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Language Arts (Updated July 2004)
Language Arts - Grade 1
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First Grade at a Glance


 Listening, Speaking and Viewing | Reading and Literature | Research | Writing
 

Reading and Literature
PS1:READING COMPREHENSION
The learner will be able to read fluently to understand, identify and respond to non-fiction and fiction literature.
  
««« LA.1.1.1 Reading Behaviors: Variety
The learner will be able to explore the concept of reading for a variety of purposes in different kinds of texts: picture books, magazines, easy readers, newspapers, big books and lap books, guided reading materials, picture dictionaries, poetry books, fiction and non-fiction.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #27
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
 
««« LA.1.1.2 Children's Literature: Contemporary
The learner will be able to experience traditional and contemporary pieces of literature through a variety of media.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #39

Video: Aesop’s Fables (traditional) http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=10623 

Video:  Miss Nelson Has a Field Day (contemporary) http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=1245
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.1.3 Recognize: Explicit Ideas
The learner will be able to recognize explicit main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #21
««« LA.1.1.4 Recognize: Implicit Ideas
The learner will be able to recognize implicit main ideas, details, sequence of events and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #22
««« LA.1.1.5 Read Aloud: Expression
The learner will be able to read with fluency and expression.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #20; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 1, Reading, p.1
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.1.6 Identify: Main Characters
The learner will be able to identify the main characters.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #23
««« LA.1.1.7 Monitor: Reread
The learner will be able to read for understanding and reread as needed for clarification, self-correction and further comprehension.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Synthesis Introduce   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #26
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.1.8 Problem Solving: Information
The learner will be able to integrate language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #19
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.1.9 Character: Actions/Describe
The learner will be able to identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #24; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 1, Reading, p.4

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LA.1.1.10 Response: Literal/Interpretive
The learner will be able to respond to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about literature.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application, Analysis Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #40

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LA.1.1.11 Predicting: Story Events
The learner will be able to draw conclusions and make predictions and comparisons.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #25

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LA.1.1.12 Reading Behaviors: Independent
The learner will be able to demonstrate an interest in various types of self-selected literature through daily reading.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #41
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.1.13 Discriminate: Realism/Fantasy
The learner will be able to discriminate between realism and fantasy.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #43
  Exemplary Unit, We Belong in the Zoo (science, language arts, and math)
  Video: What’s Under My Bed? (fantasy) http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=1258
  Video: And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (realism)http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=1255
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« LA.1.1.14 Recognize: Cultural Diversity
The learner will be able to recognize cultural diversity represented in literature.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #44
  Video: African and African-American Folktales (African-American) http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=10696
  Video: This Land is Your Land (American) http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=1249
  Video: Tikki Tikki Tembo (Chinese) http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=1273
  Online resource: Gale Junior Reference Collection [Database] Search for group (i.e. Native American writers or women poets)
 
« LA.1.1.15 Identify: Literary Forms
The learner will be able to identify literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #42
PS2: VOCABULARY
The learner will be able to use context clues and knowledge of word parts to extend and expand understanding of word meanings and relationships.
 
««« LA.1.2.1 Literature: Picture/Ideas
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of semantic relationships by using pictures, context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading (Semantics- Does it make sense?).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #17
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.2.2 Vocabulary: Interest/Knowledge
The learner will be able to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #12
 

Online resource:  Fake Out!, http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html [Interactive]
  

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LA.1.2.3 Recognize: Opposites
The learner will be able to recognize simple word opposites.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #30
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.2.4 Classification: Words/Characteristics
The learner will be able to classify and categorize words into sets and groups with common characteristics.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #14; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 1, Reading, p.2

Video: Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends  http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=715 
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
PS3: PHONICS/WORD WORK
The learner will be able to develop phonological awareness, concepts about print, use of syntax, and parts of words.
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
 
««« LA.1.3.1 Emergent Reading: Conventions
The learner will be able to distinguish between letter/word, word/sentence, left/right, and beginning/ending of words and sentences.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #13
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.3.2 Strategies: Structural Clues
The learner will be able to use word order and sentence structure to read.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #16; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 1, Reading, p.2
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.3.3 Sight Vocabulary: Increase
The learner will be able to increase reading and sight vocabulary.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #18

Video: Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends  http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=715 
Online resource:  Fake Out!, http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html [Interactive]
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
 

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LA.1.3.4 Phonetic Principles: Apply
The learner will be able to apply phonetic principle to read (rhyming words, word families, beginning medial and ending consonants, short, long and r-controlled vowels, blends, digraphs).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #15

Video: Phonics in Context: The Long and Short Vowels http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=713
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.3.5 Recognize: Compounds
The learner will be able to recognize and read compound words, contractions, possessives, and words containing the suffixes "ing, ed, s, and es".
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #28

Video: Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends  http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=715 
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.3.6 Word Recognition
The learner will be able to use knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in word recognition.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #29

Video: Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends  http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=715 
  Online resource:  Fake Out!, http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html [Interactive]
 
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Writing
PS4: STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH
The learner will be able to demonstrate a developing control and understanding of Standard American English.
  Exemplary Unit:  The Bear E-SENSE-tials
««« LA.1.4.1 Sight Words: Context/Write
The learner will be able to correctly use high frequency sight words (Sitton Spelling 1-15).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #32

Online resource: Stellar Speller, http://www.candlelightstories.com/D001/StellarSPMemb02.asp [Interactive]

Online resource: Musical Spelling Rules, http://gardenofpraise.com/spell1.htm [Interactive]
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.4.2 Emergent Spelling: Phonetic/Re
The learner will be able to use learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #33

Video: Phonics in Context: The Long and Short Vowels http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=713

Video: Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends  http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=715 

Online resource: Stellar Speller, http://www.candlelightstories.com/D001/StellarSPMemb02.asp [Interactive]

Online resource: Musical Spelling Rules, http://gardenofpraise.com/spell1.htm [Interactive]
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
PS5: WRITING PROCESS
The learner will be able to plan and write text that develops a central idea for different purposes and audiences using a process approach.
  
««« LA.1.5.1 Genre: Literature/Use
The learner will be able to use examples from literature to develop an individual or group story.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #31
««« LA.1.5.2 Handwriting: Legible
The learner will be able to print legibly (letters, numbers, spacing of words, and sentences)..
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #38
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.5.3 Drawings: Compliment/Writing
The learner will be able to write about self-selected topics (personal experiences, book rewrites) using pictures, letter/sound associations and known words.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #35
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.5.4 Communicate: Writing Process
The learner will be able to communicate ideas using the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing).
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #36
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.5.5 Sentence: Topic/Write/Sentence
The learner will be able to write a minimum of three sentences about a topic.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #34
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.5.6 Technology: Use
The learner will be able to use available technology to assist in writing.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 0.5 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #37
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
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Listening, Speaking and Viewing
PS6: LISTENING
The learner will be able to listen actively to comprehend and respond to information in both formal and informal situations.
  
««« LA.1.6.1 Behaviors: Listening
The learner will be able to listen to a variety of literacy forms including stories and poems.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
  Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #2
««« LA.1.6.2 Detail: Recall
The learner will be able to recall orally presented information.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #4
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.6.3 Understanding: Words/Ideas
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of words and ideas when heard in context.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.6.4 Directions: Multiple Steps
The learner will be able to follow one, two, and three part directions.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #3
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.6.5 Interpret: Questions
The learner will be able to interpret the meaning of questions in order to give an appropriate response.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Master 2.0 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #5
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.6.6 Increase Vocabulary
The learner will be able to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analysis Master 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #6

Online resource: Fake Out!, http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html [Interactive]
  
PS7: DELIVER PRESENTATIONS
The learner will be able to speak in a manner that reflects an awareness of audience and retell the important information.
  
««« LA.1.7.1 Blends sounds
The learner will be able to blend sounds orally to make words.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #10

Video: Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends  http://peachstar.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=715 
  
««« LA.1.7.2 Communicates: Descriptive Language
The learner will be able to communicate effectively when using descriptive language, relating experiences, and retelling stories read, heard or viewed.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #7
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.7.3 Use: Variety
The learner will be able to use a variety of language patterns and sentence structures.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.5 Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #8
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.7.4 Language Conventions: Purpose
The learner will be able to adapt or change oral language to fit situation by following the rules of conversation with peers or adults.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #1
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.7.5 Divides: Syllables
The learner will be able to divide words into syllables.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 1.0 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #11
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
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Research
PS8: RESEARCH AND PUBLISH
The learner will be able to generate questions, gather information, identify source(s), and present information.
  
««« LA.1.8.1 Book Parts: Recognize/Use
The learner will be able to recognize author, illustrator, title of book, title page, and table of contents.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Master   Cobb County School District.; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade 1, #48
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.8.2 Alphabetizing: Common/First Letter
The learner will be able to alphabetize words to the first letter.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Introduce 0.5 Cobb County School District; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #45
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.8.3 Media Center: Use/Information
The learner will be able to use the media center and available technology as sources of information and pleasure.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 2.0 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #51
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
««« LA.1.8.4 Sources: Fiction/Nonfiction
The learner will be able to use easy fiction, nonfiction, various audiovisual resources and software as information sources.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comprehension Master 1.0 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #50
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.8.5 Title Page: Purpose
The learner will be able to recognize the purpose of a title page and table of contents.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Introduce 0.5 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #49
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  

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LA.1.8.6 Picture: Select/Use/Source
The learner will be able to use picture dictionaries, audio-visual resources and available technology.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Application Master 1.0 Cobb County Schools; GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #46; GA: CRCT, 1999, Grade 1, Language Arts, p.3
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
« LA.1.8.7 Library: Fiction/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the organization of fiction and nonfiction books in the media center.
Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Knowledge Master 0.5 GA: Quality Core Curriculum, January 2000, Grade One, #47
 Online resource, Teacher Support Resource Document  
  
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