Your Child's Communication: First Grade

By the end of first grade your child should be able to do the following:

Listening

§  Remember information

§  Respond to instructions

§  Follow 2-3 step directions in a sequence

Speaking

§  Be easily understood

§  Answer more complex "yes/no" questions

§  Tell and retell stories and events in a logical order

§  Express ideas with a variety of complete sentences

§  Use most parts of speech (grammar) correctly

§  Ask and respond to "wh" questions (who, what, where, when, why)

§  Stay on topic and take turns in conversation

§  Give directions

§  Start conversations

Reading

§  Create rhyming words

§  Identify all sounds in short words

§  Blend separate sounds to form words

§  Match spoken words with print

§  Know how a book works (e.g., read from left to right and top to bottom in English)

§  Identify letters, words, and sentences

§  Sound out words when reading

§  Have a sight vocabulary of 100 common words

§  Read grade-level material fluently

§  Understand what is read

Writing

§  Express ideas through writing

§  Print clearly

§  Spell frequently used words correctly

§  Begin each sentence with capital letters and use ending punctuation

§  Write a variety of stories, journal entries, or letters/notes