Browse Georgia State Standards

 Grade: Grade 1
Standards: Students
1. Begin to read for enjoyment using the second language. 2. Read linguistically and developmentally appropriate materials. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the written language. 4. Write to complete linguistically appropriate tasks. 5. Give personal information based on templates or models in the target language. 6. Begin to demonstrate comprehension of some extended written and oral discourse. 7. Begin to retell or paraphrase main elements of a story or passage 8. Use the target language for a variety of spoken activities, such as skits, dialogs, plays, poems, for a variety of audiences. 9. Share information of their choice with audiences outside the classroom. 10. Ask for information and makes requests of teachers and other language speakers. 11. Provide information and respond to requests from teachers and other language speakers. 12. Communicate orally using sentences, when appropriate. 13. Follow complex oral instructions and give simple commands. 14. Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of speech sources (teacher, peers, native speakers, other target language speakers, tapes, CD-ROMs, and videos). 15. Recognize the target language even when spoken in a variety of dialects and responds with efforts to communicate as applicable. 16. Identify examples or influences of the target language and cultures in their own community. 17. Identify, compare and contrast diverse cultural practices and products, including language, emphasizing similarities as well as differences. 18. Identify selected works of art, music and literature of the target cultures. 19. Use culturally appropriate language and behavior in both formal and informal target language situations (greeting, leave-taking, eating customs, travel, school, etc.) 20. Use the target language in appropriate content-related areas including, but not limited to, mathematics, social studies, science, literature and fine arts. 21. Use a limited number of words and phrases on a variety of familiar topics. 22. Participate actively in classroom experiences with music, sports, games, songs, dance, or musical instruments from the target cultures, and extends these experiences into their personal lives. 23. Use the target language to obtain information to satisfy personal needs and interests. 24. Attempt to create with the language at the sentence level. 25. Draw from a basic vocabulary that permits exchanges of a personal nature and on simple topics. 26. Demonstrate an understanding of natural classroom speech at a normal rate of speed, with nonverbal support 27. Begin to recognize linguistic patterns that occur in the target language.