Skip to the content
Peabody TeachFor teachers and grown-ups

Grade 1 standards

Math

Operations and algebraic thinking

  • 1.OA.A.1 Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 20, unknowns in any position · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.OA.A.2 Solve word problems adding three whole numbers with sum 20 or less · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.OA.B.3 Use properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract
  • 1.OA.B.4 Understand subtraction as finding an unknown addend · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.OA.C.5 Relate counting to addition and subtraction · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies · 4 Peabody pages
  • 1.OA.D.7 Judge whether addition and subtraction equations are true or false · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.OA.D.8 Find the unknown whole number in a three-number equation · 2 Peabody pages

Number and operations in base ten

  • 1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120 and read and write numerals in that range
  • 1.NBT.B.2 Understand two-digit numbers as amounts of tens and ones · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.NBT.B.2a Treat 10 as a bundle of ten ones, called a ten
  • 1.NBT.B.2b Numbers 11 to 19 are a ten plus some ones
  • 1.NBT.B.2c Multiples of ten name that many tens with zero ones
  • 1.NBT.B.3 Compare two-digit numbers using tens and ones with <, =, > · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.NBT.C.4 Add within 100 using place value and explain the reasoning · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.NBT.C.5 Mentally find 10 more or 10 less than a two-digit number · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.NBT.C.6 Subtract multiples of ten from multiples of ten, 10 to 90

Measurement and data

  • 1.MD.A.1 Order three objects by length, comparing indirectly with a third · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.MD.A.2 Measure length by laying equal-length units end to end · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours on clocks · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.MD.C.4 Organize and interpret data with up to three categories · 2 Peabody pages

Geometry

  • 1.G.A.1 Separate defining shape attributes from non-defining ones; build and draw shapes · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.G.A.2 Compose 2D and 3D shapes into new composite shapes · 2 Peabody pages
  • 1.G.A.3 Split circles and rectangles into halves and fourths · 2 Peabody pages

English language arts

Reading literature

  • RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text · 2 Peabody pages
  • RL.1.2 Retell stories with key details and state their central message
  • RL.1.3 Describe story characters, settings and major events using details
  • RL.1.4 Find words and phrases showing feelings or senses in stories and poems
  • RL.1.5 Explain how story books differ from informational books
  • RL.1.6 Say who is telling the story at different points
  • RL.1.7 Use pictures and details to describe characters, settings and events
  • RL.1.9 Compare and contrast characters' adventures across stories
  • RL.1.10 With help, read prose and poetry at grade 1 complexity

Reading informational text

  • RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text
  • RI.1.2 Name the main topic and retell key details of a text · 2 Peabody pages
  • RI.1.3 Describe how two people, events, ideas or facts connect
  • RI.1.4 Ask and answer questions to work out word and phrase meanings
  • RI.1.5 Use headings, tables of contents and glossaries to find facts
  • RI.1.6 Tell information from pictures apart from information in words
  • RI.1.7 Use illustrations and details to describe a text's key ideas
  • RI.1.8 Name the reasons an author gives to support points
  • RI.1.9 Find basic likenesses and differences between two same-topic texts
  • RI.1.10 With help, read informational texts at grade 1 complexity

Reading foundations

  • RF.1.1 Show understanding of print's organization and basic features
  • RF.1.1a Recognize what marks a sentence: first word, capital, end punctuation
  • RF.1.2 Show understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds
  • RF.1.2a Tell long from short vowel sounds in spoken one-syllable words
  • RF.1.2b Blend sounds, including consonant blends, into one-syllable words · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.2c Isolate and say first, middle vowel and last sounds
  • RF.1.2d Split one-syllable spoken words into every individual sound · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.3 Apply grade-level phonics and word analysis to decode words
  • RF.1.3a Know sound-spelling matches for common consonant digraphs · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.3b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.3c Know final -e and common vowel teams for long vowel sounds · 4 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.3d Use vowel sounds to count syllables in a printed word
  • RF.1.3e Decode two-syllable words by splitting them into syllables
  • RF.1.3f Read words with inflectional endings · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.3g Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.4 Read with enough accuracy and fluency to support comprehension · 2 Peabody pages
  • RF.1.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding
  • RF.1.4b Read grade-level text aloud with accuracy, good pace and expression
  • RF.1.4c Use context to check or fix word reading, rereading as needed

Writing

  • W.1.1 Write opinion pieces with topic, opinion, reason and closure · 2 Peabody pages
  • W.1.2 Write informative texts naming a topic, facts and closure · 2 Peabody pages
  • W.1.3 Write narratives with sequenced events, details and time words · 2 Peabody pages
  • W.1.5 With adult help, focus on a topic, respond and add details
  • W.1.6 With adult help, use digital tools to make and publish writing
  • W.1.7 Join shared research projects, such as writing how-to instructions
  • W.1.8 With adult help, recall or gather information to answer a question

Speaking and listening

  • SL.1.1 Join group talks with varied partners about grade 1 topics
  • SL.1.1a Follow discussion rules such as listening carefully and speaking in turn
  • SL.1.1b Build on others' comments through several back-and-forth exchanges
  • SL.1.1c Ask questions to clear up confusion about the discussion
  • SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a read-aloud or media
  • SL.1.3 Ask and answer questions about a speaker's words to gather information
  • SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things and events with relevant details
  • SL.1.5 Add drawings or visual displays to clarify descriptions
  • SL.1.6 Produce complete sentences when the task calls for them

Language

  • L.1.1 Show command of standard English grammar and usage
  • L.1.1a Print all upper- and lowercase letters
  • L.1.1b Use common, proper and possessive nouns · 6 Peabody pages
  • L.1.1c Match singular and plural nouns with their verbs
  • L.1.1d Use personal, possessive and indefinite pronouns · 2 Peabody pages
  • L.1.1e Use verbs to show past, present and future · 4 Peabody pages
  • L.1.1f Use frequently occurring adjectives · 2 Peabody pages
  • L.1.1g Use frequent conjunctions such as and, but, because
  • L.1.1h Use determiners such as articles and demonstratives
  • L.1.1i Use frequent prepositions such as during, beyond and toward
  • L.1.1j Produce and expand simple, compound and other sentence types in response to prompts · 4 Peabody pages
  • L.1.2 Show command of standard capitalization, punctuation and spelling
  • L.1.2a Capitalize dates and names of people · 2 Peabody pages
  • L.1.2b Use end punctuation for sentences · 4 Peabody pages
  • L.1.2c Use commas in dates and to separate words in a series
  • L.1.2d Spell common-pattern words and frequent irregular words conventionally · 2 Peabody pages
  • L.1.2e Spell untaught words phonetically using phonemic awareness · 2 Peabody pages
  • L.1.4 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words from grade 1 reading
  • L.1.4a Use sentence-level context as a clue to a word's meaning
  • L.1.4b Use frequently occurring affixes as clues to word meaning
  • L.1.4c Identify root words and their inflected forms such as looks and looked
  • L.1.5 With adult guidance, show grasp of word relationships and nuances
  • L.1.5a Sort words into categories such as colors and clothing
  • L.1.5b Define words by category and by key attributes
  • L.1.5c Connect words to real-life uses, such as cozy places at home
  • L.1.5d Show shades of meaning among verbs and intensity among adjectives
  • L.1.6 Use words learned from conversations, reading and responding to texts

© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Standards are listed here by code with our own summaries; the official text is at corestandards.org.