use
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use knowledge of letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode grade appropriate words.
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Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) apply a variety of vocabulary strategies.
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Syllabication: Identify Number
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) show awareness of syllables by clapping, counting, or moving objects.
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Word Rhymes
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify rhyming words.
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| Word Analysis |
| The Word Analysis Unit focuses on examining word structure and sound. It includes topics such as consonants, vowels, rhyming, and word building. The Word Analysis Unit focuses on examining word structure and sound. It includes topics such as consonants, vowels, rhyming, and word building. |
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Decoding: Automatically
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) decode unknown words automatically.
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Decoding: One-Syllable/Regular
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) decode one-syllable words that are phonetically regular.
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Final/Beginning Sound: Cue Words/Respo
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) respond to cue words that have the same beginning and/or ending sounds.
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Rhythm/Rhyme: Rhymes/Recognize
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) recognize rhymes in Mother Goose and other rhyming books.
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Sounds: Relationship/Understand
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) understand the relationship between sounds and symbols.
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Vowel:Short/ Long/Vowel/Orally Decode
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) apply long and short vowel rules when decoding.
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Word: Identify/High/Frequency
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) automatically identify high frequency words.
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Word: One/Syllable/Break
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) break one syllable words into sounds.
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Word: Phoneme/One-Syllable
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) blend sounds together to form one-syllable words.
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Word: Analysis Skills
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) demonstrate developmentally appropriate word analysis skills.
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| Writing |
| The Writing Unit focuses on each stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. It includes skills covering a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). Some example writing formats are expository, narrative, poetry, and drama. The Writing Unit focuses on each stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. It includes skills covering a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). Some example writing formats are expository, narrative, poetry, and drama. |
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Across Curriculum: Information/Science
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) summarize information learned in science(e.g., illustration, dictating sentences or composing simple sentences).
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Across Curriculum: Shared Writings/Arts
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) take part in shared writings about the arts and classroom activities.
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Across Curriculum: Math Journals
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) write in math journals, compose math stories, and write explanations for problem solving.
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Across Curriculum: Social Studies
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) compose stories using information learned in social studies.
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Composition: Variety
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) prepare a variety of written work (e.g, published books, classroom books, experience stories).
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Conventions: Legible
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) create readable documents with legible handwriting.
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Clarity: Words/Phrases/Enhance
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify words or phrases that could enhance clarification after writing a story.
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Detail: Relevant/Choose
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) choose details relevant to the topic of a written work.
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Dictate: Story
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) dictate stories (e.g., to tape recorder, to adult, to older student).
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Drafting: Planning/Self-Correcting
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) write first drafts using appropriate parts of the writing process with focus on planning and self-correcting.
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Emergent Writing: Experience Stories
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) take part in teacher-guided experience stories.
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Edit: Capitalization
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) edit sentences for capitalization errors.
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