First+Grade+Language+Arts

Language Standards
 The ABC Game (Primary Games) ABC Match(Read Write Think) ABC Order Learning Planet) ABCD Watermelon (PBS Kids) Alien Scavenger Hunt(Earobics) Alien Scavenger Hunt II (Earobics) Alien Scavenger Hunt III (Earobics) All About Adjective Alphabet (Fun Brain) Alphabet Alphabet (Starfall) Alphabet (Dositey) Alphabet Action (Learning Planet) Alphabet Antics Alphabet Bang! (Kiddies Games) Alphabet Bears (Earobics) Alphabet Book(Play Kids Games) Alphabet Falls (PBS Kids) Alphabet Fun! (Billy Bear 4 Kids) Alphabet Coloring Posters (DLTK) Alphabet Goop(TVO Kids) Alphabet Ideas (DLTK) Alphabetizing Alphabet Match (ABCya) Alphabet Soup (Sesame Street) Alphabetical Order (Roy the Zebra) Alphabetical Order Alphabetical Order(Crick Web) Alphabuddies Alphabet Section Animal Eyes Animal Labeling(Crick Web) Animal Muddle(BBC) Animals(Fun Brain) Antonyms Around Your Home(Crick Web) Basic Resources (Student Zone) Bear's Skateboard Park (PBS Kids) Beginning Letters Bembo Zoo Big Bird's Letters (Sesame Street) Bicycle Signs(Traffic Sign) Bike Safety Blending Bowl(PBS Kids) Bloople's Colors(Sheppard Software) The Book of Pooh(Disney) Capitalization Cats and the Words From the Hat (Dositey) Chicken Coop (Professor Garfield) Chicken Stacker (PBS Kids) Clap A Word (Mrs. McDowell) Clap Syllables (Study Zone) Clapping Syllables (Study Zone) Classroom Labeling(Crick Web) Color Match(A Kids Heart) Color Me Online(A Kids Heart) Colors of Traffic Signs Color the Rainbow(Story Place) Common and Proper Nouns 1 Common and Proper Nouns 2 Common Sight Words (Student Zone) Concentration (Scholastic) Connect the Dots (Fun Brain) Connect the Dots With Letters of the Alphabet Construct A Word (Read Write Think) Contractions (Gets) Contractions (English Zone) Count The Words || Digby Mole's Word Game (BBC) Dolch Sight Words (Created By Teachers) Drag and Drop (Prongo) End Sounds Game (BBC) English Language Exercises (PDictionary) ESL Quiz Farm Labels(Crick Web) Fearless Frieda(Earobics) Fearless Frieda - Big Kahuna (Earobics) Fiction and Nonfiction (Starfall) Find the Rhymes Find the Shapes and Colors (Boowa Kwala) Folktales and Fables (PBS Kids) Foxy Dancer's Animal Rhymes (BBC) Free Online Reading Fridge(Cartoon Critters) First Sounds Game (BBC) Fishing With Phonics (Professor Garfield) Free Phonics Worksheets Free Worksheets (Beginning Reading) Frog's Rhyming Machine (PBS Kids) Fruit(Fun Brain) Fruit Labeling (Crick Web) Fruits(Fun Brain) Fry's 300 Instant Sight Words Fun Blaster (Fun School) Fun Fonix Fuzzy Lion Ears (PBS Kids) Grab Bag (PBS Kids) Grammar Blast: Nouns/Pronouns (Edu Place) Grammar Blast:Verbs (Edu Place) Grammar Blast: Adjectives (Edu Place) Grammar Gold Grammar Review (ESL) Gus and Inky's Underwater Adventures Handwriting for Kids The Hay Loft (Professor Garfield) Hedgie's Alphabet (Jan Brett) High Frequency Words (Sadlier-Oxford) HMS Sweet Tooth (BBC) Homophones (PBS Kids) Homophones How the Alphabet Got Its Order (Starfall) If You Give A Mouse a Cookie: Games Internet Picture Dictionary Irregular Plurals (Many Things) Jim's Whirlyword Machine (BBC) Kangaroo Confusion (Earobics) Keyboard-O-Rama (Sesame Street) Kids Printable Coloring Kitty Wants a Box (Magic Keys) Language Arts Index: Kindergarten(Kid Port) Language Arts Index: First Grade (Kid Port) Lanolin's Greenhouse (Professor Garfield) Learn About Counting(AAA Math) Learn To Read(Starfall) Learn to Write(My Moon Drops) Learn Your Letters (Kids) || Leo Loves To Spell!(Scholastic) Lesson Sense Letterella(TVO Kids) Letter Blends (Kid Port) Letter Choice (Literacy Center) Letter Lifter (ICT Games) Letter Match(Scholastic) Letter Maze(Kid Port) Letter Recognition Letter Recognition 2 Letter Recognition 3 Letters and Pictures (Kid Port) Letters to Big Bird (Sesame Street) Letter TV Brick Wall(Letter TV) Lionel's Tall Tales (PBS Kids) Literacy Center Look Cover(Amble Side Primary) Loosey Goosey Rhymes(TVO Kids) Long Vowels Lug and the Giant Space Storks (BBC) Machine(ICT Games) Machines(Fun Brain) Magic Pencil (BBC) Make a Word (Scholastic) Matching Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Letters Match Upper-Case and Lower-Case Letters Game (ABCya) Matching Rhyming Words Missing Letter (Dositey) The Missing Letter Game (Billy Bear 4 Kids) Missing Letters of the Alphabet (Kid Port) Missing Letters in Words (Kid Port) Missing Letters of the Alphabet Monkey Business (Earobics) Musical Worms Spelling (Kids) Noun Dunk (Harcourt School) Parrot the Words (Dositey) Penguins On Ice(BBC) Period, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks Patchworker (BBC) Paw Park 2 (Earobics) Paw Park 3 (Earobics) Phonemic Segmentation Phoneme Pop (ICT Games) Phoneme Substitution, Name Game Phonic Endings Level 1 (Dositey) Phonic Endings Level 2(Dositey) Phonic Endings Level 3(Dositey) Phonics (Dositey) Phonics (Sadlier-Oxford) Phonics(Kiddo Net) Phonics Grade 1 (Reading Target) Phonic Fighter (ICT Games) Phonics Works Picture Cards Picture Match (Read Write Think) The Pig Waller(Professor Garfield) Pig's Perfect Pizza (PBS Kids) Playground(Learn English Kids) Plural Nouns (Harcourt School) Poems (BBC) Pop and Spell(PBS Kids) Pounce(PBS Kids) Professor Garfield(Professor Garfield) Pumpkin Patch (Professor Garfield) Punctuation (Harcourt School) Put It On The Shelf(The Kidz Page) The Quiet Machine (PBS Kids) Rags to Riches(Quia) Railroad Safety Read Along (Teaching Treasure) Reading Comprehension 1 Reading Comprehension 2 Reading Games Reading Rover (Brain Connection) Reading Wall (Reading Key) Readquarium (Gamequarium) Reggie Loves to Rhyme (Scholastic) Rhyming Game(BBC) Rhyming Words (Sadlier-Oxford) Rhyme Bot Rhyme Time(Fun School) Rhyme Time(TVO Kids) Rhyming Words Activities Road Markers(Route Markers) || Safe Walking Safety(Kidz Club) Sand Castle Quiz (BBC) Sassy Seals(Earobics) Scrambled Sentences (Ms Ross) Scrambled Sentences (Mrs. McGowan) School Bus and School Zones See 'N Spell(Primary Games) Shapes (Student Zone) Shapes(Fun Brain) Shapes and Colors(Giraffian) Shapes of Traffic Signs Short Vowels Sight Words (Quiz Tree) Sight Words: Dolch List (Quiz Tree) Signs Shapes and Colors Smart Crossword Snap It (BBC) Sound Buttons(Kent Trust Web) Sound Isolation The Sound Monster (BBC) Sound Substitution Special Names (Harcourt School) Spellbound (BBC) Spell Check (Fun Brain) Spelling City Spelling Rules for Students Spelling Test(Net Rover) Spring Bee(Play Kids Games) Stanley's Alphabet Star Words (BBC) Syllables (English) Syllable Rules (Created By Teachers) Syllable Segmentation Synonyms Adventure(Disney) Stories(Kiz Club) The Tale of Peter Rabbit Teddy Bear's Picnic Telling Sentences or Questions Three Little Plays(Starfall) Tom's Color Game(Roy the Zebra) Tools(Fun Brain) Tracer Pages(DLTK) Traditional Story Labels(Crick Web) Transport Labeling(Crick Web) Treasure Trove (Primary Games) Upper and Lower Case Letters (Dositey) Unscramble the Words(Kid Port) Wall Of Words Warning Signs(Traffic Sign) Welcome to the Alphabet Zoo Wizard and Pigs(Earobics) What's the Correct Word Order? What's the Word? (Fun Brain) Where's My Match? (Oswego) Whirlyword Machine (BBC) Wonder Word Match-up(PBS Kids) Word Families (Enchanted Learning) Word Blender(BBC) Word Builder (Harcourt School) Word Dropping Cat 1(Dositey) Word Family Booklets (Hubbards Cupboard) Word Family Phonics (Kid Zone) Word Family Sort(Read Write Think) Word Formation Word Jumbler (BBC) Words and Pictures (BBC) Words and Pictures Scrapbook Words(Fun Brain) Words That Rhyme (Saxon) Word Wizard (Read Write Think) Write a Postcard(BBC) Write a Sentence (Quia) Vegetable Labeling(Crick Web) Vocabulary (TV 411) Vowel Save the Day! (Starfall) Zara's Capital Letter Game (Roy the Zebra) ||
 * 1) **Parts of Speech ** - Identify and use adjectives (i.e., descriptive), nouns (i.e., singular and plural, possessive), pronouns (i.e., substitution for nouns), and verbs (i.e., tense, subject-verb agreement) correctly.
 * 2) **Capital Letters ** - Use capital letters correctly (i.e., in the first word of a sentence, first and last names, pronoun I, proper nouns).
 * 3) **End Punctuation ** - Identify and use correct punctuation at the end of declarative sentences and questions.
 * 4) **Contractions ** - Form contractions using apostrophes.
 * 5) **Homophones ** - Understand that some words sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things (homophones-flower/flour).
 * 6) **Sentences ** - Understand that groups of words make sentences.
 * 7) **Word Order **- Understand that word order determines the meaning of a sentence.
 * 8) **Complete Sentences **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Identify and write complete sentences correctly.
 * 9) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Phonetic Knowledge **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Spell simple words using developing phonetic knowledge, sounds of the alphabet, and simple consonant/vowel patterns.
 * 10) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Vocabulary Growth **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Show evidence of expanding language through vocabulary growth.
 * 11) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Phonemic Awareness **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Maintain phonemic awareness.
 * 12) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Phonics Generalizations **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Apply phonics generalizations in order to decode words.
 * 10 Peoms(BBC)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Communication Standards
A Neighborhood Story (PBS Kids) Alphabet Ideas (DLTK) Baa, Baa Black Sheep (Enchanted Learning) Baking Bread (Kiz Club) Books For Young Children (Magic Keys) The Boy Who Wouldn't Take a Bath The Butterfly Trail(BBC) Children's Songs (Kididdles) Children's Storybook (Magic Keys) The Class That Didn't Need A Teacher Clifford's Interactive Storybooks (Scholastic) Coaching Conversation Skills (Children's Disabilities) Copy Cat Jack (Kids Play Park) Country Mouse and City Mouse (Kiz Club) Creative Problem Solving with Ezra Jack Keats (Read Write Think) Digby Mole's Word Games The Frog That Couldn't Hop The Fox and The Crow (Kiz Club) || Folktales and Fables (PBS Kids) Fairy Tales Theme (First School) Fraser the Eraser (BBC) Give Me Five Good Listening Rules Having A Conversation (Speak Up Texas) How Well Do You Follow Directions? (Education World) Humpty Dumpty(Enchanted Learning) I Can Read (Scholastic) I Can Wash Dishes (Econ Ed Link) I Will Not Take A Bath (Story Place) Kazounds(Fun School) Kindergarten Rhyme Time (Hubbards Cupboard) Listen Up(Ready Web) Loosey Goosey Rhymes (TVO Kids) Mighty Book The Missing Pencil (BBC) Monkey Business (Earobics) The Mouse and The Lion (Kiz Club) || Neighborhood Story (PBS Kids) Nursery Rhymes (Apples 4 the Teacher) Nursery Rhymes(The Virtual Vine) Pig Waller (Professor Garfield) Please Get My Keys! Polite Conversation (Speak Up Texas) The Perfect Pet (Story Place) The Rattlesnake Without a Rattle Sequence of Events (Beacon Learning Center) Song and Poems (Can Teach) Stories(Light Up Your Brain) Stories 1 (Kiz Club) Stories 2 (Kiz Club) Stories 3 (Kiz Club) Storybear's Stories (BBC) Storyline Online Story Scramble (PBS Kids) || Talking With a Friend (Speak Up Texas) Teaching Children Conversation Skills (Boys Town Pediatrics) Tina's World 2(Earobics) The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Three Bears (Kiz Club) The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Kiz Club) Three Little Pigs (DLTK) Three Little Plays (Starfall) Toon Book Reader (Professor Garfield) Understanding Written Directions (Study Zone) Ways to Increase Communication and Language (Sandbox-Learning) When It's Time To Talk (Speak Up Texas) Where Are My Glasses? The Wishing Tree The Yellow Gorilla (Story Place) ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Listening Skills **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Use appropriate listening skills (e.g., do not interrupt, face speaker, ask questions).
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Listen Attentively **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Listen attentively to speaker for specific information.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Follow Directions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Understand and follow simple two and three-step oral directions.
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Summarize **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Summarize what has been heard using the logical sequence of events.
 * 5) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Conversation Rules **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Use rules for conversation (e.g., raise hands, take turns, and focus attention on speaker).
 * 6) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Speak Clearly **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Speak clearly, properly, and politely, and recognize the difference between formal and informal language
 * 7) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Give Directions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Give multi-step oral directions.
 * 8) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Group Discussion **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Participate in group discussion. Work productively in group discussion for a particular purpose (e.g., respond to literature, solve a problem). Ask and respond to questions from teacher and other group members.
 * 9) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Retell a Story **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Retell a story, describing the plot, characters, and setting.
 * 10) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Recite **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Recite poems, stories, and songs.
 * 123... (Scholastic)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Writing Standards
Characters (PBS Kids) Character Trading Cards (Read Write Think) Concept Mapping with Excel (Internet 4 Classrooms) Concept Maps (Archive) Draw a Story (Read Write Think) Essay Map (Read Write Think) Finish-a-Story (Goodnight Stories) Follow the Clues (Scholastic) Graphic Organizers (Enchanted Learning) Graphic Organizers (Eduplace) Graphic Organizer (Graphic) Graphic Organizer The Great Big Fancy Word Game (Nick Jr.) Guidelines for Rubric Development (Ed Web) || Handwriting Practice (Teach-nology) Handwriting Rubric (Scribd) Handwriting Rubric Generator (Teach-nology) Handwriting Worksheets Wizard (Writing Wizard) Harold and the Purple Crayon (HBO Family) Holt Interactive Graphic Organizer (Holt) Illustrating Student Writing in Grades 1-3 (Education World) Interactive Graphic Organizer Interactive Circle Plot Diagram (Read Write Think) Interactive Venn Diagram (Read Write Think) Invented Spelling Kinds of Concept Maps (Archive) Kung-Fu Sentences (BBC) Learn English With Pictures and Audio Make Your Own Story (Net Rover) Manuscript Handwriting (ABC Teach) || Note Taker (Read Write Think) Picture Sentences (Teach-nology) Picture Sentence Worksheets (Teach-nology) Rubrics and Rubric Makers Sequence Chart (Edu Place) Spelling Set (Pumaland) StoryBoard (Scholastic) Story Maker (Seussville) Story Maker (Learn English Kids) Story Mapping (Read Write Think) Story Starter (Scholastic) Story Starters (Meddy Bemps) Story Starters (Think Quest) || This is you and Daniel Cook creating a story Tracing Paper (My Moon Drops) Webbing Tool (Read Write Think) What Will Happen Next? (Scholastic) What Happened Next? (Grain Chain) Word Mover (Read Write Think) Write a Postcard(BBC) Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme (Read Write Think) Writing Rubrics Writing Topics (The Write Source) Using Excel for Concept Mapping (Internet 4 Classrooms) Using Inventive Spelling ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brainstorm Ideas **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Brainstorm ideas with teachers and peers, use graphic organizers (e.g., webs, charts, Venn diagrams) independently and/or in group, draw pictures to generate ideas, and use a variety of resources to gather information.
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Classroom Resources **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Utilize classroom resources to support the writing process (e.g., word walls, picture dictionaries).
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">First Draft **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Begin to compose first drafts using the appropriate parts of the writing process with an emphasis on planning and self correcting.
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Spell Independently **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Use temporary/creative spelling to spell independently as needed.
 * 5) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Logical Sequence **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Arrange events in a logical and sequential order when writing.
 * 6) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Descriptive Words **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Begin to add descriptive words and details to writing.
 * 7) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Form Letters **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Create legible documents for reading by forming legible upper and lower case letters utilizing correct spacing, writing from left to right and top to bottom, and tracing and reproducing letters and words correctly.
 * 8) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Evaluate Writing **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Evaluate own and others' writing through small group discussion and shared work.
 * 9) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Using Suggestions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Incorporate suggestions from teachers and peers.
 * 10) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Use a Rubric **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Use a simple rubric to evaluate writing.
 * 11) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Illustrate Writing **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Illustrate written work with simple drawings.
 * The Big Green Monster (Read Write Think)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Research Standards
Animal Study (Read Write Think) Community Resources Creating Question and Answer Books Through Guided Research (Read Write Think) Dictionary Exercises Family History Interviews Family Ties (Read Write Think) Great Website for Kids (ALA) || How to Interview a Relative (Genealogy) How to Interview Your Family (eHow) How Huey and Louie Meet Dewey (Education World) Information and Critical Literacy Interviewing Your Family Member (Family Education) Library Media Resources (Study Zone) Look It Up! (Childs) || Make Your Own Book (Think Quest) Making Connections (Compact for Reading) Oral Prsentations Save the Library STAR Search (Read Write Think) Story Place Tomie dePaola Using Community Resources Using A Variety of Sources (Study Zone) Using A Variety of Sources (Study Zone) Using A Variety of Sources (Study Zone) Using A Variety of Sources (Study Zone) Using References to Locate Information (Study Zone) || We All Grow and Change Whatever the Weather Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes! Writing Workshop (Read Write Think) ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Narrow a Topic **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Narrow a research question so that the research process is manageable.
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Find Resources **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Determine two resources to answer a research question.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Family as Resource **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Use the family and community as resources for information.
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visit the Library **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Visit the library as a resource of information for research.
 * 5) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Use Print Source **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Locate a print source for research (e.g., magazine, book).
 * 6) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Present Results **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Present the answers to a research question orally to the class.
 * 50 Questions for Family History Interviews (Read Write Think)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Logic Standards
Binky's Story Scramble (PBS Kids) || Cause and Effect Book List (Teachers) Draw a Story End the Story (Scholastic) Fiction: Descriptions (Scholastic) Follow the Clues (Scholastic) || I Can Wash Dishes (Econ ed link) Little Blue and Little Yellow (Scholastic) Reading Clinic (Scholastic) Story Board (Scholastic) Time Sequence Game (Do 2 Learn) The Three Little Pigs Using Excel in a Classroom (Internet 4 the Classroom) || Wall of Words We All Grow and Change What's the Order? (Fun School) What Will Happen Next? (Scholastic) ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sequence **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Arrange four or more items or events in sequential order.
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Logical Decisions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Recognize logical decisions and choices in reading selections.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Make Predictions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Make and adjust predictions in a variety of written and oral contexts.
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Compare and Contrast **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Compare and contrast information and ideas.
 * And Then (Scholastic)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Informational Text Standards
Animal Study Copy Cat Jack Kids Play Park) || How Well Do You Follow Directions? How Does My Garden Grow? (Read Write Think) I Can Wash Dishes (econedlink) It's Bath Time! (Story Place) || Our Timelines Picture Sentences (Teach-nology) || The Tales of Peter Rabbit Time Line Maker (Teach-nology) Tina's World 2 (Earobics) Understanding Written Directions (Study Zone) Using Excel as a Graphic Organizer Writing Workshop (Read Write Think) ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Written Directions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Follow simple written directions to complete a task.
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Main Idea **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Identify the main ideas and supporting details of informational texts.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Variety of Texts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Explore a variety of informational texts (e.g., books, charts, newspapers, magazines).
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Text Features **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Recognize and use text features to comprehend informational texts (e.g., time lines, illustrations).
 * A Neighborhood Story

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Media Standards
Information and Critical Literacy Let's Use the Library! Library Media Resources (Study Zone) Lit 2 Go Little Bird Tales Pic for the Web Picture Sentence Worksheets (Teach-nology) Save The Library! (Education World) || Star Search (Read Write Think) Storynory Story Place || Welcome to Zinger Tales! || Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes! (Read Write Think) ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Experience Media **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Experience and respond to a variety of media (e.g., books, audio tapes, video, film, computer, illustrations).
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visit Libraries **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visual Message **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Understand the main idea in a visual message (e.g., pictures, cartoons, posters).
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visuals **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Enhance oral presentations with a visual medium.
 * Huey and Louie Meet Dewey (Education World)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Literature Standards
A Neighborhood Story (PBS Kids) And Then Animal Muddle Animal Study (Read Write Think) Bab Books Between The Lions (PBS Kids) Books For Young Children (Magic Keys) Book-Pop: Virtualibrary Brementown Musicians The Butterfly Trail (BBC) CBeebies Stories (BBC) Character Trading Cards (Read Write Think) Children's Books Forever! Children's Storybooks Online Cinderella Cinderella Stories Concept Maps (Archive) The Day Little A Ran Away (RIF) End the Story (Scholastic) Essay Map (Read Write Think) || Family Ties (Read Write Think) Fantasy or Reality Five W's Chart (Edu Place) Fractured Fairy Tales (Read Write Think) Free Arthur Online Stories (Kids AOL) First Grade Reading Comprehension (Have Fun Teaching) From Fact to Fiction (Read Write Think) Follow the Clues (Scholastic) Goldilock and the Three Bears (BBC) Golden Books (Random House) Graphic Organizer Graphic Organizer Graphic Organizers (Enchanted Learning) Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers (Edu Place) High Frequency Words Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers (Holt) I Can Read (Scholastic) I Can Wash Dishes (EconedLink) Inkless Tales: Stories Interactive Circle Plot Diagram (Read Write Think) Interactive Venn Diagram (Read Write Think) It's Bath Time! (Story Place) Jimmy and the Cake (Education) Kinds of Concept Maps (Archive) Know How to Locate Parts of a Book (Study Zone) || Learning Vocabulary Down By the Bay (Read Write Think) Little Critter The Little Animals Activity Centre Little Blue and Little Yellow (Scholastic) The Little Red Ship Stories Loosey Goosey Rhymes (TVO Kids) Make Your Own Book (Think Quest) Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension (Read Write Think) Making Connections Mall Safety Song (Do 2 Learn) Match Words that Rhyme (Saxon) Merpy Stories Mighty Book: Story Books Mighty Book: Short Classic Songs (Mighty Book) The Missing Pencil (BBC) Mother Goose Mr. Bump Loses His Memory (Kinder Site) My Brother the Robot (Lil' Fingers Storybooks) Note Taker (Read Write Think) Online Audio Stories Parts of a Book The Playground PBS Kids Videos Picture Sentences (Teach-nology) Poetry (Starfall) Practice Reading Section (Pearson) Practice Test (Education) Princess and the Pea (Story Plus) Questions to Clarify (Study Zone) || Read Along Stories and Songs (RIF) Reading Clinic (Scholastic) Rebus Roundup (Highlights Kids) Reggie Loves to Rhyme (Scholastic) Rhyming Game (BBC) Rhyme Time (TVO Kids) Rhyme Time (Fun School) Rhyming Words (Sadlier-Oxford) Ring-Ling Jokes (Might Book) Signed Stories Silly Books StoryBoard (Scholastic) Stories 1 (Kiz Club) Stories 2 (Kiz Club) Stories 3 (Kiz Club) Story Board (Scholastic) Story Comprehension (Education) Story Place Storyline Online Story Mapping (Read Write Think) Story Starters (Scholastic) Story Time The Tales of Peter Rabbit Three Little Plays (Starfall) Tina's World (Earobics) Tips on Reading Aloud Using An Index for Information (Teach-nology) Using A Table of Content Teach-nology) Using Excel for Concept Mapping (Internet 4 Classrooms) Using The Parts of a Book (Teach-nology) What to Read Aloud? What Will Happen Next? (Scholastic) Webbing Tool (Read Write Think) The Wishing Tree (BBC) Wizard and Pigs (Earobics) Woodpecker Knocking (Mighty Book) Writing a Branching Story in an Excel Workbook (Internet 4 Classrooms) Zoom Playhouse (PBS Kids) ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Read Books **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Read picture books, alphabet and number books, rhyming books, story books, fairy tales, poetry, and nonfiction text.
 * 2) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Real or Make Believe **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction and fantasy and reality.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Parts of a Book **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Identify parts of a book (e.g., front cover and back cover, table of contents, index, glossary, title page, author, illustrator).
 * 4) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Predict Events **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Make predictions about text.
 * 5) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graphic Organizers **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Participate in the creation of graphic organizers (KWL charts, diagrams).
 * 6) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Derive Meaning **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Derive meaning while reading by employing various strategies
 * 7) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Story Elements **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Identify the characters, plot, and setting of a story.
 * 8) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Shared Reading **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Participate in shared reading and small group guided reading.
 * 9) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Read Simple Texts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Read simple text containing familiar letter-sound correspondence and high frequency words.
 * 10) **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Read Orally **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - Read orally with fluency and accuracy.
 * 1st Grade Reading Comprehension (Super Teacher Worksheets)