Kentucky Reading and Writing L.1.1.e

ELA1st GradeLanguage

The Standard

frequently occurring adjectives in a sentence.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use familiar words like red, little, and soft to tell more about a person, place, or thing. They put those words in sentences that make sense.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a picture of a dog, a student can write, “The brown dog runs.” They can point to brown and explain what it tells about the dog.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call dog a describing word because it names the thing being described. They may write “The dog brown runs” or choose a word that does not fit the picture.
How to Assess It: Show a picture of a small blue kite. Ask students to write one sentence about it using two describing words, then circle those words.

Lesson moves

Give pairs toy animals and word cards; have them choose a card and say a sentence like “The small dog runs.”
Show pictures of two different dogs and ask, “What words would help someone tell them apart?” Have students write one sentence.
Play adjective swap: write “The big cat slept” and have students replace big with another word, then read the new sentence.
At the lost-and-found, have students describe an item in a sentence, such as “I found a small red mitten.”

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