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Common Core ELA Kid Friendly
“I Can” Statements
Grade 1
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The “I Can” statements are displayed as the focus of learning for the day or the week to help students “stay on target” with objective and can serve as a formative assessment. Each 8.5” x 11” poster contains kid-friendly "I Can" statements for the Common Core ELA Standards of Reading, Foundational Skills, Writing, Listening & Speaking, and Language. The standard codes are displayed at the bottom right hand corner of each “I Can” statement. The posters are written with an easy-to-read font and no graphics. This enables the students to clearly see the objective and cuts down on the costs of printing the standards. To add durability, print on card stock and/ or laminate. These “I Can” statements can used in conjunction with our Common Core Learning Scales and the FREE Formative Assessment Chart. Thank you for purchasing this product from Engaging Young Minds.
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Reading: Literature
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ask and answer questions about important details in a story.
RL.1.1
I can
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retell a story and include
important details.
I can
RL.1.2 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell the lesson or important
message of a story.
I can
RL.1.2 © Engaging Young Minds
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use details to tell about the
characters and setting of a story.
I can
RL.1.3 © Engaging Young Minds
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use details to tell about the major events
in a story.
I can
RL.1.3 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell about words and phrases that
relate to my feelings or senses.
I can
RL.1.4 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
I can
RL.1.5 © Engaging Young Minds
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name who is telling the story at different places in the story.
I can
RL.1.6 © Engaging Young Minds
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use the illustrations to tell about the
characters, setting, and events.
I can
RL.1.7 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell how the adventures of characters are
alike or different in stories.
I can
RL.1.9 © Engaging Young Minds
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read first grade stories and
poems.
I can
RL.1.10 © Engaging Young Minds
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Reading: Informational
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ask and answer questions about important details
in nonfiction.
I can
RI.1.1 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell the main idea and details in a nonfiction book.
I can
RI.1.2 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell how two people, events,
or ideas are connected.
I can
RI.1.3 © Engaging Young Minds
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ask and answer questions about
new words in nonfiction.
I can
RI.1.4 © Engaging Young Minds
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use the text features in a
nonfiction book to find information.
I can
RI.1.5 © Engaging Young Minds
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tell whether I got information from the text or from the illustrations.
I can
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I can
RI.1.7
use the words and illustrations to help me understand the ideas in nonfiction.
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I can
RI.1.8
find the reasons an author gives to
support the ideas in nonfiction.
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I can
RI.1.9
tell how two nonfiction books on the same topic are alike or different.
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I can
RI.1.10
read a first grade nonfiction text.
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Reading: Foundational
Skills © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use the basic
features of a sentence like periods and
capitals. !!!!! RF.1.1 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can tell the difference between long and
short vowels in spoken words.
RF.1.2a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can blend sounds
together to figure out a word.
RF.1.2b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can find and say the
beginning, middle and the last vowel sound in a word.
RF.1.2c © Engaging Young Minds
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I can break a word into
parts and say each sound.
RF.1.2d © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use digraphs to help me read.
RF.1.3a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can read
one-syllable words.
RF.1.3b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can read long vowel words with the “silent e” and vowel teams.
RF.1.3c © Engaging Young Minds
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I can count the number of
vowel sounds to decide the syllables
in a word. RF.1.3d © Engaging Young Minds
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I can read two-syllable
words by breaking it into parts.
RF.1.3e © Engaging Young Minds
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I can read words with
inflectional endings.
RF.1.3f © Engaging Young Minds
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I can read
first grade words.
RF.1.3g © Engaging Young Minds
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I can read accuracy and expression.
RF.1.4 a,b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can reread to
understand what words mean.
RF.1.4 c © Engaging Young Minds
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Writing
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I can write my opinion.
W.1.1 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can write to
explain with a topic and facts.
W.1.2 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can write to tell a story with two
events. W.1.3 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can revise and edit
my writing.
W.1.5 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can publish my
writing.
W.1.6 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can help my class research and
write. W.1.7 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can remember what I
have been taught to answer
a question. W.1.8 © Engaging Young Minds
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Speaking &
Listening © Engaging Young Minds
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I can follow the rules for discussions.
SL.1.1 a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can talk with others
in a conversation.
SL.1.1 b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can ask questions during a class
discussion. SL.1.1 c © Engaging Young Minds
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I can tell about the main
idea and details after I listen or read a story.
SL.1.2 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can ask and answer questions about
what I have heard.
SL.1.3 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can tell about people, places, and things
with details.
SL.1.4 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can add drawing or
details to a description to share
information. SL.1.5 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use complete
sentences to tell my ideas.
SL.1.6 © Engaging Young Minds
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Language
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I can print the
uppercase and lowercase letters.
L.1.1a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use different
types of nouns.
L.1.1b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use singular and plural nouns with the correct verb.
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I can
use pronouns.
L.1.1d © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use adjectives and adverbs
correctly. L.1.1e © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use past, present, and future tense
verbs. L.1.1f © Engaging Young Minds
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I can
use adjectives.
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I can use conjunctions and determiners.
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I can make simple
and compound sentences.
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I can use various types
of sentences.
L.1.1j © Engaging Young Minds
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I can capitalize dates and names of
people. L.1.2a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use ending
punctuation.
L.1.2b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use commas
in dates.
L.1.2c © Engaging Young Minds
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I can spell simple words
using phonics and letter sounds.
L.1.2 © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use commas to
separate words in a series.
L.1.2c © Engaging Young Minds
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I can spell first grade
words.
L.1.2d © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use phonics to
spell new words.
L.1.2e © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use context clues
to figure out the meaning
of a word. L.1.4a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use prefixes and suffixes to figure out the meaning
of a word. L.1.4b © Engaging Young Minds
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I can identify
inflectional forms of a root word.
L.1.4c © Engaging Young Minds
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I can sort words into
categories.
L.1.5a © Engaging Young Minds
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I can tell why words
belong in categories.
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I can tell how words
are used in real-life.
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I can tell the difference between similar
verbs.
L.1.5d © Engaging Young Minds
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I can use new words
that I learn from talking, listening, and reading. L.1.6
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