First grade language arts skills

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Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Consonants and vowels

1
Sort consonants and vowels

2
Find the vowels in a word

B. Rhyming

1
Choose the picture that rhymes with the word

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New! Build a set of rhyming words

2
Which word does not rhyme?

3
Complete the rhyme

4
Complete the poem with a word that rhymes

C. Syllables

1
How many syllables does the word have?

2
Sort by the number of syllables

D. Phoneme blending and segmenting

1
Blend each sound in a word together

2
Identify each sound in a word

3
Put the sounds in order

E. Phoneme manipulation

1
Change the first sound in a word

2
Change the last sound in a word

3
Change the vowel sound in a word

4
Change the sound in a word: review

F. Consonant sounds and letters

1
Which two words start with the same sound?

2
Which two words end with the same sound?

3
Which letter does the word start with?

4
Which letter does the word end with?

G. Consonant digraphs

1
Choose the correct digraph

2
Complete the word with the right digraph

H. Short a

1
Choose the short a word that matches the picture: set 1

2
Read words with am and an: set 1

3
Complete the short a word

4
Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

5
Choose the short a word that matches the picture: set 2

6
Read words with am and an: set 2

I. Short e

1
Choose the picture that matches the short e word: set 1

2
Complete the short e word

3
Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

4
Choose the picture that matches the short e word: set 2

J. Short i

1
Choose the short i word that matches the picture: set 1

2
Complete the short i words

3
Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

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New! Choose the short i word that matches the picture: set 2

K. Short o

1
Choose the short o word that matches the picture: set 1

2
Complete the short o word

3
Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

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New! Choose the short o word that matches the picture: set 2

L. Short u

1
Choose the picture that matches the short u word

2
Complete the short u word

3
Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

M. Short vowels: mixed

1
Identify the short vowel sound in a word

2
Complete the word with the right short vowel

3
Read short vowel words: set 1

4
Read short vowel words: set 2

5
Change one letter to make a new word

6
Spell the short vowel word

7
Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word

N. Consonant digraphs and blends

1
Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th

2
Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck

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New! Read the digraph word

3
Does the word start with a consonant blend?

4
Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend

5
Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph

6
Does the word end with a consonant blend?

7
Complete the word with the right final consonant blend

8
Choose the picture that matches the word: ng, nk

9
Fill in the missing consonant blend

O. Short and long vowel sounds

1
Find the word with the same vowel sound

2
Which two words have the same vowel sound?

3
Sort short and long vowel words

P. Silent e

1
Choose the silent e word that matches the picture

2
Complete the silent e words

3
Spell the silent e word

4
Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture

Q. Vowel teams

1
Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word

2
Complete the vowel team words

3
Complete the word with the right vowel team

4
Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture

R. Long vowel patterns

1
Use spelling patterns to sort long a words

2
Use spelling patterns to sort long e words

3
Use spelling patterns to sort long i words

4
Use spelling patterns to sort long o words

5
Use spelling patterns to sort long u words

S. Short and long vowel patterns

1
Match the short a and long a words to pictures

2
Match the short e and long e words to pictures

3
Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture

4
Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture

5
Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture

6
Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words

T. R-controlled vowels

1
Choose the r-control word that matches the picture

2
Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur

U. Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

1
Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture

2
Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow

V. Two-syllable words

1
Segment two-syllable words

2
Read two-syllable words

3
Put two syllables together to create a word: easier

4
Put two syllables together to create a word: harder

5
Complete the two-syllable words

6
Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word

W. High-frequency and irregular words

1
Read sight words set 1: again, each, from, may, stop, than, when

2
Read sight words set 2: after, best, gave, has, once, them, were

3
Read sight words set 3: as, by, four, her, more, some, think, way

4
Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3

5
Read sight words set 4: every, could, how, over, put, there, who

6
Read sight words set 5: ask, five, just, long, read, then, want

7
Read sight words set 6: any, give, his, new, open, sleep, wish

8
Read sight words set 7: also, fly, know, live, old, soon, why

9
Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6, 7

10
Read sight words: review sets 1–7

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Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: sets 1, 2, 3

12
Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: sets 4, 5, 6, 7

13
Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7

14
Spell the sight word

X. Decodable texts

1
Read short a stories

2
Read short e stories

3
Read short i stories

4
Read short o stories

5
Read short u stories

6
Read short vowel stories

7
Read silent e stories

8
Read vowel team stories: ee, ea

9
Read vowel team stories: oa, ow

10
Read vowel team stories: ai, ay

11
Read vowel team stories

12
Read r-controlled stories

Reading strategies

Y. Reality vs. fiction

1
Which could happen in real life?

Z. Main idea

1
What is the picture about?

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New! Determine the topic and main idea of a passage

AA. Inference and theme

1
Which feeling matches the picture?

2
What will happen next?

3
Make inferences from a text

4
What am I?

5
Determine the topic and theme of a story

BB. Author's purpose

1
Identify the purpose of a text

CC. Setting and character

1
Choose the picture that matches the descriptive sentence

2
Choose the picture that matches the setting or character

3
Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

DD. Sequence

1
Order images in a story

2
Determine the order of events in informational texts

EE. Plot

1
Read along and identify the problem and solution in a story

2
Read alone and identify plot elements

FF. Point of view

1
Who is the narrator?

GG. Text features

1
Use text features

HH. Read-along literary texts

1
Read along with fantasy

2
Read along with realistic fiction

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New! Read along with narrative poetry

II. Read-alone literary texts

1
Read animal fantasy

2
Read realistic fiction

3
Read myths, legends, and fables

JJ. Read-along informational texts

1
Read along about science and nature

2
Read along about famous people

3
Read along about food

KK. Read-alone informational texts

1
Read about animals

2
Read about sports and hobbies

3
Read about famous places

Vocabulary

LL. Nouns and adjectives

1
Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture

2
Compare pictures using adjectives

3
Use number words

MM. Categories

1
Sort words into categories

2
Which word is not like the others?

NN. Synonyms and antonyms

1
Choose the synonyms

2
Choose the antonyms

OO. Multiple-meaning words

1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

PP. Shades of meaning

1
Find the words with related meanings

2
Describe the difference between related words

3
Order related words based on meaning

QQ. Prefixes and suffixes

1
Use words with prefixes and suffixes

2
Understand words with prefixes and suffixes

RR. Context clues

1
Use context to identify the meaning of a word

SS. Reference skills

1
Put the letters in ABC order

2
Put the words in ABC order

Grammar and mechanics

TT. Sentences

1
Identify statements

2
Identify questions

3
Identify exclamations

4
Identify commands

5
Choose the right end mark

6
Statement, question, command, or exclamation?

7
Who, what, when, where, or why?

8
Is it the naming or action part of the sentence?

9
Find the complete sentences

10
Complete the sentence

11
Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

UU. Nouns

1
Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing?

2
Select the nouns

3
Identify nouns in a sentence

4
Sort common and proper nouns

5
Identify proper nouns

6
Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture

7
Form regular plurals with -s and -es

8
Use singular and plural nouns

9
Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture

10
Select the possessive noun that matches the picture

11
Form the singular possessive

VV. Pronouns

1
Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

2
Choose the correct personal pronoun

3
Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun

4
Choose the correct possessive pronoun

5
Use the correct possessive pronoun

WW. Verbs

1
Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture

2
Identify action verbs

3
Use action verbs

XX. Subject-verb agreement

1
One or more than one?

2
Complete the sentence with the best verb

3
Complete the sentence with the best subject

4
Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb

5
Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best subject

YY. Verb tense

1
Select the sentence that tells about the present

2
Select the sentence that tells about the past

3
Select the sentence that tells about the future

4
Place sentences on a timeline

5
Form and use the regular past tense

6
Identify the irregular past tense

7
Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline

8
Complete the verb with the ending that you hear

9
Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures

10
To be: use the correct present tense form

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To be: use the correct past tense form

12
To be: use the correct form

13
To have: use the correct form

ZZ. Articles

1
Use the correct article: a or an

2
Identify articles

AAA. Adjectives

1
Use sense words

2
Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

3
Identify adjectives

4
Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives

5
Identify comparative and superlative adjectives

6
Does the adjective compare two or more than two?

BBB. Prepositions

1
Select the best preposition to match the picture

2
Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

CCC. Linking words

1
Use conjunctions

2
Identify time-order words

3
Put the sentences in order

DDD. Contractions

1
Match the contractions

2
Form pronoun-verb contractions

3
Form contractions with "not"

4
Complete the sentence with the correct contraction

EEE. Capitalization

1
Capitalize the names of people and pets

2
Capitalize days and months

3
Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I"