Grade 1

Foundational Skills are certainly the foundation of getting your students through the texts they're reading, but Language standards ensure they're understanding the grammar that's on the page, and that they know how to apply it to their writing and speaking, too.

Kindergartners were just getting into the swing of parts of speech, but the first grade Common Core Standards for Language ask students to do a little more synthesis. On top of simple sentences, first graders will dip their toes into the past tense, conjunctions, and articles.

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