South Dakota ELA 1.RL.10

ELA1st GradeReading Literature

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By the end of the year, read and comprehend a variety of literary texts. Read and comprehend grade-appropriate texts with increasing challenge in text difficulty and complexity (e.g., layout, text structure, language/literary features, knowledge demands). Self-select text for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks prompting and support.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

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What Students Need to Do

Students read stories and poems, including pages with unfamiliar words or layouts. They explain what they read and choose a book for fun or a class task, with help when needed.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student reads a short story and a poem, explains what each is about, and uses words on the page to answer a question. The student keeps reading when a page has speech bubbles or unfamiliar words. The student can choose a book for fun or a class task and say why it fits.

Common Misconceptions

Students may tell a story from the pictures without checking the words. They may read speech bubbles in the wrong order or choose a book for a class task because they like its cover, not because it fits.

How to Assess It

Place a short story and a short poem on each desk. Ask each child, 'Pick one to read. Why did you choose it? Tell me what you read, and show me words that helped you know.'

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs two short stories, one with paragraphs and one with speech bubbles; have them read both and mark each speaker with sticky notes.

  2. After students read a folktale, ask, 'Why did the fox do that?' Have them point to a sentence before sharing their answer.

  3. Play Character Clue: pairs read short story cards, match each character to an action card, and point to the words that prove it.

  4. Before library checkout, ask students to choose a story to read at home and tell a partner what about it interests them.

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