South Dakota ELA 1.L.2.e

ELA1st GradeLanguage

The Standard

1.L.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Use conventional spelling for words with common grade-appropriate spelling patterns.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use familiar spelling patterns to write words. They notice shared endings, such as -at in cat and hat, and use them to spell new words.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can spell bat after seeing cat and hat. They can spell fan after seeing man and pan, then check the vowel and ending in each word.
Common Misconceptions: Students may write kat for cat because the sounds seem right. They may use a familiar ending on the wrong word, writing cat when they mean cap.
How to Assess It: Write cat and hat on the board. Say, “Write bat, sat, and mat. Circle the letters all five words share.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs letter tiles and an -at card; have them build cat, bat, and mat by changing the first letter.
Show a picture of a mat and write mat and met; ask, “Which word labels the picture? What letter helped you decide?”
Say pan, fan, and can; students write each on mini whiteboards, then check the -an ending together.
Place a hat and bag by a pretend lost-and-found box; students write item tags and check each spelling against a word card.

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