The University of Iowa

Alphabetics and Print Conventions - Grade 1 Students

Identify the features of sentences and paragraphs (e.g., capitalization, punctuation, spaces) (RF.1.1)

  • Recognize that sentences start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
  • Track a sentence that is split between two pages.
  • Recognize how paragraphs are separated (e.g., indented first line, blank line in between)